Piers: What do you like about Messi?
Ronaldo: I like the way he speaks about me.
What a waste of 2 evenings.
Ronaldo: I like the way he speaks about me.
What a waste of 2 evenings.
Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement
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Nah, actually that doesn’t fit either.
He first laughed at teams like Napoli or Sporting being able to afford him. He then said that he had an amazing season (which is undisputed) which resulted in some offers — in the context these offers being from legit contenders for him unlike Napoli or Sporting — but he wanted to stay at Manchester. Right? I listened to it again, it’s definitely what he is saying.
100%, it can be him trying to rewrite history to suit his purpose. He comes across as a massive narcissist. People are complaining on Piers not asking him tough questions. What sticks out to me is that he on so so many occasion does not qualify what he says. “You say critique to me, I don’t understand why you hate. I don’t care, I use to it, I use, I don’t respect hater. I love the fans.” It’s never “he can call me out, I am not perfect, but I think it’s one sided”. He talks about these stuff for 90 minutes, and on like two occasions it’s “I am not perfect”.
But if he is sitting there totally 100% lying about something — which it seems like he does — it’s something else. That is nuts.
Or it’s true. I mean, it falls in the lap of people that we all think are incompetent. Right? And this just puts that on another dimension. Because then a “legend” of the club have ended up wrongly looking really bad — by everyone in the football world thinking he wants to leave us — when it’s in fact not true. They could easily have said “it’s news to us that he has requested a transfer to a CL team, what we in fact know is that he turned down offers because he wants to stay in Manchester”.
The comments sections of all Utd social media posts are totally mental right now. CR7 cultists are out in force.
Man was touted all over Europe and not a single club looked twice at him. What do his nutjob fanboys expect the club to do here?
Man was touted all over Europe and not a single club looked twice at him. What do his nutjob fanboys expect the club to do here?
Why the feck is anyone still talking to Sir Alex?
I hate that his name is still brought up when it comes to issues related to United. Sir Alex is the past FFS
The think that leaves me most perplexed is why he doesn't grow a beard.
No - but not hearing him say a bad word is different to hearing him stick up for them.
Really? For what exactly?
So how come - if what you say is true - did Manchester United put into their organisation structure a triumvirate comprising David Gill/Bryan Robson and Sir Alex Ferguson on the very day Ronaldo came back from his non-pre-season?Why the feck is anyone still talking to Sir Alex?
I hate that his name is still brought up when it comes to issues related to United. Sir Alex is the past FFS
To do what exactly: a think-tank? consultants? Does ETH need 'consultants' I don't think he does, but for some reason United can't stop linking to the past.
Not only is it the same mistake Liverpool made in the 1990s and 2000s its the same mistake Man Utd. made in the 1970s!
Because why would he want to cover his handsome face. Don't forget how good looking he is.
I was expecting to watch this interview and be livid. Instead, I laughed at Piers' complimenting him at any chance, the rest of the time I was just bored. Piers isn't a very good interviewer.
I don't know, but I have read on here that he is kept on the payroll to act as a buffer zone between the fans and the Glazers. Also the money is so he keeps quiet and that seems to be working. Ronaldo called out the Glazers tonight, has Sir Alex ever done that?
They had nothing to do with ETH. Arnold asked them to help him in a lot of issues surrounding the club, but nothing related to ETH or the team.
In Redcafe they are already very muted. Take a look at social media (twitter or FB), they are no different from the hordes of Putinbots or CCP’s 50 cents army now
Can't believe some people here are actually falling for what Ronaldo said. He talks about the structure but was more than happy to play with Ole and thought he needed more time. The only difference from last season is that he's no longer guaranteed to play, and all the bs about the structure and the glazers is there to make it sound like he cares. He's a narcissistic twat who's only looking after himself. Time to move on.
And you know this how?
You are basically saying one of the worlds best ever managers and one of Englands best ever players (well apart from a dodgy shoulder) were brought in to 'consult' on... business issues, sponsorship matters.....? I find that inconceivable.
This is not news. Everyone have been saying this for ages. It’s a fact, it’s not an opinion. Teams are training in multi billion facilities and we have a stadium and a training facility in which the roof literary is falling in on. Right? A fact is a fact, could have the Pope talk about it, doesn’t make it more of a fact.
There is absolutely no truths or revelations or any news whatsoever* in this interview. We knew he didn’t respect Ten Hag. Ten Hag wanted to put him in, and he refused to and walked away from the pitch. Some bickering about ex teammates. Kids are lazier today than the previous generation, never heard that before.
*Except the part about him never wanting to leave United in the summer. If that is true, it’s a pretty noteworthy piece of news that really change the context of a lot of things. If it is not true — Ronaldo was just not sitting there being a narcissist, he was totally lying 100% and should have no credibility whatsoever.
If he were genuine about his concerns he would've made them known forcefully after arguably our worst league season in generations last season but he was starting every match and scoring goals so of course it wasn't of his concern.
It's only now that he's been relegated to the periphery of this squad and irrelevance on the pitch that he's coming out with what fans have known for years.
It's good that more public pressure on the owners will follow this but I have a bridge to sell anyone who believes he's gone about things the way that he has out of any legitimate care and concern for the club...
It's out of pure self-interest and self preservation and would've never come about if he were still a nailed on starter.
Because that was the official communication from the club, and it's not hard to believe at all. Sir alex is an 80 years old who recovered from a stroke few years ago, he has no capacity in his life whatsoever for a full time role at the club. What do you think he's doing exactly? Telling Murtough who to sign and asking ETH to start Ronaldo? He's someone to call for an advise and that's about it.
The guy has totally lost it. Narcissist.
He blatantly lied about a lot of other things, why should you be surprised he lied about this?
The interview was nonsense, basically he doesn't respect Ten Hag because he's deluded and thinks he should be starting every game even though he's not performing.
And how can he say the club didn't believe about his daughter being ill then they did believe him but he felt like they doubted him, and Piers didn't even ask him who it was that thought he was lying.
And how can he say the club didn't believe about his daughter being ill then they did believe him but he felt like they doubted him, and Piers didn't even ask him who it was that thought he was lying.
Not very convincing really.
Do you have a problem with Ronaldo?
I don’t have a problem with anyone
I have to be honest I never even liked the selfish prick, but I can comfortably say that I hate him now. I’ve never hated a United player. Pathetic human being.
So, his daughter was in hospital for only one week. How long did he stay away?
Probably the most disgusting/narcissistic interview ever seen in the sporting world.
His acolytes are spamming their support throughout social media. They're unhinged like their idol.
His acolytes are spamming their support throughout social media. They're unhinged like their idol.
It’s the same idiot that was chasing EtH before he became manager outside Selhurst Park and then kept complaining on twitter i think.
Sounds like him anyway. Gary Cotterill
Look - the fact is there are some people who will never hear a bad word about Ronaldo and similarly there are some people who will never hear one bad word against Sir Alex.
But despite your attempt to portray your ex-Manager as some doddery old bloke who doesn't really know what he is doing, it isn't actually true.
Just one year ago he was not only instrumental in getting Ronaldo to come back, he also ruined OGS's plan (if there ever was one) by saying 'you play your best players' after the Everton game.
We can all play 'alternative history games' and who knows what would have happened if Man City had signed Ronaldo - Ole may have got top 4, Ralf Rangnick may never have happened... but most certainly I wouldn't have spent 90 mins (on youtube) on the TalkTV stream watching some plastic man bad mouth his co-workers in a quite unbelievably bad way! But not Dalot, for some reason.
The jacuzzi was about 5 seconds or 0.1% of the interview.
For Cristiano his mind is 99.99% other things and 0.1% jacuzzi
Until I heard him say it in the second part of interview I wasn't sure if the "I don't respect him" quote was a fake one
Which parts?
I'd love to know what his PR team think. Their toes must have been curling watching that. Slagging off the manager that fans are fully behind and calling our all-time leading goalscorer a rat.
You're basically a grandfather on this site with that join date, we should all be sat on your lap asking war stories. That's why you must surely remember SAF stuck up for the glazers vehemently. The green and gold protests, the red knights, he also put down fan acquisition. We just kind of accepted he was entitled to his opinion
I know. But saying losing to Brentford is worse than Ronaldo disrespecting the club, coach, team mates in the interview is ridiculous
My main point was I don't care if we lose it happens to the best of them. A player disrespecting the club is more worse but if one thinks losing is worse then football must be
Jeesh...I am saying the interview is worse than losing a game of football. Teams lose all the time but barely do players have interviews disrespecting the team that pays them.
You don't think this interview can't influence a young player looking up to him in a bad way?
Such a cringe fest.
The one thing that I makes be a little uncertain is that he advertised this interview right when he joined the team. Before he met with Ten Hag.
He said that there were so many lies, he was going to tell the truth. If that truth is NOT “I don’t want out, they want ME out”, what the heck was he intending to say in the interview in August?? And if what he is saying is true, honestly, Murtough should be sacked. It looks horribly on him. It has nothing to do with Ronaldo, he shouldn’t be here. He is the biggest narcissist ever. But that bit for Murtough is awful to try to make it out like Ronaldo wants out while he in fact wants to stay and we are trying to sell him.
I don’t know, I just want to forget this interview.
The entire Portuguese team and all United players doing media duties for their international teams are being asked questions about Ronaldo. There’s only one person to blame for that and it isn’t the fecking interviewer.
That there were no changes, for a start.
We shouldn't be looking to David Gill/Bryan Robson or anyone from United's past glories for advise on running the club and that includes Sir Alex.
This is going to hold the club back if we're meant to be evolving to a more modern structure.
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