According to Portuguese media outlet O Jogo, Ronaldo removed all external doubt yesterday through an eight-page open letter containing nearly 1,800 words. However, the newspaper's deputy editor, Alcides Freire, stated that someone who makes such a statement cannot be recalled to Portugal's national team.

Ronaldo didn't need eight pages, nearly 1,800 words, and around 10,000 characters to confirm what has been clear from the start: it's all about him. He hinted at leaving the national team after the 2026 World Cup early in the text—a "hold me back or I'm leaving" signal—which allowed early predictions about what would follow. The unimaginable part came later. It at least makes us wonder: what moment and state of mind were Ronaldo and members of his "personal team" at Al Nassr in when they believed a national team coach would go to a press conference to read out this eight-point statement?

Let us pause and think, searching for the right word to sum up that moment. Precisely: ego. In this case, point 6 of the statement, which references Pelé and Maradona, is more outrageous than any plot you could imagine. Why wasn't Eusébio mentioned? Perhaps forgotten.

But the problem goes far beyond the words in this statement. First, the presence of Al Nassr sports director Simão Coutinho and Ronaldo's advisor Tiago Craveiro in the meeting with Jorge Jesus that produced this indescribable eight-point statement demands a reasonable explanation.

After carefully analyzing all of this, the conclusion is clear: Ronaldo didn't want to clarify anything. The opposite, in fact. Amid the usual declarations of love for the national team, this statement was intended to punish Jorge Jesus and demean Pedro Proença. This is an objective his communication strategy failed to achieve, using Piers Morgan, Rio Ferdinand, Aguirre, and others as pawns.

Therefore, there is only one conclusion: no matter how great this player was in the past, a personality like that should not return to the national team. Meanwhile, today we'll talk about Messi's tears and his farewell match with Argentina, wearing the Argentina jersey, alongside the Argentine people.

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