Cristiano Ronaldo says he feels that two of the top managers of Manchester United “did not believe that something bad” happened in the summer, when one of his daughters, Bella Esmeralda, and her partner, Georgina Rodríguez, faced a health problem and revealed that they It was about the great reason for missing the club’s preseason.
In another excerpt from the already controversial interview with Piers Morgan, revealed tonight, the Portuguese reveals that he spoke with a manager and the president of the club to justify his absence, but it will not make sense that his message has been well received.
“They, in a way, did not believe that something bad had happened, which made me feel bad,” the player confessed.
Assuring that he will “never” change “the health of the family because of football, whether it is now, ten years ago or ten years from now”, Ronaldo added that he felt “hurt” by the “doubts about the word” that had given.
“It wasn’t easy for me, but especially not for Bella. [a filha] and for Gio, who spent a week in the hospital because Bella had a big problem”, the player also reported, who revealed that “for this reason” he did not participate in the English preseason.
“I couldn’t leave my family to do the preseason. I don’t think it would be fair to leave my family to do the preseason. That’s why I didn’t go”, said the captain of the team. .
In April, Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez announced that one of the twin babies – a boy – whose birth they were expecting had died.
“They want the marketing money”
In the same interview, Cristiano Ronaldo attacked the family that runs the club -the Glazers-, arguing that “they don’t care about the professional and sporting part of the club.”
“the manchester [United] It is a marketing club, what they want is marketing money, they don’t care much about the sports part”, he also analyzed.
Asked if the fans – who are also very critical of the Glazers – are right, Ronaldo answered in the affirmative and assured that “all the players”, including himself, “want the best for the club”.
“The fans must know the truth, they must know that the players and I also want the best for the club. That’s why I came and that’s why I love this club. But there are things at the club that don’t help.” Manchester to get to the top, where Liverpool is, [Manchester] City and now Arsenal”, lamented.
Cristiano Ronaldo predicts a complicated future for the club and warns that it will not be difficult for him to reach the top “in the next two or three years.”
Regarding the criticism of which he has been the target, Ronaldo takes up the harsh words for his former teammate Wayne Rooney, saying that he does not know the “why” of the English’s comments, but admitting that it could be because “[Rooney] he finished his career around 30” while the Portuguese “still plays”.
Another former teammate who has become a topic of conversation is Gary Neville, who Ronaldo ignored on camera not long ago while warming up for a game.
“They shouldn’t just listen to one point of view, they should listen to me too. It’s easy to criticize when you don’t know the whole story,” he replied.
Assuring that neither of them is his friend, the Portuguese asks if they have to criticize him “for having a job on television” and accuses them of “taking advantage” of his fame “because they are not stupid.”
“I have to live with that, but it’s hard to see someone with whom we share a dressing room criticizing us in that way,” the Portuguese also underlines. Still, he guarantees: “I won’t sleep badly because of the criticism.”
Source: TSF
