Special Envoy of the Observer in Doha, Qatar
It was not even necessary to ask, Fernando Santos himself ended up talking about it during his part of the press conference. Going back four years to the 2018 World Cup, cases like the one that has marked the current situation in relation to Cristiano Ronaldo, although they were not so mediatic, they existed and were not reduced to a single player. Because there were elements in the process of changing clubs, others who had been on loan and did not know their future, others who had just unilaterally terminated their contract. This was where Bruno Fernandes was. A kind of version I, who maintains the same spirit of leadership but radically changed his career to go from player without a club to a player with a new contract at Sporting and assuming the role of captain before what is still the biggest signing of the player from Leon. club to Manchester United. Today it is a version II.
Leader of the Old Trafford team, member of the group of captains of the historic Premier League club and with a different weight than when he was in the last World Cup, the midfielder was chosen to speak at the first press conference in anticipation of a match against Ghana. And even for the club in which he currently plays, the choice could not have been more perfect to fill the room (the fact that FIFA revealed who was speaking earlier also helped) and, in parallel, put stones in some issues who had a direct relationship with the inevitable Cristiano Ronaldo, also a free agent.
“Ronaldo spoke to me before the termination? Cris didn’t talk to me, it’s a personal decision, that only concerns him and his family. We don’t talk about it and it is understood that everyone is focused on the national team and the World Cup. Everyone knows the value we place on representing our country, everyone wants to be in a competition like the World Cup and everyone is aware of what they have to do. Do you feel uncomfortable having to choose a side? I don’t have to choose a side… Playing with him at United after having already been here in the national team was a dream come true, he was always one of my idols but nothing lasts forever. It was great for me, but it was good while it lasted. He made another decision for his career and we have to respect it, only we as players and family country know what decisions need to be made”, referred to the medium that can check the 50 internationalizations against Ghana, before addressing the images in the dark the selection.
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Source: Observadora
