On the Overlap Daily show, Jamie Carragher, Gary Neville, and host Mark Goldbridge discussed Ronaldo's recent comments, his disagreement with Portugal's head coach, his performances during his second stint at Manchester United, and his changing mindset as his career approaches its end.

Neville: I've been in that situation before. Near the end of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's time at United, when he was about to be sacked, I was heavily criticized for not being critical of him. If you remember, you kept pushing me on that.

Carragher: True, but you weren't constantly praising him when things were going badly either. It's the same with him now.

Neville: But my thinking is, I would never just criticize Solskjaer, never. Because I felt that regardless of wins or losses, he always maintained his dignity. This situation with Ronaldo upsets me greatly. I really admire him. I...

Carragher: Here we go again, Gary Neville's classic opening line.

Neville: He won't appreciate me much for this. But the truth is, I can't sit here and watch what he did during his second stint at United. I can't watch him make a statement like that and say, "Cristiano, well done. You handled that well."

You know what I mean? When he does these things, someone needs to call him out, someone needs to tell him...

Carragher: Who's going to tell him?

Neville: Well, I mean, he won't listen to me or you or Mark. But what I'm saying is, I can't sit here and say I accept that statement, or that I think what he's doing is right. It makes it harder to admire him. If you admired him before, it makes it harder to continue admiring him. If you never admired him, it just makes you like him less.

However, I will say this: it's not irredeemable. You know what I mean? In a year's time, after he's retired, we'll look back and remember his greatness in football, and people won't worry about this final phase. But he needs to think about how he conducts himself going forward. Because for the next 35, 40 years, he'll still be in the public eye, doing various things. We all have to do things. No matter who you are, whether you're Messi or Ronaldo. We can see Zlatan now...

Carragher: You always have to do things you don't want to do.

Neville: We can see Zlatan...

Carragher: Look, now we have to sit here and film this show with Mark, right? (laughs)

Goldbridge: We were just talking about international breaks. I waited five minutes to hear that dig.

Neville: I've seen some of the greatest players in the world – Gullit, Zlatan, Matthäus, and Henry. They're incredible players. You might think they'd never appear on TV, never become pundits. But at the World Cup, you see them working for Fox, and you see them on CBS.

Some incredible players appear on TV, and you think, "Wow, I never imagined I'd see them doing this on television."

At some point in the future, Ronaldo may need to do something. I don't think he'll become a TV pundit, but he'll need to do something. Because he's become accustomed to the adrenaline rush and excitement every day, so he'll either become a coach, go into business, or become a pundit. He'll have to get involved in some venture or do something. I think with 35, 40 more years of life ahead, you have to find a way to live the rest of it. Everyone can love you, everyone can respect you uniformly. You don't need to turn yourself into someone everyone resents.

Carragher: Exactly, it's not necessary. I'm also thinking, when you consider those great players like Cruyff and Maradona, even though their careers ended two or three decades ago, you can't help but smile or say, "My God, they were truly legendary." So I wonder how people will feel about Ronaldo in the future? Because we'd hope to smile too... I hope we will. But he can't continue like this. After all, with most of the greatest players in history, you remember them with good feelings, don't you?

Neville: To be honest, I'm not surprised he's thinking this way this week. Because I think it's his mindset right now. When you have billions in the bank, when you have that kind of influence, when you've achieved those things and had that career, you feel invincible, you feel nothing can stop you.

You feel like you can dictate to the FA or tell the manager what to say. I'm glad the manager stood firm and did what he had to do.

You know? If he actually went out there and recited those eight demands one by one, he would have largely abandoned his principles. And everyone would know who made him say those things. So I'm glad he handled it this way. I think that's the right approach.

Goldbridge: Yes, let's see how it plays out. I don't think he would have done this 12 years ago. I slightly disagree with you about his second spell at United: he really was first in and last to leave. And if you look at his physical condition...

Carragher: How do you know?

Goldbridge: I know, I know some people at Old Trafford, and I know he did that. Not the way you're thinking. But I also think there's something you can't deny: looking at Ronaldo's physical condition and his longevity, it's clear he's always given his all. But 12 years ago, he wouldn't be doing this. Because back then, he'd say, "I'm still one of the best players in the world. Portugal won't bench me. I'll prove myself on the pitch."

And what we're seeing now, you two probably understand what's happening. This is someone whose career is ending, someone who's losing influence. The only way he can show he still has power is to try to make the manager say ridiculous things, because he can't perform at the same level on the pitch anymore.

He wouldn't have found himself in this situation before. Like you just said, Messi is leaving to standing ovations and respect, while Ronaldo is destroying everything he's built in football through his actions. It's really, really sad. I think it's hard for him to accept retirement, and hard to accept that he's losing that status. We can all see it clearly.

It's sad. Because, as you said, there's no one around him to tell him, "Don't do this, don't do this." When someone's influence becomes too great, this happens. We've seen it with politicians, with actors, and now with Ronaldo.

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