Cristiano Ronaldo x Piers Morgan Part 2 | On Trump, Jota, World Cup & More

Before Portugal never won nothing.

I win three titles for Portugal history.

For me, it's more easy to score in Spain than score in Saudi.

You lost one of your colleagues.

You didn't attend his funeral.

Two things.

Who is the most famous, me or President Donald Trump?

What do you think?

I want to talk about another very sad thing that happened to you recently.

You lost one of your Portuguese colleagues, Diogo Jota, and it was an unbelievably shocking thing to happen.

Where were you when you heard that he had died with his brother in this crash?

I was with Gio Alonso in our period of rest.

I was there in the gym in the morning with Gio.

I didn't believe when they sent me messages.

I cried a lot.

You can confirm that.

It was a very, very difficult moment for the country, for families, for friends, for teammates.

A disaster.

Very, very, very sad news.

He's 28 years old, at the peak of his game, he was playing at Liverpool, everything was going so well for him.

And it just reminded you how fragile life can be, right?

This is why something that I mentioned before, that you have to enjoy the moments and don't plan much for the future.

This is why my guys, they can confirm I'm not planning now, not just because of that situation, but before also.

with my kids, that happened.

I'm not planning things in the long terms.

Only short terms because everything can change in one.

in one moment or another moment.

So we have to be happy to be here and live the moments, enjoy the life, because the future only God knows.

But it was a short moment.

We still feel the hour there in the national team when you put the shirt, because Diogo, it was one of us.

What kind of guy was he?

A very good guy, a quiet guy.

A good player, as you know.

But very...

Very, how do you say...

He's not a guy that speaks too much.

He was very... How do you say the word?

Level-headed?

Yes, yes.

I really like...

I like to meet him, to share with him so great moments.

But it was sad.

Sad.

I had the opportunity to speak with their family and to give support because these moments we cannot explain.

Because he had a beautiful young wife and children.

Everything is gone because of one moment.

So we have to enjoy the life piece.

It's hard.

You didn't attend his funeral and your sister responded to people who were sort of raising questions by saying on social media that you just didn't want to turn the whole thing into an unnecessary circus with too much attention on you.

Is that really what you were thinking?

Two things.

People criticize me a lot.

As I say, I don't care about that because when you feel your conscience is good, free,

you don't have to be worried about what the people say.

But one of the things I don't do, it's after my father died, I've never been in a cemetery again.

And second, as you say, and you mentioned good, and you know me and you know my reputation, wherever I go is a circus, you know.

I don't go also

because if I go the attention go from me and I don't want this kind of attentions and I saw and I'm not criticized I just say that I didn't like it when you go in some a sensitive moment to do it interviews

speak about him, to speak about football.

Come on, guys, what is this?

You know, this show, El Circo, is life sometimes.

I'm not part of that.

If you want to be part of this world, good luck.

I'm going to be another side.

People can continue to criticize me, or they could just smile, but it's gone already.

I felt good with my decision.

I don't need to be in the first line.

People see me.

I don't want to speak good because Cristiano is coming.

No, no.

I'm planning the things.

I'm thinking about his family.

I don't need to be in the cameras for the people to see what I do.

I do behind the scenes, my friends.

I feel better than that.

They do it a big propaganda and big publicity by my name, but it's okay, no problem, I understand.

And to change the conversation for funny way.

If you want to enjoy,

in a birthday, don't invite me.

Because if I go to your birthday, it's going to be a big mess.

No, no, that's fine with me.

Don't invite me.

You're going to enjoy more and much more without Cristiano.

Trust me.

I turned 60 this year.

Don't invite me, please.

And I want you to come and ruin it.

You can come and be the star of the show.

The big dog's here.

Don't invite me.

Because you're not going to enjoy.

No, I would enjoy.

You know why?

Because the people, they're going to say to your friends, listen, guys, Cristiano is coming.

You don't know my friends.

Don't take pictures.

You don't know my friends.

They're going to drink two glasses of wine in the middle of the night.

They're going to say, no, please take a picture with me.

We'll be a big mess.

My friends drink a lot more than two glasses of wine.

Secondly, I will do anything for the Instagram.

And you, at my party, of course, it's going to blow up the internet.

I'll take any circus you want to bring.

It's not a problem.

No, I'm not going to be.

You're going to enjoy more, trust me, please.

The first interview we did in Turin, when you were at Juventus, and you revealed a story which was really extraordinary, that when you were, like, 13, you were so hungry at the Sporting Lisbon Academy that you and a friend, you'd go and...

to a local McDonald's and you would hang around the back and two ladies in the McDonald's would give you free burgers.

And you were so grateful to them because you were so hungry, literally hungry.

And we tried everything after that to find them.

And then I hear that you were walking through an airport and you randomly, recently, and you randomly bumped into one of them.

Tell me about that.

Well, it was a funny, funny story.

Island from Riyadh to Lisbon.

When I take off there, we are in a private area.

And one of my friends, they say, Cristiano, look what I see here.

And I look at, you know, when you see some person and you recognize straight away, even 20 years after.

And I was with my kids and with you and everyone.

And I give a big hug to the girl.

And even my kids say,

Daddy, what you do?

And also, Gio, look at me.

And I tell them the story.

And it was like a moment that I feel like, wow, the life is a box of surprises.

You never expect this moment.

And it was good.

And I spoke with my friends.

We already know who is the people, 100%.

And pretty soon I will do something special.

I promise.

When I say something, I try to promise.

And I will do it.

100%.

And one of the persons was that girl.

That's amazing.

What did she say when she saw you?

Did she know this?

She was a little bit in shock.

Because she never expected that I would recognise her.

In the same way, when she saw me, she said, she's Cristiano.

Maybe she's not going to...

not even speak with me.

Did she realize you had been that boy who then she did?

Yes, and she tell me one thing.

She say, Cristiano, you never imagine.

Every time that you come to Portugal, I know because I work behind the scenes, and I plan to come in here to receive you, just to see you, and they always make me apart.

And this moment, because one of the persons that didn't come, I replace.

This is why I come.

And I was so happy.

I said, listen, this is the life.

The life is brilliant because of that.

And it's all about moments, chapters and everything.

And I said to my friends to keep our number and we're going to do something.

When I'm going to have time, I'm going to do something.

beautiful and special for that people who helped me in that period.

Amazing story.

And what's even more incredible is that your new CEO, Al Nassir, is a guy called Jose Semedo.

He's sitting, standing right over there.

And he was the other guy with you.

Yes.

Queuing up for the McDonald's from those ladies.

He was 13, you were 13.

And he was telling me a story which says a lot about you.

that he was actually going to be let go from the academy.

And you, aged 13, went to see the head of the academy, and you pleaded with him to keep your friend.

And you added a fifth bed to a little dormitory of about four beds.

It was very tight.

You added a fifth bed, and he allowed your friend to stay.

And he went on to become a professional footballer himself, played in the Premier League, played in other leagues, and came here, and is now the new CEO of Al Nassir, and apparently doing very well.

I think he told me that, actually.

But what an amazing journey you two have been on.

Here you both are aged 40.

When you were 14, you had no money, you were hungry, you were queuing for burgers, and now you're here together living the dream.

Look at the life, how brilliant it is.

Wow, I love it.

Sometimes when I'm thinking and speak about these kind of moments, I feel emotional, you know, because life is brilliant and God makes you in a place where you deserve.

And I'm going to make a challenge for you.

I think you should probably make an interview to him.

Yes.

Because you're going to love it.

He's a very, very, very, very interesting guy.

I've already got the headline.

It's not because he's here with me.

And he's not the CEO of Al Nassar because he's my friend, no.

He have huge potential, and everyone are surprised.

It's easy when you are around a friend, people, to say that.

But speak with other people, other ones, and they say the work that they do, the potential that they have, and one of the best qualities for me, I will always will put in the top, loyalty.

Loyalty, honest, to then take nothing which is not belong to you.

And these people are very rare in the world, especially in football.

And especially when it's around a lot of money.

And you don't buy these people in Carrefour or Amazon.

No, no, no.

So I challenge you to make an interview to you because he's a very, very interesting person.

No, we've already discussed it.

And in fact, we're going to call it the truth about Cristiano, the real story, what he doesn't want the world to know.

Perfect.

And that story is true.

But he can mention so many good stories.

He's actually a fascinating guy.

I know how important he's been to you since you were 14.

But he made it clear to me that without you, he wouldn't have stayed at the academy and he may never have played football professionally.

I just do my best.

As you know, I'm a loyal guy too.

So the loyal guy should be next to the loyal people.

And this is what I did that I think they're supposed to do.

But I was 12 years old.

It's an amazing thing to do.

My mind was like that.

But I don't know how to explain.

You know, sometimes in life you do it, or you do it mistakes, or you do it good things that you don't even realize that what is correct and what is false.

I did what I think was correct, and not because in that moment, of course in that moment I like him, but not like now.

Now it's like part of my family, I don't need to say that.

But I tell you as well, peace.

My people around me, they are fantastic people.

I'm lucky.

I'm lucky.

Not just Semedo, because Semedo is one of the best, but also I have other people on my team.

He's a special guy, but I have...

I'm lucky.

I'm lucky.

But also...

The lucky, to have lucky, it brings effort.

You need effort.

And many of the guys who are with me, it's the guys that I invite them to come to be next to me.

It's not like the family.

Family born with that family.

Friends or people who worked with you or with you, they are different.

Sometimes you need to choose.

I call it the 4 a.m. club.

And what I mean is... 4 a.m. club.

Who could you call at 4 a.m. and they would get out of bed and they'd come and help you?

These people.

I know your guys, and they're fantastic.

Incredibly loyal to you, very protective, rightly.

Yeah, but I think they feel the same about you.

And that's what's unusual.

They have great respect for you.

Yeah, what we take from this life?

It's family and friends, you know, relationships, chapters, whatever you have.

If you don't have good people around you, you're not going to be happy.

So this is what I think.

And I repeat, I'm a lucky guy, not because I have a good family, but I also have very, very, very good friends.

Not just because they work for me, I call them my friends because anyway, they are friends.

Even if they want other challenge, I'm never gonna close that door, but they always will be my friends.

So for me, it's a blessing.

Tell me about your fitness.

I look good?

You're looking very good.

I mean, obviously, you haven't got these abdominals.

We've addressed that before.

But you're working at it, and I think you're making good progress.

They're pretty... Are they like... Do you mind if I just... Yeah, it's like hitting granite.

Not quite the same.

Not quite the same here, but they say you've got a body of like a 28-year-old.

That's what I've read.

That's what your team will think, right?

Do you feel that?

I mean, do you feel that you don't look 40 and you don't have the physique of a 40-year-old?

No, I'm not.

Physically, I think I look much more younger, of course, because I start to do it...

gym since 12, 13, 14, 15.

Do you go every day?

Do you do something every day?

No, not every day, but I try to maintain a consistency in my life.

Do you do something every day?

Do you do something physical?

I sleep good.

I do good routines.

I do a good recovery.

I work good in the gym.

Two, three times per week I wait.

Two times per week for me is enough.

I burn because of football, you know.

It's just consistency.

If you have consistency,

It's easy, trust me.

Which athletes in modern history do you look at as great examples that maybe have inspired you in terms of the way they take care of themselves?

Inspiring me?

Inspiring you, yeah.

By myself.

Who have you looked at?

I saw good examples in other sports as well.

For example, I don't know, basketball, LeBron James.

I think we are the same age.

I met him the other day.

Very nice guy.

I have more hair than him.

You do, and he's learning golf, but he's not very good.

Now's a good time to play him at golf.

But I think it's good because he still plays football, basketball, and he's in good shape.

Other ones, Modric, still looking good.

What's he, 41 now, Modric?

No, he's my age.

I think 39, 40s.

So Novak is here, he's playing in the Six Kings thing.

And he said yesterday, you're one of his role models, he named you, for wanting to continue playing into his 40s.

Because they're all saying, look, now that Sinner and Alcaraz are kind of the new top guys, will you retire?

And he's like, actually, I want to keep going.

I want to keep proving to myself I can keep going.

And he named you as the example.

So you're inspiring him.

That probably feels good, right?

To inspire the greatest tennis player in history.

I think it's...

It's good when you have other sports, other people, they speak good about your name.

It means a lot.

And Novak is a great example of greatness in the sport.

So it's good.

I'm glad from his words.

Do you feel now, obviously you're probably not as quick as you were, so initially you were a winger, a flying winger and so on, you've changed your position, the way you play football and so on, but do you think as an actual goalscorer, because your record for Portugal recently has been insane, you've obviously been scoring enormous number of goals here in Saudi Arabia,

And your record says 30.

It's got better than it was in the previous period of your career.

But do you think you're a better natural finisher now than you've ever been?

I think I'm always been a good, a top finisher, I think.

Probably more, I'm focused more on that because, as you mentioned,

by the age you start to lost some things and you have to improve other things and some things that you always can improve is mentally and this is what I'm focused to be mentally good fresh because the brain don't go faster you not get older faster in the brain more you feel more physically I mean professional players and I am adapt

You know?

And this is, but finisher, finisher.

Of course, with the first three, four, five years, I'm not, wasn't very, very, very good.

I was good, but not top.

But after 25, I think...

I was very similar.

If you ask my teammates, if you ask my friends, they will say the same.

Probably more, now I'm more focused on that because I'm not winger anymore and I played the last...

Well, I watched your school the other day, and it's just your movement.

Because I think in the penalty area, look, I'm not going to tell you how to score goals, but in the penalty area, a lot of it is last-minute movement, I think, by the top strikers.

It's their ability to get away from a defender.

very quickly in the box.

You should be fresh mentally.

Right.

And I watched the way you took them and they look relatively easy, right?

They don't look like that goal you just showed me.

But the movement and the awareness and then the finish, that's not easy.

If it was, everyone would do it.

Of course.

So that's an instinctive thing, isn't it?

I think so, yes.

Instinctive things you learn by the time, you learn by the experience.

And one thing that I think makes the difference is you can improve all the time.

Even with my age, you have some points that you can improve.

And this is the biggest mistake of the players.

They think they know everything and they don't learn more.

If you see an instance of the football, the players, after when they get 30s, they slow down.

And I'm the opposite.

I score more goals after touch and they can say whatever they want because most of the times the people speak about football, they don't know nothing.

Wayne Rooney, your old colleague, said last week that he doesn't hate you.

People have said that he did.

He loves you.

He called you a genius.

He said you're much closer than people realise.

But he still said Messi's better.

No problem.

No problem.

That's a very different value, Alonso Cristiano.

No, but seriously, I'm not mad with that.

For me, it's OK. You can choose whatever you want.

Do you get on well with Wayne?

Do you have a friendship with him or not really?

When we used to play, we had a good relationship.

Not friends, I mean, that kind of friends, the relationship that I have with these guys, they come in one time per week or two to have a dinner with me or lunch.

but we have good relationship.

In the football, I don't have friends that they come in my house for a lunch or a dinner.

When I mean friends, I have good relationship, but friends, friends for me, it's a different word.

For me.

But the relationship was good.

Like Ferdinand was a friend, yes.

I still maintain his relationship with him.

I'm a sociable man.

And I respect.

It's like in Al Nassar, I'm good with everybody.

But friend, friend, I think it's a very, very, very deep word, in my opinion.

But I'm nothing against him.

Trust me, you peers.

It's OK.

It's his own thing.

It's what he loves the most.

Players or decision-makers.

For me, it's not a problem.

I respect him.

I respect him.

more when we play because I think he did so many good things for Manchester United.

We won so many things together that it's okay.

And these words that he said, thank you to him.

That he said that

I'm a genius, whatever he prefers.

No, no problem.

No problem.

For me, it's all good.

If I see him around, I'm shaking his hand, I give you a hug.

For me, it's not a problem.

I don't have time, you know, to be against people anymore.

It's OK.

I respect everybody.

The goals are the ultimate answer to any criticism, aren't they?

I mean, if you're a striker, if you just keep scoring at the rate you score, and like I said, they can look at the Saudi league and say it's not as good.

Ah, excuses.

But actually, look at Portugal, is what I say.

Look at your record with Portugal.

Recently, it's been off the charts.

Excuses.

Yeah.

Excuses.

It's the most simple way.

for everything, excuses, excuses, excuses.

Year by year, year by year, I scored more, even in a bad year, I scored 25 goals.

If I play in Premier League now, in a top team, I will score the same.

Well, the last season you played, last full season.

Easy, easy.

If I have a good team with 14 years old, I will score the same.

Your last season in the Premier League, full season, you've got 18 Premier League goals, one below Harry Kane, or the same as Harry Kane, and six Champions League goals.

Any team would take a strike on you.

I don't need to speak because they can say whatever they want, but the numbers don't lie.

They can say Saudi League.

They've never been here, they've never played here.

They don't know what to run with 40 degrees.

They don't know.

And I still continue and I repeat, the Saudi league is much better than Portuguese league, of course.

French league is only PSG.

Premier league is good, of course, it's the number one.

And they should count even, they should count like the goals to be the top score, the golden ball.

Why they don't count Saudi league?

Why?

You see, look how many players, top players we have in the league.

Check.

Ask the other players if the league is good.

Don't ask to me because it's easy to ask me because I'm always saying the same thing.

Ah, Cristiano said that because he played in Saudi.

No, no.

Listen, I play everywhere.

Everywhere.

For me, it's more easy to score in Spain than score in Saudi.

By the way, do you accept that you're only here because of me in that interview?

Probably.

So, given you're now a billionaire, and you've made probably half of it here...

I wasn't... Where's my cut?

Where's my commission?

You're on the verge of what would be a truly, even by your standards, incredible achievement, 1,000 goals.

No-one's ever come close to this.

Is there a scenario in your head, given the timing, that you might score your 1,000th goal at the World Cup next year?

And is that something that quietly in the back of your mind you would think?

No, I'm not.

I don't think about that.

And maybe I was surprised with my answer.

If you ask me, Christian, is it a dream to win the World Cup?

No, it's not a dream.

Really?

Yes.

To win the World Cup, none will change my name in the history of football.

I'm not going to lie.

One thing that I'm sure is that I'm enjoying the moment.

And I learned by the time that the moment is the most important thing that we have.

We are not qualified already.

Enjoy the moment.

The moment is good.

I played three days ago in Hungary in a sporting stadium.

Maybe it was my last game in that stadium.

We never know.

And I enjoyed it, my mum was there, my family was there, and it was good, and people said, Cristiano will be the greatest if he wins the World Cup.

I'm not agreeing.

I win three titles for Portugal, the story of Portugal.

You know my view of this.

I believe you are the greatest footballer to ever play the game.

Thank you.

You also know there's a raging debate, right, whether Messi is...

I say Messi's not even the best Argentinian.

Maradona was better than him.

How many World Cups win Argentina before Messi?

How many?

I don't know.

Two times?

Yeah, maybe two, I think.

Yeah, but it's normal.

These countries, they are used to win big competitions.

Brazil, if they win the World Cup, they will surprise the world.

No.

If Portugal wins the World Cup, which is possible, they will shock the world.

Yes.

But in my mind, I don't think in that way.

Of course, you want to win.

Yeah.

When you compete, you want to win.

I'm honest.

For me, it's not going to change the way I see the things and the way I see the football.

Do you believe you've earned the right to be considered the greatest of all time?

Of course.

Oh, one of the best for many people, yes.

But number one?

I don't care about that anymore, seriously.

Really?

I see so many things, I see so many interviews where I think, if I say something now, the people are not going to be surprised.

This story speaks for itself.

They have opinions.

Some people like more blonde.

Some people like more dark.

It's okay.

No problem for me.

But to change this story, the history of Portugal, to say if Cristiano will win the World Cup, this doesn't make sense for me.

I win.

We won.

Three titles for Portugal history.

Before Portugal never won nothing.

I'm glad.

I'm so happy.

You would love it, Cristiano, to win the World Cup.

Yeah, but not...

Which session?

No, I understand what you're saying.

I swear for my kids.

But I still think that image of you, if you could...

I don't agree.

I'm not agree.

Really?

Interesting.

Yes, no, I'm not agree.

Because Portugal never won World Cup.

Yeah, but they can win.

Yes, we're going to fight for that.

But...

But it shouldn't define you as a player.

No.

We define with 14 years old or 41.

To define what?

To define if I'm one of the best of the history.

to win one competition, six games, seven games.

You think it's fair?

It's not fair.

When you go to the World Cup in America, David Beckham is the sort of most, along with Messi now, but Beckham's the kind of guy that went to America and became this sort of superstar.

You play with Beckham, you compare to Beckham a lot, not least your looks.

I'm not going to compare the football, because to me he's not in the same league as you as a footballer.

However, do you think you're better looking than David Beckham?

Depends.

Are you more handsome?

Depends.

Depends, because for me, the looking is not only the face.

The looking, it's all packaged.

Like this?

If you put me... Not anymore, but imagine... Cristiano.

Not Cristiano.

A normal guy.

With the Speedos, red Speedos.

In a Copacabana.

to drink coconut water.

You think I'm not going to get a chance with nobody?

No, you're going to do well.

OK. You're going to do better than me.

I can actually confirm you can do better than me.

Nobody noticed.

I'm joking.

You're not really.

It depends.

The perspective of the people are...

But it's OK, you're looking good, I'm looking good, we're both looking good, so... Come on, you and Beckham, you're walking across the Copacabana for, say, ten minutes.

Who gets the most attention?

Not famous?

Not famous, just your body.

Me.

100%.

I knew it.

I knew it.

Come on, Pete.

I agree with you.

You agree?

Thank you.

I'm just trying to tease it out of you.

Thank you.

I don't need that, but imagine.

Let's imagine something.

No one's looking back at this.

Come on.

Come on.

He knows that.

He knows that.

His face is beautiful.

Yeah, and some face.

The rest is?

The rest is normal.

Like, it's normal.

I'm not normal.

I'm perfecto.

Also, he has too many tattoos, doesn't he?

Don't you think?

I don't know.

Do you think you should have that surgery?

He has tattoos.

He's covered in tattoos.

Absolutely covered in them.

Well, but he's looking good.

He's a guy that I like.

He's a guy who speaks good.

I like him.

I like him.

Do you still talk to Sir Alex Ferguson?

I met him at the Champions League final.

When I was there in Manchester, I used to speak more with him and he used to come to my house for a tea.

He'd drink tea with the milk.

He's a good man.

He's a person that I'm always going to have in my heart because he's a Sir.

He's a person who really helped me.

in my life, in my career.

I mean, really, I don't want to put words in your mouth, but was he, because your father died when you were still very young, do you think he became a bit of a father figure to you?

Father in football, yes.

Like a guy who guided me, yes.

In that way, yes.

He was a guy who always maintained his words, what we say, he promised.

Very good man and I respect him a lot.

Best manager you played under?

You've had so many.

What I say by the players, I'm kind of saying in the coaches, which is this, depend.

I had the opportunity to work with the best managers in the world, so I'm a lucky person.

To mention one for me is not correct, it's not fair.

But many people mention, ah, my favorite play is this one.

I'm not that guy.

I like to say that all of them help Cristiano to be what I am right now.

President Trump, a friend of mine, was given a CR7 shirt by the Portuguese European Council President Antonio Costa in June at the G7 summit.

And you wrote on it to President Donald J. Trump, playing for peace.

What did you mean by that?

If the world is in peace,

It's our goal.

He's one of the guys that can change or help to change the world.

And this is my main goal.

Listen, one of the most important guys, of course, is US president.

If we can help

each other to make this happen.

Because I swear, I can't watch TV.

It's been awful.

I don't watch.

I swear, I can't.

Sometimes I start to see the news.

I can't.

I can't.

And one of the guys, one of the guys that I want to meet.

I wish one day if you have an opportunity.

I can make that happen.

Make that happen or tell him that one of the guys that I want to sit to have a nice talk was one of the guys.

Donald Trump.

Donald Trump.

Here, US, wherever he wants.

I know he was here in Saudi with our boss MBS.

I wish one day to meet him, to sit with him because he's one of the persons that I really...

like him because I think it can make things happen.

And I like people like that.

I mean, I say whatever you think of Trump and people have very strong idea about you as well.

But I think that he believes in peace, not war.

It makes him unusual for a Republican American president.

I've spoken to him many times.

He really wants peace.

And I admire what he's achieved in stopping the bombing in Gaza.

I admire what he's trying to do in Ukraine with Putin, trying to stop the bombing.

I think these are admirable things for him to be doing.

And following what you said to him, I think he's trying to deliver on what you asked.

I wish that world goes for a peace way soon.

This is what I'm looking for.

And I will tell them something.

Nobody knows this, but maybe one day if you have the opportunity, I'm going to sit with him and I'm going to tell him.

Probably no, 100% they don't know.

That we had something in common and something that we share.

Really?

Yes.

Not in your interview.

I will tell him.

You can't take a camera to the Oasis.

It's very nice.

You're going to like it.

Really?

Yes.

How fascinating.

Fascinating.

Christian is a worldwide man.

Oh, I know that.

Yeah.

Now more than before, but...

You know what you've done?

With 18s, 19s, 20s, I was there in the US so many times.

But this is like taking a camel to the edge of an oasis and then saying you can't have a drink.

You will like it.

Torture.

I love this.

If you have opportunity one day, tell him.

Well, his son, Baron, is a big fan of yours.

He told me that.

Yeah?

He loves you.

Good.

His son is coming as well.

Oh, yeah?

OK, will we get Baron?

Donald, obviously I'll have to be there.

If you want to be, it's allowed.

Thank you, Cristiano.

I'll come as your assistant.

Perfect.

That would be amazing.

I think we can make that happen.

I think he'd love to meet you.

Perfect.

You're the two most famous people on the planet.

You're the most followed person on Instagram.

He is the most famous popular human being.

We'll do a debate for the world.

Who is the most famous?

Me or President Donald Trump?

What do you think?

Me.

Really?

Yeah.

You've got more followers on Instagram.

You've got more followers than anybody.

I think worldwide, even in that small island, they know me more than him.

Really?

Yes.

That's a fascinating debate.

You think you'd win that?

Yes.

You probably would.

You probably would.

I think in the world, in the world...

Nobody's more famous than me.

Do you think anyone there, because of social media... Tell me one.

Well, I'm going to explain.

Tell me one, your opinion.

In my opinion, in my lifetime...

This generation, now, this 2025.

Right now, you and Donald Trump, both together.

I think it's a very interesting debate.

I would say in my lifetime, I would add Princess Diana.

Probably the Queen, but not now, because they're no longer with us.

But in my lifetime, maybe Nelson Mandela would be the most famous, iconic people.

Michael Jackson at his peak.

But I think right now it's you and Donald Trump.

It's a good debate.

It's a great debate.

Let's make that happen.

I think that'd be great.

You see, now this is the map of, yeah, the world.

Have you ever been anywhere where no one's recognized you?

In 20 years ago, yes.

Not anymore.

But not now?

No.

Is there anywhere you could go?

Could you go to like an igloo in Iceland and even they'd know you, right?

Yes.

Yes.

Do you like that?

No.

It is what it is.

I'd quite like that.

No, please.

No?

It's boring, trust me.

It's too much?

It's boring, yeah, it's too much.

You could be too famous.

I wish to not be so famous.

Really?

Really.

Really.

It's boring, trust me.

But if I said to you, all right, Cristiano, you're going to have all the success as a footballer you've had, but you're going to have no fame.

Oh, I will sign.

You would?

Of course.

Of course.

Of course.

Of course.

100%.

Fascinating.

100%.

I never want to be famous.

Never.

I want to be successful.

I knew it from the beginning when I was young that I will be, let's say, a star.

But to be so famous, I never, never, never want it.

It's boring, trust me.

But it is what it is.

I will burn in that way.

You're the most famous and the richest and most successful footballer in history.

Not bad.

Cristiano.

Thank you, Pierce.

Brilliant to catch up with you.

I wish, I wish.

Listen.

So don't do the interview with you in three years.

I want less.

Okay.

Less.

But before, you will do the interview with my CEO.

No, no, definitely.

No, I think you would be a great interviewer.

I totally agree.

Your story together is unbelievable.

And I will do that.

And I think my next interview with you could be... And we can do something.

Imagine me, you, sir...

Mr. Trump.

Yes.

In one table.

Yes.

Will be fun.

I think this is a great idea.

Different.

Yes.

Like around the White House.

Will be even better.

Why not?

You've got a plan.

Imagine.

I haven't even got to buy a head ticket.

No problem.

I'll come with you.

Something different, beautiful, good conversation.

I think he would love it.

I mean.

To promote the World Cup in his country.

What could be better?

Oh, look.

I'm going to make this happen.

Something.

Okay.

Perfect.

But make sure if I do make it happen, you don't cut me out.

All right.

Listen, you are part of the family.

We have a deal?

You know that.

Cristiano, great to see you.

Thank you very much.

Say my best to all the family.

Thank you.

Thank you, Pete.

And congrats on the forthcoming marriage.

Thank you.

It's a big moment for a man.

Thank you.

And if you need a best man, you know where to find me.

Okay.

I'm good with speeches.

Thank you, guys.

Take care.

Perfect.