In an interview with content creator Lyes Bouzidi, Wayne Rooney commented on Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi: “I think Ronaldo doesn’t care about anything other than scoring goals. Messi is different, he’s ready. sacrifice to contribute to the team. Messi and I are quite similar. Besides scoring goals, we also want to do many more things.”

“Sir Alex Ferguson once criticized me because I often sit too deep. That’s because I want to play football and am not a selfish person. Of course, scoring goals is still important,” Rooney added.

On social networks, Ronaldo’s fan community was also dissatisfied with Rooney’s statement. The Cristiano Xtra account also posted statistics that Ronaldo had 282 assists, more than Wayne Rooney’s entire career (191 times).

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Ronaldo also admitted that he no longer considers Rooney a friend.

This is not the first time Ronaldo has caused a storm with comments on social networks. At the end of 2023, this superstar’s account also caused a “storm” when leaving 3 smiley face emojis with tears at the bottom of the post announcing the top 3 best players, as selected by the Statistics Federation. and World Football History (IFFHS), Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi, respectively. Also in 2023, Ronaldo is the world’s highest scorer (54 goals). However, he could not enter the top 3 of IFFHS.