“I told him”, said Bruno Fernandes. He held nothing back when asked about Cristiano Ronaldo. At the press conference ahead of the match against Norway, he confirmed that he had spoken with Cristiano.
All this after Ronaldo left camp amid tensions with coach Jorge Jesús before the match against Denmark.
His message was clear, and he repeated it in front of everyone: whatever happens, Cristiano will never stop being the greatest symbol of the national team, Portuguese football, and the country, for everything he did in Portugal and around the world.
Fernandes, who took over as captain after CR7’s departure, also called for unity and for everyone to focus on what really matters: getting results on the pitch.
For him, the conflict “has nothing to do with the players”.