World Cup winning Brazilian Star Ronaldo launched an astonishing attack on two of football's legends, Pele and Michel Platini in Sunday's edition of Brazilian newspaper O Globo.
The overweight and under-fire Real Madrid galactico branded Pele, commonly regarded as the greatest player ever, as an “ opportunist” and hit out at European legend Platini as “jealous”.
Ronaldo's outburst comes after his latest failing on the football field. He started Saturday's vital league match at Valencia on the bench but came on in the second half only to have a penalty saved.
After a scathing attack on the world's soccer greats, Ronaldo somewhat ironically added: "“All I want is for people to treat me with respect and that is not what is happening."
Ronaldo perhaps doesn't realize his fame and money wouldn't buy him the respect that he so desparately craves . He is in the public eye and is a role model for hundreds of thousands of young people. So he has got to live up to it. He should be grateful for any sincere advice that he gets instead of shooting the messenger. He has got to work both in training and off the field to regain his lost form. For the love of the game that has made him famous and successful and for the millions of soccer fans, we hope he does the right thing. It would be better if he can keep his mouth shut and let his boots do the talking.
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