Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, has given his support to Cristiano Ronaldo after his frustrating World Cup with Portugal. With a rather unexpected theory. According to the 68-year-old head of state, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner paid the price for his so-called support for the Palestinian cause.
Football is a topic of conversation that fascinates Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The president of Turkey recently recalled this during a youth event organized in Anatolia, in the east of his country. The Head of State took advantage of this trip near the city of Erzurum to take stock of the 2022 World Cup, which Turkey did not play. An opportunity for the 68-year-old politician to back Cristiano Ronaldo, who lost his starting job with Portugal during the competition. With a rather unexpected theory.
“He hit him mentally”
“They wasted Ronaldo,” Erdogan said, in remarks reported by Al Jazeera. Unfortunately, they imposed a political sanction on him. Bringing in a player like Ronaldo in the last quarter of an hour is not right. It hit him mentally and made him lose his energy.”
According to the Turkish president, the 37-year-old attacker paid the price for his so-called support for Palestine. “Ronaldo supports the Palestinian cause,” Erdogan said. Although many montages and false information on this subject circulate on the networks, CR7 has never spoken publicly about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ronaldo ‘very soon’ in Saudi Arabia
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, without a club since leaving Manchester United, has already been photographed wearing a Palestinian Football Federation scarf, alongside its chairman Jibril Rajoub. But he also met several Israeli ministers, such as Israel Katz, to whom he had offered a shirt.
During his speech in Anatolia, Recep Tayyib Erdogan also said that Cristiano Ronaldo, who received a Rolls Royce for Christmas, should go “very soon” to Saudi Arabia, according to “his information”. The top scorer in the history of the Champions League has been announced for several weeks near the Al-Nassr club.
