Cristiano’s disdain for Fábio Paim: “Who is this guy?”

The former Portuguese footballer assured that he could have competed with Cristiano and Messi for the Ballon d’Or if he had had more brains

He said that “I thought Cristiano Ronaldo could offer me a Ballon d’Or” in a podcast

Cristiano Ronaldo does not keep quiet about anything. He has always stood out for responding to everyone without any kind of concealment and this time it was not going to be different. Fábio Paim, a former Portuguese footballer who is currently 35 years old, said in a podcast that if he had had more brains he would have fought with Messi and Cristiano for the Ballon d’Or and that one of the Portuguese’s men could give it to him. He just let it go like that, without further ado.

“Cristiano Ronaldo should offer me one of his Ballon d’Ors. I went to Sporting when I was seven, I grew up there. They were years of glory in which I won everything I could. I didn’t get to where I could have gotten, but I marked a generation. If people don’t forget it, it’s because I marked them. I said when I was happy that I thought Cristiano Ronaldo could offer me a Ballon d’Or. But it was with humility. If I had half of Cristiano’s head, it wouldn’t be him and Messi. It would be him, Messi and I and maybe he wouldn’t have won the Ballon d’Or that he has. Maybe one of them was mine.”

Cristiano, amazed by his compatriot’s words, responded on Instagram with a clear and forceful message: “WTF, who is this guy?”

And who is it? Well, Fábio Paim was a footballer who grew up in the youth ranks of Sporting, like Cristiano. He was one of the pearls of Portuguese and world football, he came to play for Chelsea but his career came to nothing. The thing is that Cristiano does know who he is. In 2003, upon his arrival at United, he said “If you think I’m good, wait until you see Fábio Paím.”