Cristiano Ronaldo is aware he has an image problem. I suppose there’s already a problem when you’re in a position to talk about your ‘image problem.’ I mean, could you imagine Leighton Baines speaking to his public image? “Yeah, I suppose I worry people might think I’ve time traveled from 1972 to find my future son and help him in the coming resistance against the robots.”
Anyway, he had this to say on the whether his image has affected his chances in the past when it comes to winning the FIFA-ruined Ballon d’Or prize:
“It’s question that I never give the 100% right answer, because sometimes I really don’t know. Maybe I agree, I have bad image on the pitch… because I’m too serious, but if you really know me, if you are my friend, if I leave you inside my house, if you share the day with me, you will know I hate to lose.
“People who call me arrogant, I would like to sit with them and to have a chat with them to see which way to they think I’m arrogant because I think they need to sit with me to know who is the real Cristiano.”
Again, perhaps Lionel Messi does interviews where he wonders why people don’t take the time to learn about the ‘real Lionel,’ thereby triggering the part of my brain that alerts me to the well-known fact that people who refer to themselves in the third person probably have an image problem.
But if memory serves, Messi tends to say things like, “Madrid are one of the best teams in the world and games against them are always nice to play. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best, and Pepe is a great defender.”
This isn’t about Messi though. It’s about Ronaldo, and his image problem.
For me it’s simple. They’re the two best players in the world, and maybe it’s just image and not their true hearts (I mean, I’m sure I don’t come across the way I really feel often), but it comes down to this for me:
- Messi smiles and seems to genuinely enjoy playing football, while Cristiano is so often complaining
- Messi fights through tackles and does whatever it takes to get to the net, while Cristiano often “goes down easily”
Surely the most shocking part of that quote is that he leaves his friends inside his house. They’re people Cristiano, not toys.
He is an amazing footballer, but anyone who refers to themselves in the third person should get a serious beat-down.
serves me right for skim-reading while on a conference call…
Bob Dole thinks Cristiano is great!
+1 failed presidential run.
Bob Dole is Bob Dole!
I guess it depends on how you define an image “problem”,,,,,I think CR7 is an arrogant dick, because he’s never given me reason to think otherwise…no problem.
If you can read Portuguese read how it’s said in Portuguese. Dielect is different.