Roma

The ex-player spoke to 'SerieANews.com': "Ten Hag can't do that with Cristiano. He is disrespecting him, and he would say the same with Messi…”.

That he did not play him out of respect, but two weeks later he wanted him to play with two minutes to go before the final whistle! Cristiano is Portuguese and he is a friend, but he would say the same if Messi were in his place”. Look at Figo, who won the Ballon d’Or at Madrid, but did not experience the excitement that I had and still have. He has to understand how he is humiliating him and Cristiano did well to leave the bench and walk away. If I had gone to Milan, Madrid, Barça or United I might have won the Ballon d’Or and something else. He is a great, but, perhaps, in that year I deserved it more”.