Edwin Van Der Sar’s Honest Opinion Of Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo who like you has gone on to have a career of true longevity what are your memories of sharing addressing them in a club with him there's a restaurant that he shared with me you mean exactly the judging that he was lucky enough honored to share with you yeah not the first day I came at United I felt like a warm bath that this is the level I wanted this is the the the pressure that I needed this is the way that football Nito will need to be played this is uh I'll determine you uh how hard you work and and the quality of the players around you the of course the the the foundation over there already so that way um yeah from start to finish it was an amazing six years and so many people try and find the answer to why that club and that team did so well in that period what do you put it down to quality of players of course a fantastic manager uh but yeah I think you know also they're not that Ferguson was taking the sessions or something uh I think he had to go wait and then the field coach and assistant coach uh even with when the meetings were there uh of course she always you always started came with with two or two remarks about the history about the past or if you remember this game and we had to uh so that way it's it's it's the whole um yeah Aura of himself the the things that you want already of course the way he developed the club that he that he almost owned the club uh with two guys with David Gill and with uh with uh with with himself the yeah the backbone of the team with with players who are yeah homegrown Geeks Neville um skulls skulls powers of course a fantastic player but he was not really into the conversations Paul was just wanted to play football just want to want to kick a ball as hard as possible in into the goal he was good at that uh I was really good at that for example but uh uh media duties after a Champion League match he went to the to the extra door to the fire fire uh to the fire extra door whatever and nowadays yeah you see him talking on uh on uh as a pen that's full of opinions everything so that that's funny how people develop but just the the the sheer uh desire to win this year desire to to protect the image that the United have and uh and win the Champions League again that was uh that was to be a part of that that era that whatever had that that in the 60s that in the 90s and to have that in 2000 2008 2009 that that six years that I were able to play for United yeah the success that you had with that with that group of players and also of course you need to refresh it and over of course even there we had some bad signings and signing that and didn't work out but but the quality was was there and uh that was it was an amazing amazing uh amazing period of my my career to end that's such a high note I've been talking about the sign-ins that didn't work out is interesting again we we were lucky enough to sit down with Rio Ferdinand and he spoke about some of the sign-ins that he fell in hindsight they the dressing room treated quite harshly rather than put an arm around the shoulder and tried to help them so the example he cited was the Brazilian Anderson where he said he felt that he struggled with his diet and his lifestyle and the dressing room mocked him rather than tried to guide him in a more helpful way what was your experience of that dressing room when you talk about the will to win of course quality um recognized quality yeah when you're when you're on the pitch if you play ball heart to a player and it receives it straight away on the right foot or if you pass it um I think but the aspect of having fun or or joking or yeah that's also part of the culture of in a football club and that's there but um I can understand a little bit what he said but I think at a certain point you two three times you say something to a player yeah that's the third time or the fourth time is still not reacting or showing different Behavior yeah then you need then yeah I almost need to drop need to drop because you have to think about your own performances making sure that whatever the the area where you're sponsored for that that's working um if a young player of course you need to help your you you give them advice but you need to yeah be open also to take the advice and if there's nothing happening yeah then you have to take along and and find someone else who you can help and hopefully yeah uh into the team to get a performance job and at the other end of the of the spectrum is Cristiano Ronaldo who like you has gone on to have a career of true longevity what are your memories of sharing addressing them in a club with him the direction that he shared with me you mean exactly the judging that he was lucky enough honored to share with you yeah no I think that's what I had to remember one of the conversation with him in the in the gym or really the the smaller the old gym and everything and he was a workout just I think but when elastic band was ankle and everything and started talking and yeah I never really want to become the best player in the world so yeah said Ronnie said a lot of people wanna say that no no I really want it that's like okay but you what are you gonna do about it yeah everything uh I think his work ethic the way he developed himself he very uh make sure that his body was specialist around him the the way he trained and um I think the one of the funny stories I find always I've told a lot of people already safe often after the after the after training at 21 to take some of my free kicks um running attack take the second or third goalkeeper I'm 37th come on let's take one of the other guys I'm tired no no no no come on I need to I don't want to score against the best but he always wanted the end to be the goal so it's not even whatever that I save one okay it's finished but you always end the one and about the goal set but only I also have I want to also have a good feeling of going into the game it's not only about you and and of course it's it's always been about him and and this the determination and and the way that he that he conducted himself and I think a lot of people have let's say maybe got a different opinion about him but I found him really in the dressing room uh funny uh if we brought our children like uh my son he always played with him I think the way that he took another step for man united it was not easy enough to live in Man United and then go along for for even even higher accolades and everything in the way that he that he played at Madrid and then the goals that he scored and then the impact that he had there it's uh it's been it's been amazing yeah I think there's actually really strong lessons for the players that you have here though isn't there because there's that great phrase that Talent will get you in the room yeah nowadays it's a little bit more different it's like it's it's it's difficult to to get that internal motivation to uh to to improve yourself all the time and we have a few why is that though because like I don't know maybe it's it's it's the people that are depending on you the people that's uh that's that's the chair issue that that put your uh put you on a pedestal all the time uh hard work is not not another strange word it's it's something that's really important uh getting getting somewhere is easy but making sure you take next steps you become better that you become more and more uh valuable for the team that you become more uh decisive for the team that's that's that's that's hard nowadays I think it's a shame though isn't it because you've got players like a post goals or a Lionel Messi where you look at the natural ability and feel for the game has got a certain point but but to say about hard work but for example Lionel Messi I think has tremendous qualities and talent and everything and um yes I'm not saying he doesn't work hard let me just be straight about that I suppose what I'm saying is Christian Cristiano unlike those two is has forced his success do you know what I mean he's he's he's he's he's he's made it happen you know and I think there's a great lesson to Young footballers there you can be here I mean I remember Jurgen klopp saying he was a second division ability footballer a Bundesliga mindset footballer so ended up in the first division that's a really strong message for people that what is the phrase hard work beats Talent when talent doesn't work hard no it doesn't always says also something shares from an Old Trafford he said that let a lot in the other dressing room if they if they if you you guys work hard they're never going to beat you but if they work harder if they worked as Shock shopping thing and you think okay it's going to be Preston it's going to be whatever uh Bournemouth they can win so it all starts with working hard work hard then your extra qualities will shine hey guys it's Jake here listen before you go please do me just one favor hit subscribe it makes such a 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Channel: High Performance

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Length: 9min 33sec (573 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 10 2023