Discussion on Cristiano Ronaldo's Status

That is where the, the lie comes in, to your point, Jason, and also where

the disrespect element comes in.

I, I, I don't think, I don't care who you are, and Jason and

Andy will perhaps disagree, I don't think they will,

you cannot be treated

differently, whoever you are, in a dressing room.

Of course you can.

You cannot.

Of course you can.

You cannot be treated differently.

As many friends as you have in that dressing room, there are people

that want to

see you fall, and will be pissed off if that were to be the case.

But Layla aside for a minute, he's been outsmarted.

That's the bottom line.

Has he, though?

He's been out-

Has he?

Yes. The... I read that statement as well.

Excruciatingly embarrassing, and those who have

slavishly supported-

Mm

... are wrong.

He should have just wa- walk away, if that's what you want to do.

This reminds me so much of Tevez and Manchester.

Remember the Tevez affair when, uh, Mancini had him warm up for 20, 25

minutes, didn't put him, and blew up.

Um, he was castigated for allegedly-

But Tevez is not, Tevez is not Cristiano Ronaldo.

He's a player. He's just a player.

He's not just a player.

He's a player.

I mean, Jason-

And-

... this is the point. L- l- but let's be fair. He's not just a player.

He is.

He's, he's scored a h- nearly 150 goals-

I don't care

... for Portugal. He's played 250, well, nearly 250 games for them,

right? He is the greatest Portuguese player by a

country mile.

We have the Eusebio v. Ronaldo debate. There is no debate.

Look at the stats, look at the numbers.

Yeah.

He is the greatest, right, in Portuguese history.

Never mind the other debate about GOAT of the game.

One of the greatest ever