Cristiano Ronaldo blasted Barcelona legend
Xavi Hernandez after the former Barcelona
player said the Real Madrid/Portugal star was
unlucky to be playing in the same generation
as Lionel Messi.
Speaking to Spanish radio station Cadena Ser
earlier in the week, Xavi had said:
“Ronaldo is a player of his time. The problem
is that there is another who has been pretty
much the best player in history. Ronaldo is
extraordinary but compared to Messi, for me
and for everyone who likes football, there are
no comparisons.
“Messi will be number one until he wants [to
stop]. He’s superior to everyone and is the
best in the world, unless you are Real Madrid.”
'Only a fool could have played football and
not recognize Cristiano is an elite footballer.
But he just has had bad luck to be around at
the same time as Leo.'
On Saturday evening, Ronaldo who scored on
his Madrid comeback after months of being
injured stunningly reacted to the former
Barcelona captain's comments.
'The most searched for player on the Internet
is me. Those that want to appear on front
covers [of newspapers] or promote things
speak about me.
'What does it matter to me what Xavi says?
He plays where? In Qatar or [somewhere], I
don't know. He's won everything but he's
never won a Ballon d'Or. I have three.'
Ronaldo also claimed that if he were
Florentino Perez, Real Madrid's president, he
would issue himself with a new mega-deal as
his current deal is set to end in 2018.
'If I were the president of Real Madrid, I would
give myself a 10-year contract. Right now I'm
not thinking about anything else in my career,
all I want is to retire at Real. This is the
biggest club in the world and it should have
the best players.'
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