Cristiano Ronaldo could not be more proud of his 11-year-old son, Cristiano Jr. who recently signed a professional deal with Manchester United’s junior league. It’s the start of Junior’s career as he follows in the footsteps of his famous father.
23.01.2022 - 03:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City star Kevin de Bruyne has snubbed Cristiano Ronaldo from his current all-time greatest five a side team as Virgil van Dijk, Lionel Messi, Neymar and N'Golo Kante made his side.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner was omitted from the Belgians mini-squad during a chat with former United defender Rio Ferdinand.
Ronaldo has been one of the glimmering lights in a dismal season for the Reds which resulted in the eventual sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Ferdinand stipulated no goalkeepers which allowed for the possibility of including the all-time leading international goalscorer but the 30-year-old opted for Messi instead, also leaving Robert Lewandowski out.
Starting from the front, he told the FIVE YouTube channel: "Messi's going to be there for me, Neymar is going to be there for me.
"Kante... I need [N'Golo] Kante.
"I'm going to say Virgil van Dijk, for five-a-side I'm going to go for Bernardo then."
He explained: "In small spaces he's unbelievable. He reminds me a bit of David [Silva]. He's a wind-up, winds a lot of people up, people hate that about him.
"He gives you a little bit of everything and with the team that I have that fits him perfectly. His quality this year has been unbelievable.
"I think he's up there [with the best in the world]. He was unbelievable before his injury, obviously he had his ACL.
"He came back to a real high level. It's very difficult always to say 'he's better than this one...' but he's probably top three in the world alongside Ruben [Dias] and some other players. I think he deserves it.
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