Having left Mexico in 2010, Javier Hernandez Balcazar, known as “Chicharito”, chose to return to the North American continent after a decade of exile in Europe. Now aged 35, the Mexican striker has been in the heyday of Los Angeles Galaxy since 2020. During an interview with Paramount+, the Guadalajara native looked back on his great years spent in England, Spain and Germany. During his career, Chicharito had the opportunity to rub shoulders with many stars like Cristiano Ronaldo during his express stint at Real Madrid between 2014 and 2015 (33 appearances, 9 goals). As such, the Mexican has very good memories of it and did not hesitate to praise the Portuguese’s footballing and human qualities.
“My stay at Real Madrid was something unique, special, indescribable, like a dream. Cristiano Ronaldo? He is phenomenal in a locker room and also in the way he is. I think I haven’t met and I haven’t seen a player, and I can confirm this, who has come out to say that Cristiano Ronaldo is a difficult and complicated person. Cris, it’s Cris. We know his personality and his competitiveness, but as a teammate, those are also things that I took, because he and I had discussions that wouldn’t have happened if he hadn’t allowed them no more”declared the 35-year-old before concluding like this: “People see Cristiano Ronaldo in a very arrogant and very dismissive way, but I think he is a very honest person, very frank, and he is not going to lie to you.”
