Agora isto é o espelho da imagem de Ronaldo no mundo....
De facto, por muito que o nosso caríssimo amigo e colega Sirmister não queira, com o seu assolapado amor pelo tronco, esta é uma imagem fiel e maioritaria.
Algumas passagens:
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Once a great and influential player, Ronaldo is now an avatar of human greed and a symbol of a worrying shift in the sport
How is this going to work on the ground? How long before Ronaldo is dropped for not pressing enough to meet the basic standards of Saudi PR-ball? How long before pictures emerge of him looking furious and sad in the King Saud University Stadium stands, statements leaked to the media about how the Al Nassr he loved is being betrayed, how terrible the cafe is, how un-fancy the gym equipment?
No single figure has embodied sporting individualism to this degree, or reduced football so profoundly to an atomised celebrity obsession. Saudi is the final step in this direction, towards a product that is rootless and timeless, based instead in the consumption of images, brands, styling.
But Ronaldo is also an uplifting tale. Here is a poor kid from a tough background who conquered the world through nothing but talent and hard work, who embodies sport as the dream factory. Ronaldo fixed his own destiny, fixed his body, fixed his teeth, fixed his broken start in life. If you’re on the outside, if the world looks closed to you, here is an inspiring story.
To call Ronaldo the highest-paid footballer in the world is like calling Tom Cruise the highest-paid fighter pilot. There is a reality issue here. Ronaldo is no longer engaged in sport. He is an actor, a publicity megaphone, a tool of power.
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Por muito que as pessoas não queiram, o povo lá fora não é burro....
As pessoas sabem analisar, distinguir, não ligam muito ao Sirmister e Cia...., nem leem as Bolhas e os Rascords....