Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo insists his conflict with Manchester United “would not shake” his selection.
Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo assured Monday that his open conflict with his club Manchester United “would not shake“Her selection during the 2022 World Cup, which she starts on Thursday against Ghana (group H). Ronaldo, 37, explained at a press conference that he had “no doubt that this recent episode, this interviewon British TV where he felt his club had him “betrayed», «like other episodes that happen sometimes, can shake a player but won’t shake the team».
Manchester United announced on Friday that they haveinitiated appropriate measuresin response to vitriolic remarks by Ronaldo against his coach in an interview, notably on English television. Ronaldo for his part denied any relationship problem with his national and club teammate Bruno Fernandes, after a video circulated last week, seeming to testify to a certain coldness between the two players. “I have a great relationship with him. His plane was late and I asked him if he came by boat, I was joking with him“Assured CR7.
There are always debates, space for rumours, I know…
Cristiano Ronaldo
«There are always debates, space for rumours, I know… But the atmosphere is really excellent. But don’t talk about me with the other players. I have a bulletproof shell, but it’s a World Cup, talk to other World Cup players, not Cristiano Ronaldo, that would be great“, he concluded at the end of a 20-minute press conference held entirely in Portuguese. The Seleçao captain is playing in his fifth and most likely final World Cup and may become the very first player in history to score in five different World Cups.