“I think that because I am rich, handsome and a great player people are envious of me. I don’t have any other explanation.”

[Reuters Staff, Reuters, People envy my cash and looks - Ronaldo, 15 September 2011, 16 February 2018, https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-champions-real-ronaldo/people-envy-my-cash-and-looks-ronaldo-idUKTRE78E1TP20110915]
After being asked asked about the behaviour of the Dinamo Zagreb supporters, who chanted the name of his perceived rival Lionel Messi.

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