Mentioned by a former Sporting player, former great hope of Portuguese football, Cristiano Ronaldo could not help but react. With a certain firmness.
Like Cristiano Ronaldo, Fabio Paim studied at Sporting CP. Like the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, he quickly showed above-average qualities. But the comparison ends there since the midfielder did not then confirm his potential and was content with a modest career, crowned with a single title obtained in 2008 with the Portuguese club Trofense, crowned champion then. second division. Now retired, Fabio Paim has found a way to get people talking about him again. And even to make Cristiano Ronaldo react.
Five days ago, the thirty-five-year-old man took advantage of his time at the microphone of the podcast “ Sem Remorsos“, to tickle his glorious elder. “ He should give me one of his Ballons d’Or. I studied at Sporting. I grew up there. During those glory years, I won everything I could win. It’s true that I didn’t get where I could have gotten, but I left my mark on a generation. » And Fabio Paim puts a part back in the machine. “ I said with a laugh that Cristiano Ronaldo could give me a Ballon d’Or, but I said it with complete humility. If I had half the mentality of Ronaldo, it wouldn’t be him and Messi. It would be me, him and Messi. And maybe he wouldn’t have won all the Ballons d’Or he had. One of them might have been mine.“
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” Who is this guy ? »
Relayed on social networks, this filmed interview inevitably came back to the ears and eyes of the main person concerned who responded to it on Monday. A response as terse as it is hallucinatory: “ Wtf… Who is this guy? » Presented in the video as a “former friend of Cristiano Ronaldo”, not sure that Fabio Paim will become one again soon after such a declaration. As for “CR7”, he continues his glorious career, he who will very soon (and very probably) play Euro 2024 with the Portuguese selection.
