🚨🗣 Luis Figo on the the current situation of the Portugal NT:
"Some of these players clearly don't want him (Ronaldo) on the team. They think he's holding them back, but they forget EVERYTHING he has done for this country. The young Cristiano didn't need anyone else to score goals. He won matches all by himself. He carried Portugal for YEARS. Cristiano Ronaldo IS Portugal. He deserves respect and a farewell worthy of a LEGEND.
When Cristiano got his first call-up, he respected all the senior players. Now we have arrogant kids who have achieved nothing. He is the reason we even believe we can win a World Cup. He is the inspiration for everyone." 🇵��🏆
🗣️ Erling Haaland: "Tom Holland DM'd me and invited me for dinner during F1 in Monaco. I didn't bother to answer. I had no idea who he was and didn't want to answer a random unknown person"
🥹💬 Wayne Rooney’s message to Kobbie Mainoo [via @BBCSport]:
“Hi Kobbie, just a quick message to say good luck at the World Cup. Just be yourself and you’ll be a star there mate.
“Also, how you’ve handled everything this season has been a lesson to all young football players, a great example to young and old players.
“And finally, you might not see, but having two lads in the United Academy, you should realise you are an inspiration to them and to the young lads there. Keep doing what you are doing, be yourself.
“Much love, Wazza.” #MUFC
🚨🗣️New: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Vinicius Junior refusing the mandatory halftime interview with FIFA at the World Cup:
“People are shocked that Vinícius walked away from a halftime interview. I am shocked that anyone thinks he should have stopped in the first place.
Halftime is not a television studio. Halftime is not a podcast. Halftime is not a red carpet. Halftime is the heartbeat of a football match.
For 45 minutes, players are warriors in a storm. They run, they fight, they suffer, they bleed. Then they get 15 precious minutes to recover, to breathe, to listen, to think. And FIFA wants to spend part of that time chasing soundbites? That is like pulling a Formula 1 driver out of his car during a pit stop and asking him how the race is going.
And FIFA’s idea is to shove a microphone in the player’s face and ask, ‘How do you feel?’
How do you think he feels? He’s exhausted.
This is modern football’s biggest disease. Everything is content. Everything is sponsorship. Everything is television. The match hasn’t even finished and they’re already trying to manufacture headlines.
They tell us they care about player welfare. Really? Then why are players playing more games than ever? Why are tournaments expanding? Why are injuries increasing? And now they want halftime interviews too? The hypocrisy is unbelievable.
Halftime is sacred. It belongs to the players and the coaches. That’s where games are won. That’s where tactics change. That’s where injuries get treated. That’s where leaders speak. It is not a media circus.
And don’t tell me this is for the fans. Fans want better football, not a tired player giving a robotic 20-second answer because somebody sold another broadcast package.
Vinícius understood that. He chose football over public relations.
The funniest part? They threaten him with a fine. A fine. As if that changes the principle. If I were there, I’d pay it too. Because some things are worth more than money.
If FIFA really had their way, they’d put microphones in the dressing room and call it innovation.
Football should come first. Not content. Not commercials. Not corporate greed.
For once, a player pushed back. And that’s exactly why so many people are angry.”
Fans bangang akan ingat ini isu "legends MU perjuangkan standard & winning mentality"
Padahal this is nothing more than Roy Keane being an asshole human being