Well of course one is entitled to one's opinions - but first consider his life-story a little bit (and the fact that Mesut sincerely seems to really love Cris - one of his first firends at Madrid - quite obviously!)
If you have time sometime please watch this (which I've embedded for you) - it's a biography of his early life - an hour of your time you'll never regret losing.
He's even better now - his teammates love him, he's first to arrive at practice and last to leave. He loves playing pranks on teammates. Every teammate who arrives at Madrid says that CR7 was the first player to approach them with helpful advice and that he's kind and affable to the younger players especially (the cantera idolize him).
There are things that the documentary glosses over. For example: when he was 16 he set home his academy pay-cheque to pay for his brother's rehab. His whole family live with him - and he's just the baby of the family taking responsibility for everyone. He never drinks because his dad died of alcoholism.
Also: from this documentary you get the impression his childhood had a charming aspect to it that probably wasn't there - when it rained the family home's roof would leak all over and the family would have to put buckets all over to catch the water. The house was crumbling. The father had (as intimated above) alcohol problems. His mother slaved away as a cook (first thing he did when he signed for Manchester United was to tell her she'd never have to work again).
There are also tiny things: the family's fear about his lack of money at the academy or nice clothes (ie., fear he'd be bullied).
He's a divisive figure, of course. He's such a perfectionist on the pitch. But when he flaps his arms or rolls his eyes or is frustrated it's always at himself. He's always good to his teammates. And there's something charming about missing the goal when your team is 4 goals up and being so disappointed it's an extreme perfectionism that all coaches love (related to a chaotic early life?).
One more thing: his past girlfriends sold stories about him to the tabloids, but he won't say a word about them in public. He's a gent!
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If you have time sometime please watch this (which I've embedded for you) - it's a biography of his early life - an hour of your time you'll never regret losing.
He's even better now - his teammates love him, he's first to arrive at practice and last to leave. He loves playing pranks on teammates. Every teammate who arrives at Madrid says that CR7 was the first player to approach them with helpful advice and that he's kind and affable to the younger players especially (the cantera idolize him).
There are things that the documentary glosses over. For example: when he was 16 he set home his academy pay-cheque to pay for his brother's rehab. His whole family live with him - and he's just the baby of the family taking responsibility for everyone. He never drinks because his dad died of alcoholism.
Also: from this documentary you get the impression his childhood had a charming aspect to it that probably wasn't there - when it rained the family home's roof would leak all over and the family would have to put buckets all over to catch the water. The house was crumbling. The father had (as intimated above) alcohol problems. His mother slaved away as a cook (first thing he did when he signed for Manchester United was to tell her she'd never have to work again).
There are also tiny things: the family's fear about his lack of money at the academy or nice clothes (ie., fear he'd be bullied).
He's a divisive figure, of course. He's such a perfectionist on the pitch. But when he flaps his arms or rolls his eyes or is frustrated it's always at himself. He's always good to his teammates. And there's something charming about missing the goal when your team is 4 goals up and being so disappointed it's an extreme perfectionism that all coaches love (related to a chaotic early life?).
One more thing: his past girlfriends sold stories about him to the tabloids, but he won't say a word about them in public. He's a gent!