After being familiar with the summits for almost 20 years,
Is Cristiano Ronaldo taking permanent damage to his image? ? This is the feeling that animates many observers after the strange week experienced by the superstar.
It started with a regrettable red card in Ireland for Portugal’s first match during this international break, with a defeat (0-2). In the absence of CR7, Roberto Martinez’s team then punched its ticket for the World Cup by correcting Armenia (9-1).
If this sequence has relaunched the debate on the real usefulness of the scorer in the selection, it is off the field, above all, that Cristiano Ronaldo has made people talk about him again. While visiting the White House, the Portuguese striker was all smiles with American President Donald Trump.
Ronaldo continues to get destroyed
This visit from CR7 is not happening, especially in Portugal, where the icon is tarnishing its image. The selfie with Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick (US Commerce Secretary) and David Sacks (chairman of the US President’s Advisory Council on Science and Technology) is seen as an offense by fans and the press, who accuse him of being out of touch with reality. Would Ronaldo be used? His collusion with Mohammed bin Salman is disturbing. The Saudi prime minister is notably suspected in the case of the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.
“ Attend the national team’s last qualifying match? No, because he doesn’t like being the center of attention. Go to the White House to pat Trump on the back in front of everyone? Of course, no problem”said journalist Ana Garcia Martins. “ Ronaldo is a player with a huge record, known all over the world, he had no need to associate with a government accused of human rights violations.thundered the editorialist of the SIC channel JoĂŁo Nuno Assunção. One thing is certain: an entire country is bruised, today, by the superstar’s new associations.
