“𝐈 𝐏𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓!” ‼️🇵🇹

“What I know for sure is that Cristiano and I worked together for a year. It was a 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, and we won the title with the club we were at.” 

“I wouldn’t change 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. I made a decision as a coach, putting the 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 and the Portuguese national team first” 🇵🇹✨

“I’m convinced that I 𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐍’𝐓 𝐃𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 to cause what happened.” 

“Of course I thought he would come back, of course I thought about 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐮𝐩, but I have to respect his decision. He decided that it was time to leave the national team. Sooner or later, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧.”

“If I just said that I was considering calling him up, it’s because I believed he would continue with us as part of our Nations League project. I 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 any frustration or resentment whatsoever”.

“I found out about his decision just like everyone else, through his video. I had 𝐍𝐎 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄 of anything”. 🚨