Cristiano Ronaldo: Piers Morgan says player 'happy' with interview

Cristiano Ronaldo is "very blessed with the mode things person played out" aft his explosive interrogation astir Manchester United, Piers Morgan says.

Fans person had a beardown absorption to Ronaldo claiming the nine has betrayed him.

But Piers says the 2 person spoken since portion 1 of their interrogation aired connected Wednesday and the prima is satisfied.

"He knew what helium wanted to say, and however helium wanted to accidental it. He knew what the absorption would be," the presenter says.

TalkTV presenter Piers, who counts the striker arsenic a idiosyncratic friend, tells BBC Newsbeat Ronaldo "doesn't bash thing without giving a batch of thought."

"He gave this a batch of thought," Piers says.

During the pair's chat, Ronaldo said helium had nary respect for existent manager Erik Ten Hag.

He besides criticised erstwhile team-mates and Manchester United legends Wayne Rooney and Gary Neville, and besides took purpose astatine the club's owners.

Manchester United fans person been captious of the striker, with immoderate feeling determination is nary mode backmost for him.

They impeach him of ruining his bequest astatine the club, and immoderate deliberation the interrogation is an effort to get retired aft helium failed to unafraid a summertime transfer.

But Piers feels determination are "a batch of people" who volition enactment him aft seeing the afloat interview.

The erstwhile tabloid paper exertion says helium has developed a relationship with Ronaldo implicit the years.

"I could archer that helium was feeling progressively frustrated," says Piers.

"And then, rather recently, helium contacted maine to accidental helium wanted to bash a large interview."

"He wanted to acceptable the grounds straight, due to the fact that for astir of this year, he's been connected the receiving extremity of really, I think, a ridiculously overblown magnitude of criticism."

He refers to problems astatine the nine but besides successful his backstage life, with Ronaldo and his spouse Georgina Rodriguez announcing the decease of their babe lad earlier this year.

"And I deliberation that it's been, arsenic helium said, the worst twelvemonth of his nonrecreational and idiosyncratic life."

He says Ronaldo wanted to "go connected the grounds and acceptable the grounds consecutive against what helium thinks has been a batch of nonsense written and said astir him".

"He's precise honorable astir things that he's done wrong, and helium wouldn't bash them if helium had his clip again," Piers says.

Piers says helium admires Ronaldo "for speaking up" and thinks "it's apt helium won't instrumentality to Manchester United".

"But I wouldn't enactment it past him to person a superb World Cup and extremity up signing for different immense team," helium says.

Ronaldo told Piers helium felt younger players astir the satellite bash not person the aforesaid enactment ethic arsenic players from his generation.

"Clearly, that's not happening astatine United. Now, the young players person excessively overmuch money, not capable hunger," Piers says.

"They're not looking to larn from idiosyncratic similar Ronaldo erstwhile they should beryllium knocking his doorway down each day, trying to glean what made him the top to ever play the game."

"I deliberation there's a batch of arrogance there, a batch of complacency.

"And that whitethorn explicate wherefore Manchester United presently are a precise mediocre side."

In 1 of his columns from 2008, Piers described Ronaldo arsenic "a spoiled brat".

He's changed his caput since he's got to cognize him personally, helium says.

"You spot them for what they truly are. And I present spot him arsenic a precise antithetic character.

"To me, he's a stand-up guy. He's been a precise loyal friend, to a batch of people. He's a large household feline and is simply a superb shot player," Piers adds.

Part 2 of 90 Minutes with Cristiano Ronaldo airs connected TalkTV astatine 20:00 GMT.

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