🚨🛩️ Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Madrid, landed at 2am local time tonight as he’s definitely called himself out of the Portugal national team squad.
Convicted criminals, wife beaters, serial cheaters and fraudsters, alongside ex-players and pundits from rival clubs, are suddenly lining up to lecture #ManCity fans about morality.
Every club has skeletons in its history.
Spare us the selective outrage and moral superiority.
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Messi retired from the national team twice before, and they begged him to come back both times. He understood something Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t: sometimes you have to remind people of your value.
There’s nothing Ramos did in that last match that Ronaldo can’t do more. Messi also spends a lot of time walking around in matches for Argentina, using his experience and choosing his moments is all he does just like Ronaldo.
I can barely remember seeing a fit Messi sitting on the bench for Argentina. This foolish coach and Portugal should show Ronaldo some respect. Nobody rate your national team without Ronaldo. 🐐
ℹ️🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister Elma shares the following message on Instagram by commenting “everything has been said here”.
“CR7 deserved more respect.
The national team deserved more structure.
Portuguese journalism deserved more competence and less speculation.
As for the Portuguese people, well... they don't deserve to have the best at anything.
We are envious, disdainful, ignorant, and we deserve to return to the mediocrity we always had in football before CR7.
Thank you for everything, CR7! You deserved more!”.
Após a conferência de imprensa do Selecionador Nacional, e no seguimento de uma conversa com o Presidente da Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, tomei a decisão de deixar o estágio da Seleção Nacional.
A seu tempo, direi a verdade a todos os Portugueses sobre as razões que motivaram a minha saída da equipa nacional, à qual sempre me dediquei.
Agora é tempo de desejar boa sorte a Portugal e a todos os meus companheiros de equipa, sem exceção.
Let’s be real for one second:
Man City are possibly the best-run football club in the world. They are the pinnacle of football excellence, along with PSG/Barcelona/Madrid/Liverpool/Arsenal.
I don’t think it’s in the interests of the Premier League to destroy them. Punish yes, but they are an asset to the very frontier of what modern football is. Their data science excellence, their academy excellence, their football philosophy…it doesn’t make sense to dismantle all of that.
Yes, they built it by cheating. But they definitely pushed the football standards in this country to a new level and made the Premier League stronger than ever. There has to be a sweet spot where they punish the club but don’t destroy them.
Your club killed 39 Juventus fans in Belgium and got the entire country banned in europe for 6 years.
You, Mr spitter, and your club should be the last people giving moral lectures 🤡
Etihad Airways spokesperson: “Etihad categorically rejects any finding, conclusion or implication that suggests the airline has ever been involved in improper commercial arrangements. The Premier League’s public communication of the Commission’s findings, following a period of selective leaks and reporting, has further created damaging implications for Etihad despite the airline not being named in the redacted published findings.
“At no time did the Premier League reach out to or engage with Etihad in the process associated with the Commission’s opinion. Etihad was therefore never given opportunity by the Premier League to be represented, provide relevant information, or ensure the accuracy and fairness of information relied upon in reaching conclusions that may now be interpreted as reflecting adversely on the airline.
“Etihad is deeply concerned by the way this matter has been communicated publicly. The lack of clarity and transparency, together with the selective disclosure of information, has created damaging implications for Etihad despite the airline not being named in the published decision. The Premier League must take responsibility for the consequences of the way in which these findings have been presented.
“We stand with the Club, its supporters and our wider Etihad community as #ManCity challenges the Commission’s conclusions through the processes available to it. Etihad will seek the relevant legal counsel on the options and recourse available to protect its interests…” [via @MikeKeegan_DM]