Soccer nice Cristiano Ronaldo has opened declared himself as “the most complete player to have existed.”
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner made the declaration throughout an interview with Spanish tv present “El Chiringuito.”
“I’m talking about numbers,” Ronaldo mentioned through the interview, as quoted by ESPN. “I think I’m the most complete player to have existed. In my opinion, I think it’s me.”
“I do everything well in football: with my head, free kicks, left foot,” he added. “I’m fast, I’m strong.”
While the Al Nassr star mentioned that he respects those that favor Lionel Messi, Pelé, and Diego Maradona, he firmly believes that he’s “the most complete.”
“I haven’t seen anybody better than me, and I say it from the heart,” he mentioned.
“I think that’s the difference with others,” Ronaldo added later within the interview. “Somebody else in my position would have left football 10 years ago. I’m different, full stop.”
Soccer followers wasted no time in taking to social media to air their ideas and opinions on Ronaldo’s declaration. Many are usually not impressed with Ronaldo’s self-assessment.
“Arguably the second best in the world ever, for some people the GOAT, but the dude is beyond cringe,” one person on Reddit mentioned. “Just like, enjoy your retirement man.”
“People wonder why he got trolled a lot,” a fellow person commented. “This is the reason.”
“It honestly is insane to me. Ronaldo is so f***ing successful and yet he seems to [sic] insecure,” one other Reddit person mentioned. “He constantly has to talk down other leagues and hype himself up. Messi and Argentina winning the World Cup hurt him so badly.”
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