😳🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Gary Lineker got asked whether Cristiano Ronaldo can enter the GOAT conversation, this was his response:
"I know that Cristiano gets upset if you don't put him in that conversation, but you have to be honest. Cristiano is incredible, just incredible, one of the all-time greats no question about that. His goalscoring records are right up there with Messi."
"But he can't do the other stuff. He can't beat four man, wriggle out of a hole in the middle of the pitch that makes you go 'HOW did he do that?!', he can't... he hasn't got that vision that Messi and Maradona got."
"I'd rank Brazilian Ronaldo ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo slightly. I put these players in the same tier as Zidane, Neymar, and Mbappé that could potentially come there.."
🚨🎙️ Sergio Ramos on who deserves this year’s Ballon d’Or:
Reporter: “Sergio, who do you think is the favourite to win the Ballon d’Or this year?”
Ramos: “I know it might sound awkward, but if you asked me in my dreams, I would still say Lionel Messi. People will say he’s old, he doesn’t play in Europe, bla bla bla… but tell me, who in Europe is doing what he’s doing at that age? Look at his numbers. He’s scoring, creating and carrying his team in the league.
And if you tell me, ‘It’s only MLS,’ then look at the World Cup. Against the players people thought could challenge him, Messi still stood above them all. He was the best player of the tournament, scoring a hat-trick at that age and carrying an entire nation.
Lamine, Kane, Mbappé, Fabián, Pedri and Dembélé all had incredible seasons, but what Messi has done this year is simply unbelievable.”
Your brain can only fear what it pays attention to. Worry survives on being replayed. The reason busy people worry less isn't that they have fewer problems. It's that a mind fully occupied has no spare room to keep the fear alive.
🚨 Roy Keane on Gakpo not being awarded a penalty against Ipswich:
🗣️ Keane: “I must’ve missed something during the week because I was told last weekend that this was a penalty.
When Alisson made contact with Williams after he’d already taken his shot, I said it wasn’t a penalty. The argument afterwards was, ‘It doesn’t matter that the ball is gone. There’s still contact.’
Fine. I disagreed with it, but at least that’s the explanation.
Now look at Gakpo. He releases the pass, though it gets intercepted, but the defender comes across and takes him out. The attacking move is already gone. Then there’s contact.
So where’s the penalty?
Whether Gakpo’s pass was intercepted doesn’t matter. Williams had already wasted his chance last week as well. If contact after the attacking action was enough to punish Alisson, why isn’t it enough here?
That’s what drives players and managers mad. I don’t even need them to agree with me anymore. Just agree with themselves.
Last week I said Williams had already completed what he wanted to do and people told me I was wrong.
Okay. Then give Liverpool the penalty today.
You can’t have both.”
🚨 Arsene Wenger on Liverpool conceding while waiting to make 3 substitutions:
🗣️ Wenger: “This is one of those situations where the manager will be very frustrated because Liverpool had already made their decision. Three players were ready to come on. The ball went out several times, but because there was a problem with the board, the substitutions could not happen.
The game continues. Forest attack, Alisson comes out and there is a penalty.
Everybody will analyse Alisson now. Should he come out? Is the contact enough? But from a coaching perspective, you also look at what was supposed to happen before the attack. Liverpool were trying to put three different players on the pitch.
Maybe Forest still create the chance after the substitutions. We cannot know. But three substitutions can change the structure of a team completely, and Liverpool had already asked to make those changes.
That is why the manager will be angry. He did his job. He identified what needed changing and had the players ready. The only thing he did not prepare for was having to wait for the substitution board.”
🚨🎙️ Reporter: "Carlo, you’ve managed legends. Who was the standout player at the 2026 World Cup?"
🗣️ Carlo Ancelotti: "Messi. Without doubt. At 39 years old he takes Argentina to the final almost by himself. I've seen many great players... but there is only one Lionel Messi." 🐐