Ronaldo slams Sepp Blatter comments
1 Nov 2013 4:18 AM IST
Speaking at an event at Oxford University last week, Blatter said he preferred four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi to Ronaldo, who he claimed spends more money on his hairstyle than the Argentine.
Ronaldo has finished second to Messi in three of the last four years in the voting for the Ballon d’Or, although the Portuguese did win the award whilst still at Manchester United in 2008.
And both men were once again selected in the shortlist of 23 for this year’s award which was released on Tuesday. ‘This video shows clearly the respect and consideration that FIFA has for me, for my club and my country,’ Ronaldo said on his official Facebook page.
‘Much is explained now. I wish Mr. Blatter health and a long life, with the certainty that he will continue to witness, as he deserves, the successes of his favourite teams and players.’
Blatter apologizes to Ronaldo over words
MADRID: FIFA president Sepp Blatter may have thought joking about Cristiano Ronaldo was all in good fun, but the Portugal forward and Real Madrid have certainly taken offense.
Madrid asked Blatter on Tuesday to apologize for having mocked Ronaldo while praising Barcelona rival Lionel Messi at a recent event in England.
Blatter later complied, trying to downplay an incident that had pitted the sport’s most powerful executive with its richest club and one of its biggest stars.
Blatter asked both Ronaldo and his club for forgiveness, sending a letter of his own back to Perez, which Madrid posted on its website. ‘I want to clarify that for me Cristiano Ronaldo is at the same level as Messi and that they are both outstanding players, each in their own way,’ Blatter said in the letter.
Blatter said he was ‘sorry that this situation produced in a university event hurt as much and I apologize for it. It was never my intention to embarrass or disrespect to Real Madrid CF, or one of their players or their fans...’
While slighting Ronaldo during the public event, Blatter said he preferred Messi, the Argentina forward who has won FIFA’s world player of the year award for the past four years.
n his letter to Blatter, Perez said he was concerned that the FIFA president’s deriding comments would hurt Ronaldo’s chances at winning the sport’s most prestigious individual award for a second time. ‘We believe that your comments could condition the vote of those who will decide who will receive the award,’ Perez said in the letter, which was also posted on the club website.
Ronaldo has finished second to Messi in three of the last four years in the voting for the Ballon d’Or, although the Portuguese did win the award whilst still at Manchester United in 2008.
And both men were once again selected in the shortlist of 23 for this year’s award which was released on Tuesday. ‘This video shows clearly the respect and consideration that FIFA has for me, for my club and my country,’ Ronaldo said on his official Facebook page.
‘Much is explained now. I wish Mr. Blatter health and a long life, with the certainty that he will continue to witness, as he deserves, the successes of his favourite teams and players.’
Blatter apologizes to Ronaldo over words
MADRID: FIFA president Sepp Blatter may have thought joking about Cristiano Ronaldo was all in good fun, but the Portugal forward and Real Madrid have certainly taken offense.
Madrid asked Blatter on Tuesday to apologize for having mocked Ronaldo while praising Barcelona rival Lionel Messi at a recent event in England.
Blatter later complied, trying to downplay an incident that had pitted the sport’s most powerful executive with its richest club and one of its biggest stars.
Blatter asked both Ronaldo and his club for forgiveness, sending a letter of his own back to Perez, which Madrid posted on its website. ‘I want to clarify that for me Cristiano Ronaldo is at the same level as Messi and that they are both outstanding players, each in their own way,’ Blatter said in the letter.
Blatter said he was ‘sorry that this situation produced in a university event hurt as much and I apologize for it. It was never my intention to embarrass or disrespect to Real Madrid CF, or one of their players or their fans...’
While slighting Ronaldo during the public event, Blatter said he preferred Messi, the Argentina forward who has won FIFA’s world player of the year award for the past four years.
n his letter to Blatter, Perez said he was concerned that the FIFA president’s deriding comments would hurt Ronaldo’s chances at winning the sport’s most prestigious individual award for a second time. ‘We believe that your comments could condition the vote of those who will decide who will receive the award,’ Perez said in the letter, which was also posted on the club website.
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