🚨🎙️ Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Como and manager Cesc Fàbregas:
🗣️ “I don’t care how much they pay him or the players who work under him, but this is how you go from a small club to a big club.
“Offers came in for Fàbregas to leave after a wonderful season, but he refused. Even when big clubs showed interest in their best player, Nico Paz, Como didn’t give in. If he were at Madrid by now, he’d probably be sitting on the bench instead of shining.
🗣️ “If Fabregas were at a club like Manchester United, he might have been sacked by October. This is something many so-called small clubs don’t have the audacity or capacity to do: reject big offers from bigger clubs.
“Como did it, and three years from now, if they maintain this form with the same manager, they could be regarded as a big club, even bigger than some clubs that still think they are. I’ve never been more proud of a club’s history. This is inspiring. This is how greatness is made.”
Parabéns, mano, por esta caminhada tão bonita! 🙌🏾🇵🇹
Inspiraste-nos a todos e fizeste-nos acreditar que, como portugueses, podíamos ser os melhores do mundo. Fizeste-nos sentir orgulho em nós próprios, como povo e como seleção.
És e serás sempre uma referência para todos nós que te seguimos e que partilhámos contigo momentos maravilhosos, dentro e fora de campo.
A Seleção é o ponto mais alto das nossas carreiras e tenho um enorme orgulho em ter feito parte da tua história. Para mim, és o melhor de todos os tempos, não só pelo jogador que foste e por tudo o que deste à nossa Seleção, mas também pelo que representaste para todos nós.
Mesmo quando muitas vezes discordávamos, estávamos sempre a crescer, a melhorar e a aprender. E isso também te devemos.
Por tudo isso, só posso dizer: muito obrigado, Capitão! O que fizeste por Portugal e por todos nós jamais será esquecido. 🐐👏🏾
⚪️💎 José Mourinho: “Jude Bellingham is a unique player. There is no midfielder in the world like Jude, complete at everything”.
“I don't have many words, he is extraordinary”.
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Cristiano Ronaldo announced his INTERNATIONAL RETIREMENT without informing Portugal manager Jorge Jesus! 🤯
The two have NOT SPOKEN since September 30.
Cristiano Ronaldo informed Portuguese Football Federation president Pedro Proença of his decision, but NOT Jorge Jesus.
Cristiano no longer wanted to play under Jorge Jesus and announced his retirement just before the squad announcement to avoid being called up.
Jorge Jesus had planned to select Ronaldo again and was CAUGHT COMPLETELY OFF GUARD by the announcement.
— @abolapt
🚨🇧🇷 José Mourinho: “Believe me, it’s kind of drama for any defender to defend Endrick at the 70th minute… after having ran all game, with tired legs!”.
🚨📸 - Diogo Dalot sends a message to Cristiano Ronaldo after his retirement on IG:
“You made us dream, you made us believe, and you made us WIN! Thank you, idol. ❤️🐐🇵🇹”