Fernandes breaks silence on Ronaldo interview and handshake incident
Bruno Fernandes insists he has no problem with his Manchester United and Portugal team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ahead of the World Cup in Qatar,
Portugalbeat Nigeria with 4 goals in a friendly match on Thursday. The team will face Ghana in their first game in the World Cup on November 24.
After the match,
Bruno Fernandeswho scored two goals was asked about his relationship with
Cristiano Ronaldo.He said:
”I have no problem with anyone.
"I do my job and as a manager once said to me, everything that you can control is yourself. I think everyone thinks the same way, you have to control yourself, give your best and that's it.”
Manchester United star also was asked about his awkward exchange with Ronaldo in the Portugal dressing room which went viral.
Fernandes said:
”Why do you say that?
"They put the sound [on] after. Did you hear it with the sound? You have to.
"In Portugal we have a problem, that I was watching one of the channels that was talking about that, 'was cold, was bad', for 45 minutes.
"All of a sudden they go to a break, the national team send it with sound.
"The sound says that he is joking with me and so they come back and said there was a joke and they cut there. They said, 'if you want to see again just go back', but if they go back they will see there's a problem. But if they are really true and explain what was in that video people will know, but now people don't know.
"This is the national team, Manchester United will be my focus after the World Cup.”
Fernandes also insisted that he has not seen Ronaldo’s explosive interview with Piers Morgan and he prefers to stay focused on the World Cup.
He said:
"I didn't read the interview so I'm okay with that.
"Now it's the national team, it's Portugal. The coach made a point that it's us. He's made that point since I came to the national team in 2017 and that is still clear that in his mind the main thing here is the national team and us.
"We have to be focused on the World Cup because a World Cup doesn't come every time. You don't have a chance to play a World Cup many times.
"Cristiano will play in his fifth World Cup so everyone is ready for that and everyone wants to give their best for the team."
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