(PLO)- Former Sporting CP strategist Manuel Jose bluntly criticized Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo for knowing only his fame and money.
Ronaldo saw his own influence in the Portuguese national team diminish during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The head coach of the European Selecao at the time, Fernando Santos, notably did not hesitate to let the striker sit in the team’s knockout matches.
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The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has now been reintroduced to the starting lineup by new coach Roberto Martinez. He marked the start of the Spaniard’s tenure by scoring twice in Portugal’s recent UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Liechtenstein and Luxembourg.
However, Jose thinks Martinez should make Cristiano Ronaldo realize his declining quality. The former Sporting coach also frankly said that the superstar Al-Nassr had forgotten his roots.
Coach Jose said that Ronaldo is very greedy and selfish. Photo: GETTY.
He told Record: “The coach has to have the courage and personality to make Ronaldo realize a few things: first is his age, then the fact that he represents a country and wears the shirt of a country as well. the value of that country. Next, the coach must give examples of humility. It sucks, because Cristiano has forgotten where he came from.”
Jose continued to target Ronaldo, claiming that he was greedy. The Portuguese strategist added that he agrees with his colleague Bruno Fernandes refuting claims Portugal is having a good atmosphere in Ronaldo’s dressing room about the national team.
The Sporting coach continued: “Ronaldo still doesn’t know how to end his career. He just loves money and more money. The best thing is that the whole team agreed to remove Ronaldo from the national team. He He behaved badly with Fernando Santos, his colleagues and the Portuguese. He was only passionate about money and Bruno Fernandes was only telling the truth about that greed.”
Despite criticism from many sides, Ronaldo is still Portugal’s number one goalscorer. Photo: GETTY.
The 76-year-old veteran coach continued to criticize Cristiano Ronaldo for his ego when emphasizing: “Ronaldo will go down in history as the greatest player or one of the greatest goalscorers of the football team. world football No one can take that away from him.
But now Ronaldo has an ego as big as the world and he only thinks about himself. Ronaldo only knows he is the center, only wants to stand out and no one else. Ronaldo still can’t understand how old he is, that he is playing in a kid’s tournament and is no longer the Ronaldo of the past.
The new striker of Al Nassr also made a big splash in Saudi Arabia. Photo: GETTY.
Although Jose has suggested that Ronaldo should retire from international football, the 38-year-old has shown no signs of doing so. Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to play with Portugal in full form, scoring four goals in two of their games during this month’s international break.
Taking to Twitter after the win over Luxembourg, Ronaldo expressed his delight at the start that the European Selecao had made under Roberto Martinez, writing: “2 matches, 2 wins! Goal completed. Glad to have contributed to this very positive start to our team. Let’s go!”.
