By contrast, Ronaldo is favourite to beat out Messi to his fourth Ballon d’Or in January after lifting both the Champions League with Madrid in May and then ending Portugal’s drought without a major tournament win at Euro 2016.
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‘He represents a lot for us and it would be handsome if he could end his career here. “Anyone who wants free publicity or media attention talks about me”, Ronaldo was quoted as saying by Marca.
“If I were the president of Real Madrid, I would give myself a 10-year contract”. He is an ambassador to the world.
“Cristiano always speaks well about us – he is very fond of the club”.
Carvalho knows that stopping Ronaldo in full flow on Wednesday night will be a challenge but his hope is that one day he might be terrorising defences in the famous green and white of Sporting once more.
“We are making a great effort for certain players to return to the club”.
‘It’s going to be special to come up against him just as it’s going to be special for him, as was seen in Ronaldo’s face when he found out in the draw that he would face us. To play Sporting again is a privilege for me. Ronaldo, it seems, is looking for more silverware in his already stacked trophy case. “I’m proud that I won the European Championship and the Champions League”. In 2007/08, when Manchester United were placed in a group with Ronaldo’s first team Sporting CP, the Portugal forward scored in the eventual champions’ 1-0 and 2-1 wins – rifling in an added-time free-kick in the second leg at Old Trafford.
We’ve played Borussia Dortmund in this competition before – and lost.
“I was watching the game against United here and we all had a very clear feeling that following his performance against United that it would be very hard for them [United] not to sign him”, he said.
‘He had phenomenal talent.
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“I thought he was too young to leave”.
