Is he having a midlife crisis episode?
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Might be regretting that interview now, doubt he'll ever admit it, which would be down to the ego he possesses.
Oh did I come across like that, no no, he's always been a self centered egoistical maniac, that's true. I'm just speculating that as stupid he is, something like going to Piers Morgan and saying those things, was out of character, even for him.
I thought the same. Baffling inclusion
I meant from his perspective, getting away with it, I don't know how you read the rest of the post and didn't realize that I'm talking about what he has been experiencing.
I really can't understand why he did that interview? Surely the club was willing to let him go if he really wanted to go.
To he honest I find this woe is amazing me angle odd. Ronaldo's claim to the greatest has only caught mild wind when his team became incredibly successful in the CL. He's not like Roger Federer* who at 26 was deemed a tennis God and thought of as the best thing since .. the sliced backhand. Ronaldo is an big name but its hardly as thought he's some anomaly that redefined the sport like Federer did (and the other two then matched).
If anything he's always been trying his best to catch up with someone put on that (but not quite Federer level) pedestal. My point is that he's never been invincible or shouldn't have had those delusions. But I think the truth is that unlike Federer who is a classy and humble person, Ronaldo is a narcissistic prick who can't see beyond his own nose.
* replace with any other freak in a sport who breaks it
He's had an army of yes men and fan boys for over a decade. It's no surprise he thinks he walks on water - people literally tell him it every day.
You've got the likes of Piers Morgan talking like he can never do any wrong. It feeds into his ego and he probably genuinely still thinks he's one of the best in the game.
I think Since this summer it's been a huge reality check for him. He probably just thought ETH didn't like him, but now Santos dropping him in the world cup infront of a global audience? that has to sting.
It'll be interesting to see what his next move is. Will his ego allow him to drop his wage demands to keep playing at a higher level? or will he take the cash and ride off into the sunset.
He wanted to manage his exit is all i can think, he didnt want the ignominy of the club just agreeing to without a reason because without reason it would be the club saying they didnt want him for his current football ability rather than a shitty interview
Thanks for understanding, I genuinely didn't expect it to be confusing at all. When I was talking about how so far in his professional and personal life he's barely had any setbacks.
Correct, I meant how during that phase he'd be feeling helpless, after living an extremely successful personal and professional life for 2 decades.
I understand it's just like discussing OJ Simpson's like;
"O.J. led the league in rushing four years in 1972, 1973, 1975 and 1976. In various selections, he was named NFL Player of the Year in 1972, 1973 and 1975. He was both All-AFC and All-Pro five straight years from 1972 through 1976. He played in six Pro Bowls, winning Player of the Game honors in the 1973 game before being acquitted of the Murder of his ex wife and her alleged lover"
What? that was intentional. I had no other reason to use that figure of speech.I read it again, the bolded made me both giggle and cringe, again.
Terribly put together post mate
Big ego and delusion. And imho in few years he will regret that interview. He will make a bank in SA, but you can not take that money when you die.
He could have stayed on lower wages and be mentor to our youngsters. I doubt that club would forced him out if he stayed in some role like that.
Especially since the thing he desires most seems to be admiration. It was such a dumb move altogether. Makes me kind of angry that the threw away that much. Would have loved it if he had accepted a role like Buffon in his later years. Or Ribery, playing for a smaller club. It seems like such a rushed end to a career that defined a whole era like few before him.
Probably also miscalculated the negative impact it'd have on the interest of other teams in him
SameI’m glad he threw that in there if only because I’ve been laughing at it for about 10 minutes now. First proper laugh I’ve had today
This “GOAT” Ronaldo thing. This player who was the best of all time, best at everything.
That move probably was the biggest hammer blow to our club. You really need to keep your best player period when you are a club our size.
Partly due to the owners replacing him with Owen and Valencia but he didn’t seem to care much he made us look a tier below. Before he did that we were arguably above Real in the world football standing in the late 00’s.
After that Glazernomics obliterated us so I suppose he couldn’t do much else but it was still a slap in the face to every United fan past and present.
That is true. He used our fans as an ego boost basically for years. Even after moving to Madrid was probably the biggest show of disrespect I would argue our club has ever gotten.
That move probably was the biggest hammer blow to our club. You really need to keep your best player period when you are a club our size.
Partly due to the owners replacing him with Owen and Valencia but he didn’t seem to care much he made us look a tier below. Before he did that we were arguably above Real in the world football standing in the late 00’s.
After that Glazernomics obliterated us so I suppose he couldn’t do much else but it was still a slap in the face to every United fan past and present.
Because he thought if he blamed the club for his shit form and then turned it on in the World Cup for a couple of games, he’d be able to con a Champions League club into thinking he’s not completely finished.
Between being just as shit for Portugal and then getting dropped and his replacement scoring a hat trick, it didn’t quite pan out how he thought it would.
Add Messi's performances on top. Must be a really bad 3 weeks for Ronaldo. Probably the worst three weeks of his (footballing) career.
Who knows what he does now ? I think he needs to realistically have a look at going back to Sporting. If he can go there and end his career there, at least he'll end it on a good note. If he goes to Saudi everyone will remember the interview and this tournament as being his last ever time in football relevance.
He can't just "have a look" though, the Sporting manager doesn't want him and has stated that a few times. They have targets too, they're in the Europa League, they'd like to finish second in the Portuguese league and he's a good manager too, so he knows that 38-year-old Ronaldo is not worth the circus that surrounds him in any functioning team any more, who wants to deal with a player that's paid twice as much as the next player in your team, refuses to press, looks a shell of themselves... but also has a tantrum every time he's subbed, demands to take every free-kick, will undermine you if you don't play him at every opportunity.
He and Tears Morgan will celebrate their biggest win in years when France win the final
I think it was a well calculated move on his part though backfired badly. He must have talked to people like Mendes before that.
The way I think about it, it was obvious this year would be a disaster for him at United in terms of stats and as a non-starter with Ten Hag not giving him much chance for obvious reasons. The WC was approaching and Portugal had an amazing team & he would be a guaranteed starter. Having a good to great WC (which looked very possible prior to the WC) would in his mind put him on the elite players map again & the radar of CL teams. It would also give enough ammunition to his fanboys & media say that it's United's/Ten Hag's fault not to use a great player like Ronaldo, that he did the right thing doing the interview and burning the bridges etc. as the WC shows he is still elite. Well, things went unexpectedly badly for him with him losing his starter status in the WC, and overall a terrible experience..
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Why would Sporting even want him though ?
100% spot on. No one in their right mind will touch him.
What difference does it make? Ronaldo's argument for the greatest player of his generation hinged on a miracle during the world cup ( world cup win and a 6th Balón d'or which would have carried more weight than normal).
Instead, he's had as disastrous a world cup as anyone could have imagined to the extent that he was reduced to a bench player in the KO stages. Meanwhile, Messi at the age of 35.5 has nearly as many goal contributions in this world cup alone than Ronaldo had in his entire world cup career (5 tournaments).
Ronaldo's done and without having been able to do it at the highest level of international football.
Not sure what is there to celebrate. If Messi has the worst match of his life, he'll still have 9 KO stage goal contributions to Ronaldo's 0 and has the better club and international legacy.
Look it doesn't actually matter. Messi has always clearly been the better footballer and how supposedly tight it is, is manufactured rather than based on the quality of the two footballers. But you know the SM commentators / narrative / one upmanship. They'll celebrate France winning the WC as if it's one for Ronnie and somehow legitimized his claim. Like I said, it's trivial, but that's what these clowns live for.
So let them. Still not sure how it gives any legitimacy for Ronaldo? He lost and performed horribly, again. And his performances at the world cup will be a black mark against him in any debate against any all time great (doesn't have to be Messi).
I just don't see why and how the result on Sunday changes what Messi has done at this level of international football. His 3 player of the tournament awards aren't going away (and a loss tomorrow won't give Ronaldo 1. he'll stay at 0). Similarly, a loss tomorrow won't remove Messi's goals and assists in the world cup KO stages. Nor will they change the fact that Ronaldo will retire with 0.
Let's keep this thread to football issues and avoid legal ones, particularly when discussing Ronaldo's achievements ffs!
Quickly, those of you who can watch, get educated!!
Delusion, when you're surrounded by "yes people" that's what can happen. They keep whispering to him he is the best so he naively thought he'd get many offers ?
Oh, how I wish I can listen to this... Not
1. He drinks no Coca-Cola
2. He doesn't care about FIFA, feck FIFA
3. He wants to play in Champions League (if your club is interested, send me a DM)
4. Named his freekick "The Rocket"
4. Him being benched for Portugal is a sin against Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Vishnu, Confucius, etc. all at the same time
5. I secretly spied on Ronaldo and when he found out, he showed me his abs
I assume everyone by now understands that everything that pillock says is designed to attract attention? Wish everyone would stop giving him what he craves
Exactly - I refused to watch the actual interview simply because of this and settled for the short clips folks where sharing around. I did enjoy them tearing him a new one on Talksport though.
Why should anyone care what Piers Morgan thinks about football?
Or anything for that matter, but particularly football when he’s never done anything in the game, and he’s never even been a sports journalist.
Or anything for that matter, but particularly football when he’s never done anything in the game, and he’s never even been a sports journalist.
Aye. Anyone giving Piers the time of day is as much a feckwit as Piers himself.
Piers Morgan is a legendary troll. The way he makes so many people so pissed off is really something else.
He knows exactly what he's doing and how it will go down with the people!
He knows exactly what he's doing and how it will go down with the people!
Piers Morgan is a legendary troll. The way he makes so many people so pissed off is really something else.
He knows exactly what he's doing and how it will go down with the people!
I’m gonna guess he is a millionaire at worst. The guy knows his stuff. He picked the most controversial and marketable player to make his stupid statements and the honey is flowing. His objectives are very clear and he is really successful at delivering