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BERLIN, Nov 7: Football star Cristiano Ronaldo believes he is more famous than US President Donald Trump.
“I think in the world, nobody is more famous than me,” he told Piers Morgan Uncensored on YouTube on Thursday as he said he would like to meet Trump, as he “can make things happen.”
The Portugal captain, 40, added: “I wish not to be so famous. It’s boring, trust me.
“I wanted to be successful…but to be so famous I never wanted.”
A previous appearance on a Piers Morgan show and an outburst against the club led Ronaldo to leave Manchester United under a cloud in 2022.
He then joined Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia and has continued banging in the goals.
He said the heat of Saudi Arabia meant it was much harder to score there than critics allege.
“For me it is more easy to score in Spain than in Saudi,” the former Real Madrid star remarked.
“The Saudi league is much better than the Portuguese league of course, the French league is only PSG.”
Ronaldo also justified his decision not to attend the funeral of his national team-mate Diogo Jota, who died in a car crash in July. He wanted the attention to stay on Jota and his family.
“Wherever I go is a circus,” he said.
–BERNAMA-dpa