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Cristiano Ronaldo: I Have More Freedom At Real Madrid
The world's most expensive player feels more able to express himself in Spain...
20-Oct-2009 2:55:35 PM
Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that the freedom he is given at Real Madrid has meant that he feels like he is starting his career all over again.
The Portuguese star is thriving in the pressurised surroundings of the Bernabeu after his summer move from Manchester United and feels that he can become an even better player.
Coach Manuel Pellegrini does not place the same restrictions on Ronaldo as he had at Old Trafford and that has given him a new lease of life.
"You feel more pressure at Madrid but I love that, it drives me on," Ronaldo was quoted as saying by The Sun.
"My coach Manuel Pellegrini is clearly different to Sir Alex Ferguson. In fact, I'm much more free here, free to roam around the pitch in certain matches.
"Not only will I use that to become the same player I was at Old Trafford but even better. I feel like a new-born baby - I'm reborn.
"Just because I won everything with United and was voted Ballon d'Or and World Player doesn't mean I've reached the top," he insisted.
"In fact I feel like my career is just starting."
Lucas Brown, Goal.com
The Portuguese star is thriving in the pressurised surroundings of the Bernabeu after his summer move from Manchester United and feels that he can become an even better player.
Coach Manuel Pellegrini does not place the same restrictions on Ronaldo as he had at Old Trafford and that has given him a new lease of life.
"You feel more pressure at Madrid but I love that, it drives me on," Ronaldo was quoted as saying by The Sun.
"My coach Manuel Pellegrini is clearly different to Sir Alex Ferguson. In fact, I'm much more free here, free to roam around the pitch in certain matches.
"Not only will I use that to become the same player I was at Old Trafford but even better. I feel like a new-born baby - I'm reborn.
"Just because I won everything with United and was voted Ballon d'Or and World Player doesn't mean I've reached the top," he insisted.
"In fact I feel like my career is just starting."
Lucas Brown, Goal.com
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