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❤️ José Mourinho on Sir Alex Ferguson: “Sir Alex was always OUR boss - the boss of EVERY coach”.
“His greatest contribution to Man United? I think HE IS Manchester United”.
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🚨🚨Sir Alex Ferguson shares how Cristiano Ronaldo called him first to reveal his decision to retire from international football:
🗣️ Sir Alex: “When Cristiano’s name appeared on my phone, I answered the way I usually do.
‘How many have you scored now?’
Normally, he laughs straight away.
This time, he said, ‘Boss, I need to tell you something.’
So I put the television on mute.
‘I’ve decided to finish with Portugal. Before the announcement, before everybody starts talking, I wanted you to hear it from me first.’
I let him speak.
He spoke about the shirt. His family. How long he had been carrying this decision around.
Then he asked me something that caught me off guard.
‘Do you think it’s the right time?’
Even after everything he has achieved, he still wanted his old manager’s opinion.
That meant a great deal to me.
I said, ‘Cristiano, I can help you with a lot of things. Knowing when you’re ready to take that shirt off has to come from you.’
He told me he felt ready.
But I could hear how much it hurt.
You spend your whole life fighting to get into that team. Nobody prepares you for the day you have to leave it.
I asked him, ‘Have you thought about what you’re leaving behind?’
He started talking about the goals.
I interrupted him.
‘Think a little harder, son.’
Think about the children who wore your name on their backs before they could properly spell it.
Think about the families who gathered around a television because you were playing.
Think about how many young Portuguese players walked into a dressing room, saw you sitting there, and suddenly stood a little taller.
You gave that country someone to believe in for years.
Through disappointment, through criticism, through nights when the whole world seemed to be watching your next touch.
You kept coming back.
Portugal will have wonderful players after you. I hope they do. You hope they do.
But every one of them will grow up knowing what Cristiano Ronaldo did in that shirt.
That belongs to you forever.
There was a little silence.
Then he said, ‘Thank you, boss. I needed to hear that.’
I gave him a moment.
Then I said, ‘Right. Now, let’s make sure we understand each other.’
‘About what?’
‘This retirement business. You’re talking about Portugal.’
He started laughing.
He knew where I was going.
‘There’s still the small matter of a thousand goals.’
‘You haven’t forgotten?’
‘Forgotten? I’m expecting you to finish the job.’
I told him, ‘You can have your farewell with Portugal. You can cry, exchange shirts, wave to the crowd. You’ve earned every second of that.
But you’re not putting those boots away until you’ve scored a thousand.’
He laughed properly then.
And suddenly I could hear the young lad again. The one who always thought there was another goal in him, even when I was pointing at the bench.
‘Still giving me orders, boss?’
‘Apparently somebody has to.’
Before we hung up, I told him how proud I was.
I wanted him to hear those words clearly.
Then I added one final instruction.
‘When that thousandth goal goes in, I expect another phone call.’
‘You’ll get it, boss.’ He said
I told him he has to win the bloody match as well.’”
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🚨🗣 UFC Legend Khabib on Cristiano Ronaldo’s international retirement:
“When you give everything, you eventually become unwanted.
There are the greats, and then there are the greatest of all time.
Ronaldo belongs among the greatest of the greatest, and at that level, people struggle to understand the mentality of such giants.
What he has given to football cannot be described in a single word, just as the way the clubs he gave everything to have treated him cannot be put into words.”
Greatness appreciates greatness. 🐐🤝
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"If they want to do schoolyard politics, all right, let’s throw down," –Senator-Elect @AbdulElSayed on being called cocky.
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It's not hard to see why James Talarico pulled off a landslide as a Democrat in Texas. Just look at his campaign materials. S-tier operation.
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Cristiano Ronaldo:
"Si alguna vez te hice feliz, si alguna de mis metas alguna vez te hizo abrazar a alguien, olvidar una preocupación o sentirte orgulloso, entonces todo valió la pena."
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🚨 Pepe tears up explaining the feeling of playing behind Cristiano Ronaldo for Portugal:
“I remember a game when we were under pressure and I cleared a ball without looking. It came straight back.
“Cristiano turned round and said, ‘Pepe, give me something I can chase.’
“I said, ‘I’m trying to get us out.’
“He said, ‘Then give it to me.’
“I laughed afterwards because he was asking me to pick a pass while I had a striker trying to take my head off. But the next time I won it, I looked. He was already moving. I put it down the channel and suddenly their defenders were running towards their own goal.
“That was a wonderful feeling as a centre-back. You’ve spent five minutes defending your box, shouting, getting your body in front of things, and then you hear the crowd because Cristiano has the ball. You can finally step up. You can breathe.
“He gave me a lot of those breaths.
“People will remember his goals against Sweden. I remember what it felt like at the other end when the match became difficult. You look up the pitch and he’s still making the run. You’re tired, he’s tired, everybody knows where the pass is going, and he still wants you to try it.
“I used to ask him, ‘How do you know I can get it there?’
“He’d say, ‘You got it there before.’
“Sometimes that was all the encouragement you needed. He remembered the good pass you’d made, even when you were thinking about the last one you’d given away.
“And then there was France in 2016. When he had to come off, I looked at him and knew how much it was hurting. We’d spoken about winning something for Portugal for so many years. Now we were in the final and he couldn’t stay on the pitch.
“I remember thinking we had to give him a game he could bear to watch.
“That became difficult as well, because every time you looked towards the touchline he was trying to come back on without actually coming back on. I thought, ‘Cristiano, please. We can only listen to one coach.’
“I kept thinking about what it would be like to walk back into that dressing room if we lost. You can tell your friend you gave everything, and he’ll believe you. But you also know he’d give anything to have been out there helping you. I wanted us to come back with something he could hold.
“When Eder scored, I still had defending to do. People watching at home could jump up and celebrate. I was looking at the clock and trying to get everybody back where they needed to be. Every ball into our box felt like it had been in the air for a minute.
“Then it was over. For once, I could look towards Cristiano without having to look straight back at the pitch. I’d spent years wanting him to get on the end of something. That night I just wanted to get over to him.
“Even now, when I see the photographs, I remember how difficult it was to say anything properly. You start a sentence, somebody grabs you, then you see another teammate crying and you forget what you were trying to say. We’d imagined winning that trophy so many times. None of those conversations had prepared me for actually giving him a hug when it happened.
“But when we lifted that trophy, I wanted him in the middle of everything. He’d helped get us to that night. And I knew the boy who’d wanted to win for Portugal was still there inside the man holding the cup.
“Today somebody asked me what Portugal will miss most. There are so many football answers. The movement, the heading, the way he could turn a clearance into a chance. I’ll probably think of another one tomorrow.
“Right now I’m thinking about the next time Portugal are defending a lead and somebody wins the ball near their own box. For years, before I even had it under control, I knew I’d hear him asking for it.
“I’ll be watching from home. I think part of me will still look up to see where he’s running.”
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El-Sayed puts on a masterclass here on The View on how to apologize for saying something offensive
"You will always be my boy, Ronaldo" - SAF
🚨 Sir Alex Ferguson’s emotional letter to Cristiano Ronaldo following his retirement from international football:
🎙️ “Cristiano,
I don’t know if you will ever fully understand what you have meant to football, to Manchester United, to Portugal, and most importantly, to me.
When you first walked into my office as a young boy from Sporting Lisbon, I saw something special. I saw hunger, confidence, courage and a boy who believed he could become the best in the world. But even I couldn’t have imagined the heights you would eventually reach.
I remember the young boy who wanted to take on every defender, who stayed behind after training and who was never satisfied with being good enough. Sometimes I had to remind you that football was a team game, but I never wanted to take away that fire inside you.
Today, as you close another chapter of your international career, I want you to know that you have given your country something that cannot be measured in goals or trophies.
You gave Portugal belief. You carried the hopes of millions, you cried for your country, you fought for your country, and you eventually gave them a European Championship. You made an entire generation believe that nothing was impossible.
I have watched you grow from that talented young boy into a man who has challenged the limits of this beautiful game. And I must tell you something: I am proud of you.
People will argue about who was the greatest. They will compare your records, trophies and achievements. But when I look at you, I don’t just see a footballer. I see a young boy who refused to surrender his dreams.
You may be saying goodbye to international football, but you will never say goodbye to the memories you have given us.
And if I could speak to that 18-year-old boy I brought to Manchester all those years ago, I would tell him one thing:
‘You have no idea how many lives you are about to touch.’
But there is one thing I must say. I don’t believe this is how your international journey should have ended. A player who has given so much to his country deserves a much greater honour and farewell. You deserved to walk away with an entire nation celebrating your extraordinary contribution to Portuguese football.
Portugal owes you more than a goodbye, Cristiano. You deserve a farewell worthy of a king.
Thank you, Cristiano. It was an honour to be your manager, but it was an even greater privilege to watch you become the man you are today.
You will always be my boy, Cristiano.”
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A rare footage of Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed leading prayers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As a student, Abdul El-Sayed delivered a speech at the University of Michigan’s 2007 commencement ceremony. Bill Clinton, visibly moved, said, "I wish every person in the world could’ve heard you speak today."
Today, nearly 2 decades later, the whole world is listening to Abdul.
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Go to any football pitch in the world this evening. A dusty field in Lagos. A beach in Rio. A cage pitch in London. A narrow street in Cairo, Jakarta or Lima, with two stones and/or a stack of blocks for goalposts
Wait for a free kick.
You will probably see a boy step back, plant his feet wide apart, puff out his chest, take a deep breath and stare at the ball like it owes him money.
You know exactly who he is copying.
Cristiano Ronaldo retired from international football today. 23 years with Portugal. 146 goals in 234 games, more than any man in history. And I promise you, that boy on the street doesn't know half of those numbers. He doesn't need to. He knows the stance. He knows the "Siuuu." He knows the man. That's enough.
That is what I want to talk about today. Not what Ronaldo did for Portugal. What he did for the boy watching from thousands of kilometres away.
Think about it. Some of the people reading this were children when Ronaldo made his Portugal debut in 2003. Some weren't even born. For an entire generation, he has always been there. Every summer tournament, every big night, every argument about who is the greatest. Football without Ronaldo is something millions of fans have simply never known.
Every young player knows the story by now. The skinny boy from Madeira, laughed at for his accent in Lisbon. The boy who stayed behind after training. The one who did sit-ups in his room at night. The ice baths, the diet, the gym when everyone else had gone home. Whether every detail of that story is true or not, the lesson landed in every corner of the world: talent alone is not enough. You have to outwork everybody.
And he kept proving it. He was still scoring for his country at 40, still winning a Nations League final at 40. Players are supposed to fade by 33. He made "old" look like a choice.
It went beyond the pitch too. A generation learned from him that a footballer can be a brand. That your body is your business. That how you speak, how you dress and how you carry yourself matters as much as your first touch. He became the first person in the world to reach one billion followers across social media. One billion. That is not a fanbase. That is a planet.
Now, let me be honest with you. Not every boy copying the free kick stance will become a professional. Most won't. But many of them will take something from him that lasts longer than football. Discipline. Self-belief. Showing up every day, even when nobody is watching.
That is a legacy you can't count in goals.
So to every boy standing with his legs apart before a free kick this evening, in Lagos, in Rio, in London or anywhere else, keep doing it. Just remember the part of the story that happened when the cameras were off.
Obrigado, Cristiano.
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❤️🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo’s full letter to Portuguese fans.
“To the Portuguese people,
The day has come to hand back the shirt and the captain's armband of the national team that belongs to all of us.
I never felt that it was exclusively mine, but for 23 years, I had the privilege and responsibility of wearing it, defending it, and carrying it with me to stadiums all around the world.
Today, the moment has come to pass it on to the future.
It was not an easy decision, because some decisions are not made with the head alone. They are also made with the heart.
I am bringing to an end a journey that began in August 2003 and changed my life forever.
When I look back and think about everything I experienced with the national team, I don't just see matches, goals, records, or trophies. I see people.
I see immigrants who, for 90 minutes, felt a little closer to Portugal. I see millions of Portuguese people whom I never met personally, but who became part of my life.
Because, at the end of the day, football is much bigger than a game. Football is about people.
Throughout my entire career with the national team, I always tried to push beyond my limits. I wanted to win, I wanted to be the best, I wanted to make history.
I was always demanding of myself. I always wanted more. I always believed we could go further, and I gave everything I had for this shirt.
There were perfect afternoons and nights. There were victories I will never forget. There were defeats that still hurt to remember today.
I also failed. I also suffered. There were moments when I couldn't give the Portuguese people what they wanted so badly. But I never gave up.
And above all, I never stopped feeling proud to represent Portugal.
Over these years, I learned some very simple things: goals come and go, trophies end up in museums, records are eventually broken, but there is something that time can never erase.
The place I hold in people's hearts.
If I ever made you happy, if one of my goals ever made you hug someone, forget a worry, or feel proud of our country, then it was all worth it.
Because being Portuguese is also about that.
We suffer together. We get back up together. We believe again.
Portugal will always need young people who dream, players who never give up, and new generations who believe it is possible to reach places no one has reached before.
Because a country that continues to create new heroes is a country that never stops believing in itself.
To my national team teammates, I want to leave a special message.
Thank you for every run, every hug, every argument, every moment of silence before stepping onto the pitch, every victory we celebrated together, and every defeat that made us stronger.
I had the privilege of being your captain, but no captain walks alone, and you are all part of my story.
To all the coaches, directors, doctors, physiotherapists, kit managers, staff members, and the many people who worked with me throughout these years, thank you.
Many of you never appeared in the photographs, but without you, none of those photographs would have been possible.
To my family, thank you for sharing this dream with me.
Thank you for understanding the absences, the sacrifices, and the moments when the national team had to take up a space that also belonged to you.
If I made it this far, it was because we always walked hand in hand.
And to the Portuguese people, to every Portuguese person around the world, I want to tell you one last thing.
There is an image that I will always carry with me.
A moment when the national anthem begins.
I look around me. I see my teammates. I see the stands.
I see children, mothers, fathers, and grandparents. I see Portuguese people who travelled from so far away just to be there.
And during those moments, we stop being different.
There are no clubs. There are no colors. There are no classes. There are no professions. There are no opinions.
There is only one passion: Portugal”.
