MANCHESTERUNITEDsameCristiano.I liketo dribble,torun
withtheball.Maybesomepeoplethink
I do thatbecauseI’ma jokerbutthisis
mystyle,thisiswhatI trytodo,thisis
whatI liketo do.I like to dribble,this
ismytypeoffootballer. Someother
playershavea differentstyle butI’ve
alwaysbeenlikethat.I knowsome
defendersgetangrywithme and
trytokillme on thepitch.That’s
normalinfootball.
SomepeoplehavesaidItalian
footballis nowa homeforolder
players,likeShevchenko and
Ronaldinho,whileEnglandis
betterforyoungerplayers.
Well,Milanhavewon theChampions
Leaguewitholderplayers. Ageisnot
themostimportantthing.Italianpeople
havea differentmentality. If youdothe
rightthingsonthepitch,peopledon’t
careaboutage.Ifyouhavetalent,you
havetoplay. In Italy, if youareaplayer
of 35 andyou area betterplayer
thana boyof 20 or 21 , youhave
..
Afterthe 2006 WorldCup,there
wasalotofspeculationthatthe
ManchesterUnited fanswould not
acceptyou,butthey did.Afterthis
summer’s rumoursabouta possible
movetoRealMadrid,wereyou
worriedthesupportersmight
reactinthe wrongway?
Well, Ithink with specialplayers there
isspeculation allthe time.Ifyou play
well, if youare oneofthe best players
inthe world, allclubs want you. This is
normal, it’s notjustfor me,it’snormal
for everyone.For Ronaldinho,for Kaka,
for Messi, forLampard.It’salwaysnews.
Whenyou play well in oneseason, the
other clubstalkabout you. This is nice.
The otherclubs appreciate youand
think it’s good foryourdevelopment.
I didaninterview during thesummer
and IsaidwhatI think. I’manhonest
guy.I always speakwiththe right
peopleinthe club,I feel very happyin
the club. say what I’mthinking. Ihave
nofear. People know when Iput on the
ManchesterUnitedshirt Itry to do my
bestall thetime.try to score, Itry to
provide assists, Itry to winthings. I’ve
beenatthe club forfiveyears andI
think thefanslovemebecause Ipay
well, Ienjoy thecrowd.It’snot easy
for me butwhenstart to play
the fans wllbehappy.
You’ve beenattheclubforfive
years,but playerslikeRyanGiggs
andGeorgeBestarelegends
becausethey spenttheirwhole
careers at OldTrafford.Is that
somethingthatyouaspireto?
Orare youalreadya legend?
Well, Ifeelgoodinthe club.But I’ve
saida thousand times: in thefuture,
noone knows. Ithink I’mpartof
ManchesterUnited’shistory nowafter
whatI’vedone. ButI want more.It
doesn’t matter whichclubI play for:
whether it’s Nacional,Sportingor
Manchester. I’malwayshonest, I’m
alwaysprofessional.’ve always tried
tobeprofessional, it doesn’tmatter
withwhich club.But at themoment
feelgreat in Manchester.You saidearlierthatyou like new
challenges.Canyou do thatby
stayingwiththesameclub,
inthe same league?
Why not?’mambitious.
f IstayinManchester,
’ll be thesameand
keepontryingto
get better.2006 World Cup
qualification...Cristiano
Ronaldo celebrates a
goalfor hiscountry