Just as fierce rivals Barca were undone at the Nou Camp by Alaves, Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Real Madrid was a triumphant one at the Euro 2016 winner helped his side to a 5-2 win over Osasuna.
Almost as soon as the Portuguese had finished his post match shower, Ronaldo was seemingly a little keen to have his say on comments made by Barcelona legend Xavi over even more Lionel Messi comparisons.
“Ronaldo is a player of his time,” Xavi recently told Cadena SER. “The problem is that there is another who has been pretty much the best player in history.
“Ronaldo is extraordinary but compared to Messi, for me and for everyone who likes football, there are no comparisons.”
Whilst many would forgive the little midfield dynamo for a little favouratism given that Messi was a former teammate, it didn’t stop Ronaldo from showing those retractable claws in repsonse to, as he no doubt see’s them, vicious jibes.
“The most searched for player on the Internet is me,” Ronaldo told reporters, as quoted in the Daily Mail.
“Those that want to appear on front covers [of newspapers] or promote things speak about me.
“What does it matter to me what Xavi says? He plays where? In Qatar or [somewhere], I don’t know.
Before finishing strongly with…
“He’s won everything but he’s never won a Ballon d’Or. I have three.”
Clearly in full stride by this point, and with questions raised over the 31 year old’s future in the team, Ronaldo gave some advice to Real president Florentino Perez.
“If I were the president of Real Madrid, I would give myself a 10-year contract,” Ronaldo added. “Right now I’m not thinking about anything else in my career, all I want is to retire at Real.
“This is the biggest club in the world and it should have the best players.”
And they say you mellow in your thirty’s.