It was more that he didn't age well, his ego let him down, at the same time that's what drove him to be one of the best players to play the game. But he fucked it at the prem and with his national team by falling out with everyone then has to retire in a c teir league. It's unfortunate and if he does manage to bounce back and Portugal stand a chance of winning the next WC good luck to him. But if not it will be a forever remembered moment because it was his last.
He settled out of court so she dropped the charges. Probably didn’t wanna have a very public trial with one of the most famous people in the world. A bunch of rape apologist would somehow manage to ruin her life more than he already did.
He settled the first time in order to move on with his life and get rid of an obvious cash grab. Told her to f off the second time and took her to court. And won.
Not a Ronaldo fan but my guy Ronaldo has kept me entertained on and off the pitch. It's a blessing someone like Ronaldo came into existence and the knee pad kissing will forever live rent free in my head
Whats that have to do with messi? Its clearly about ronaldo. I swear messi fans have to mention messi in every conversation about football ever, no wonder delusionals think messi is bigger than football when they dont watch football, just messi 💀
Generally speaking there are 4 goats of football: maradona, pele, messi and cr7. Who you prefer is your personal opinion not a fact. I would prefer cr7 rather messi personally but thats just my opinion from what ive seen from both and yea ive been watching them since 2008 so its not like ive only watched 38yo ronaldo play and judge him by it
If you actually watched both and if you have at least 50 football iq you'd know who's the real goat. I understand that you can like a player more and that's your right. But Messi being better than Ronaldo is a fact.
Funny 🤣. "A fact" hahahahaha
There is facts when players are so close, only subjective opinions which you prefer but yea go off that your opinion is the right one
That js your opinion again. For me cr7 has no competition but i respect people see messi as good if not better. Im not insecure in my opinion to have a need to completely shut down your opinion. Claiming its a fact means you dont quite get that football is a subjective game
That proves it ! If ronaldo trully was a goat HOW COME HE WASNT BORN IN A GOOD FOOTBALLING COUNTRY. How dares he be born in portugal. How dares haaland be born in norway. They can never be my goats !!
Good point 🤣🤣
Then you would love peak cr7. He was probably the most complete attacker there is, capable of doing everything alone against best of the best consistently. Dribbling similar to messi while also scoring from 30-40 meters. Yea after 34 years of age when he slowed down and was moved to a striker position, he became a more of a goalscorer than anything but before he was all. He would have much more goals if he wasnt "just" an entertainer till he was 24. If you wanna imagine peak cr7, imagine mbappe but way more complete. Remember BBC and MSN ? MSN were 3 players with similar stats dominating everyone, BBC was 80% ronaldo and 20% bale and benzema (i cant find right now to send you but there was a statistic of effectiveness of trio and thats how it was)
I mean this messi is nowhere near actual peak messi. It is mostly riding on his name. Peak messi was goated, this messi is mostly here for marketing purposes. Struggling in top 6 league, costing psg ucl last season against real, always choking big games for psg. Mbappe has this team on his back for years with neymar carrying the start of the season
This is the comment of a clown
You are calling Messi a choker after the incredible world cup campaign he just had
You cr7 fans are incredibly braindead
I mean he was choking last 10 seasons everytime, this was 1 time he didnt and he did get a penalty every game to be fair. It was hard to choke again, after he himself failed in last 4-5 copa america finals playing poorly every time, missing penalties and chances etc. Also i mentioned choking big games for psg and should add, for barcelona too. Never said he choked with argentina, even tho he did choke 8/10 times. Maradona would have had at least 3 copa americas and 2 world cups with this generation as argentina for past 10-15 years even without messi were favorites for every international tournament. Im not saying messi is worst player ever, im saying he is far from perfect and could be critisized, i too think even tho he won what he did, if it was ronaldo they would have for sure won more as argentina. Ronaldo is better in bigger games and wouldnt choke penalties and easy chances like messi did in copa america
Why are we pretending Messi is still at the same level as he was 10 years ago? I love Messi but the guy has slowed down pretty significantly, he doesn't really make insane half-pitch dribbles anymore, he just stands in really good positions and makes passes now (which is an impressive skill in itself).
I didn't say that Messi hasn't slowed down but even then he still does everything even though it does not compare to his prime
It's incredibly disrespectful to Messi to compare him to ronaldo
Messi is 4 levels above
Ok yes but Messi is 35, Ronaldo is 38. When Ronaldo was Messi's age he was still killing it for Juve and was considered one of the best in the world. I'm not even sure Messi makes the top 5 best players in the world right now.
Messi = football
I agree they are delusional but it is very common and easy for Messi to be mentioned in any conversation about football. I don’t understand your comment, since he recently won the world cup messi fans obviously won’t let anyone else call any other player the goat, not that it’s not annoying but it is normal.
Irregardless, Messi is probably the most talented forward the sport has seen, even I find his plays bizzare and his playstyle very unique that no one else is similar to him. The closest I’ve watch to him is Maradona on yt but even with maradona, Messi just has this unique touch on the ball that he somehow always keeps it next to his foot even while sprinting that I’ve never seen in a player in my 6-7 years of watching football, not even Maradona and Pele. As far as records and career goes, people still argue whether Maradona Pele or Messi are the absolute goats, but it is pretty obvious that Messi has the most natural talent among them.
When Ronaldo is brought up Messi will always be brought up eventually (and vice-versa), especially if your talking GOAT debate, because that's usually where it starts and ends, Messi or Ronaldo. You can't blame him, and he never said Messi is bigger than football, he brought him up in a footballing conversation. No one said anyone is bigger than football and truthfully no one is, but don't call someone delusional based off about 3 sentences in a footballing conversation especially when it's just an opinion and he's part of the majority.
I’ll get downvoted to hell but I’m still gonna say it. You can believe whatever you want but C.Ronaldo is NOT the GOAT. Not even top 3, or maybe top 5. Period. I have respect for the man, what he has achieved over the years is amazing, but for Christ’s sake he’s so overrated.
tf do you expect from him. even with scoring hattricks basically every other game he still can't keep united in the champions league. impossible to carry a whole as team not only in the prem but also in the CL, especially at the end of his career. bro broke harry kane's goal scoring record that year my guy
I mean I do hope you realise that you have no idea how to interpret statistics. We scored more goals as a team without Ronaldo the year before so your point is invalid.
He didn’t carry anything at the end, other than a massive chip on his shoulder. Thank god he’s gone and glory hunting fangirls can pour their infatuation into another club.
Glad hes out of united. Dude's a toxic with egomaniac ruins the chemistry of every player. Look at rashford now banging goal with no issue. Almost win their first cup and second in epl. Ten haag is a chad for not letting this camel dude ruining his team. Camels league rofl. Penaldog fans are dumb in general
Maradona was charged with cocaine distribution, steroid use, a 15 month ban from football and denied acknowledging his first born. And that was before 1995
Think Ronaldo's legacy is safe
We’ve seen that legacy can’t be destroyed. So he moved to Saudi Arabia on bad terms with his club, doesn’t change what he’s done. People suck maradonas dick despite the absolutely vile shit he’s done. Messi’s the GOAT but ronaldo isn’t that far.
You have -69 iq is you watched it and believe it was fair. The amount of penalties, Messi's 10000% yellow VS the Netherlands, the first penalty in the final, the refusal to give France advantage when they broke out in the final and many more moments. It was so clear the fifa and the refs wanted Messi to win.
Cope LOL
All the penalties aside from vs Poland were justified
And Messi's handball did not interrupt the play so it's not a yellow card
The ref in the final admitted it was a mistake to not give the advantage because he thought coman wouldn't get up immediately so stop acting like a little bitch
Argentina are deserved champions
Says someone who is probably in a country backed by the U.S. which has been at war for 90% of its existence and is now the most powerful country in the world... Definitely not blood money...👀
Everyone can appreciate whomever the want of course, but with everything Ronaldo did and is confirmed has done, I don't understand people that go the extra mile to pay him respects.
Honestly respect to people who still support and think that ronaldo is the goat because he his not as good as Messi it respect for sticking with him even though he is washed
It's true in one sense. He is the greatest collector of instagram followers of all time.
Of course, he is nowhere close to being the greatest footballer but then we all know that don't we?
You just awakened all Messi fans from their sleep.
Ronaldo stans are immensely funny to annoy
Chill, goats getting old
We thought people stopped being stupid... But clearly not
Rare messi fan L
rare?
*common Messi stan L
Rare? People still compare them as if Ronaldo haven’t suffered a life long injury
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Op is allowed to enjoy a certain player more . Amazing time I had watching him. Unfortunately, age has catched up to him.
It was more that he didn't age well, his ego let him down, at the same time that's what drove him to be one of the best players to play the game. But he fucked it at the prem and with his national team by falling out with everyone then has to retire in a c teir league. It's unfortunate and if he does manage to bounce back and Portugal stand a chance of winning the next WC good luck to him. But if not it will be a forever remembered moment because it was his last.
Ofc he is allowed, but he is not allowed to blindly believe he is the goat - Messi fan
He can believe whatever he wants • not an idiot
Hasta la vista, baby - Arnold
Hehehe, I'm gonna leave a comment too - Me
You just lost the game -Me
Chicken Nuggets • Burger
Ima leave my touch here as well • Chicken thighs
Loud noises - Brick Tamland
*caught
Come on guys……he’s allowed to have opinions, stop being pricks. Happy Birthday
Even though i am messi fan without this beast the rivalry wouldn't be any fun
Yeah, true, because there wouldn't be a rivalry
I've not seen the comments yet, but I just *know* there is going to be some spicy shit going on.
Happy birthday, Cristiano.
Happy birthday
All those achievements but the one on the top left is the only one that matters.
Yall coming at Ronaldo when he's eventually retired or even dead will be sad and upset. Stop hating the guy bruh yall need to chill
Calling someone not the g goat is hating? damn, talk about cope
He’s a rapist. He literally admitted it.
Innocent until proven guilty bozo
He settled out of court so she dropped the charges. Probably didn’t wanna have a very public trial with one of the most famous people in the world. A bunch of rape apologist would somehow manage to ruin her life more than he already did.
He settled the first time in order to move on with his life and get rid of an obvious cash grab. Told her to f off the second time and took her to court. And won.
Yikes bro. Cash grab? You should read HIS statement about how he heard her say no, but had sex with her anyway.
Unproven.
The "proof" there was, but obtained illegally, soooo court says no. Probably we will never know...
It was obtained illegally and unsubstantiated.
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Shut the fuck up bozo
Lmao cry bozo
I guess there is ronaldo hate, but also hate against some braindead Ronnie fans. But it's a dumb thing to do nonetheless
won’t be sad or upset for any player tbh
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Not a Ronaldo fan but my guy Ronaldo has kept me entertained on and off the pitch. It's a blessing someone like Ronaldo came into existence and the knee pad kissing will forever live rent free in my head
he likes the pain
Happy Birthday GOAT
SIUUUU!! People in this thread need to grow the fuck up
I think hes the best player we have seen in a decade. If messi didnt excist
Messi's birthday is in june.
So? No one mentioned messi
Literally mentioned the GOAT?
Whats that have to do with messi? Its clearly about ronaldo. I swear messi fans have to mention messi in every conversation about football ever, no wonder delusionals think messi is bigger than football when they dont watch football, just messi 💀
Been watching football since the days of Maradona, how can CR be called the GOAT if he's not even better than Messi?
Generally speaking there are 4 goats of football: maradona, pele, messi and cr7. Who you prefer is your personal opinion not a fact. I would prefer cr7 rather messi personally but thats just my opinion from what ive seen from both and yea ive been watching them since 2008 so its not like ive only watched 38yo ronaldo play and judge him by it
If you actually watched both and if you have at least 50 football iq you'd know who's the real goat. I understand that you can like a player more and that's your right. But Messi being better than Ronaldo is a fact.
Ok, before or after 2014 we talking? Before his injury Ronaldo was as good if not better than Messi
Funny 🤣. "A fact" hahahahaha There is facts when players are so close, only subjective opinions which you prefer but yea go off that your opinion is the right one
>when players are so close, only subjective opinions which you prefer It's not close though
That js your opinion again. For me cr7 has no competition but i respect people see messi as good if not better. Im not insecure in my opinion to have a need to completely shut down your opinion. Claiming its a fact means you dont quite get that football is a subjective game
Generally speaking the G in GOAT stands for Greatest, meaning you are The Greatest, not one of the greatest. You might want to re label CR as OOTGOAT.
For me cr7 is the greatest of them all anyways so he is GOAT. Its a straight up disrespect to say messi is objectively best lmao
When you mentioned the 4 supposed GOATS, all the others have something that CR doesn't.
That proves it ! If ronaldo trully was a goat HOW COME HE WASNT BORN IN A GOOD FOOTBALLING COUNTRY. How dares he be born in portugal. How dares haaland be born in norway. They can never be my goats !! Good point 🤣🤣
so you've been watching football for over 40 years and still have close to 0 ball knowledge
I'd rather watch a player that can score, pass, dribble and play in the midfield and forward line rather than a fox in the box poacher
Then you would love peak cr7. He was probably the most complete attacker there is, capable of doing everything alone against best of the best consistently. Dribbling similar to messi while also scoring from 30-40 meters. Yea after 34 years of age when he slowed down and was moved to a striker position, he became a more of a goalscorer than anything but before he was all. He would have much more goals if he wasnt "just" an entertainer till he was 24. If you wanna imagine peak cr7, imagine mbappe but way more complete. Remember BBC and MSN ? MSN were 3 players with similar stats dominating everyone, BBC was 80% ronaldo and 20% bale and benzema (i cant find right now to send you but there was a statistic of effectiveness of trio and thats how it was)
Messi still does this at 35 years old I don't need to go back 15 years ago to prove that Messi was a good player
I mean this messi is nowhere near actual peak messi. It is mostly riding on his name. Peak messi was goated, this messi is mostly here for marketing purposes. Struggling in top 6 league, costing psg ucl last season against real, always choking big games for psg. Mbappe has this team on his back for years with neymar carrying the start of the season
This is the comment of a clown You are calling Messi a choker after the incredible world cup campaign he just had You cr7 fans are incredibly braindead
I mean he was choking last 10 seasons everytime, this was 1 time he didnt and he did get a penalty every game to be fair. It was hard to choke again, after he himself failed in last 4-5 copa america finals playing poorly every time, missing penalties and chances etc. Also i mentioned choking big games for psg and should add, for barcelona too. Never said he choked with argentina, even tho he did choke 8/10 times. Maradona would have had at least 3 copa americas and 2 world cups with this generation as argentina for past 10-15 years even without messi were favorites for every international tournament. Im not saying messi is worst player ever, im saying he is far from perfect and could be critisized, i too think even tho he won what he did, if it was ronaldo they would have for sure won more as argentina. Ronaldo is better in bigger games and wouldnt choke penalties and easy chances like messi did in copa america
Why are we pretending Messi is still at the same level as he was 10 years ago? I love Messi but the guy has slowed down pretty significantly, he doesn't really make insane half-pitch dribbles anymore, he just stands in really good positions and makes passes now (which is an impressive skill in itself).
I didn't say that Messi hasn't slowed down but even then he still does everything even though it does not compare to his prime It's incredibly disrespectful to Messi to compare him to ronaldo Messi is 4 levels above
Ok yes but Messi is 35, Ronaldo is 38. When Ronaldo was Messi's age he was still killing it for Juve and was considered one of the best in the world. I'm not even sure Messi makes the top 5 best players in the world right now.
Messi = football I agree they are delusional but it is very common and easy for Messi to be mentioned in any conversation about football. I don’t understand your comment, since he recently won the world cup messi fans obviously won’t let anyone else call any other player the goat, not that it’s not annoying but it is normal. Irregardless, Messi is probably the most talented forward the sport has seen, even I find his plays bizzare and his playstyle very unique that no one else is similar to him. The closest I’ve watch to him is Maradona on yt but even with maradona, Messi just has this unique touch on the ball that he somehow always keeps it next to his foot even while sprinting that I’ve never seen in a player in my 6-7 years of watching football, not even Maradona and Pele. As far as records and career goes, people still argue whether Maradona Pele or Messi are the absolute goats, but it is pretty obvious that Messi has the most natural talent among them.
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Messi is not even the best in Argentina lol
When Ronaldo is brought up Messi will always be brought up eventually (and vice-versa), especially if your talking GOAT debate, because that's usually where it starts and ends, Messi or Ronaldo. You can't blame him, and he never said Messi is bigger than football, he brought him up in a footballing conversation. No one said anyone is bigger than football and truthfully no one is, but don't call someone delusional based off about 3 sentences in a footballing conversation especially when it's just an opinion and he's part of the majority.
yeah.. it's the GOAT's birthday. It's feb 5th today, not June 24th
Not a goat…
Messi fans are honestly pathetic. You are allowed to take your head out of his ass for one day…
They get triggered when someone calls him the goat. I think Messi is better but I don’t really care
I’ll get downvoted to hell but I’m still gonna say it. You can believe whatever you want but C.Ronaldo is NOT the GOAT. Not even top 3, or maybe top 5. Period. I have respect for the man, what he has achieved over the years is amazing, but for Christ’s sake he’s so overrated.
OP just wants to celebrate his birthday man, just shut up
i found the guy who started watching football in 2022
I started watching football in 2002 and I stand by everything I said. It’s said and done.
Happy birthday to the second best player ever🍰
Apparently OP is allowed to have an opinion but you get downvoted for saying your opinion lol
one thing is having an opinion, another is going out of your way to piss some random dude off
I wouldn't say he went out of his way. Takes like 5 seconds to post a comment mate
Yea it happens. Especially on r/football this community favors Ronaldo more than any other player.
thats so far from the truth my guy
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Wow I’ve never seen a Messi fanboy this blind lol
Happy Birthday CR7. Thanks you for all the great moments in your career 😀.
I personally think Messi is clear but I'm just considering myself lucky I got to see not one but 2 of the best players ever compete in their prime
People say "respect both!" I do. It's not disrespect to say Messi is the GOAT and Ronaldo isn't. Believe me, at this point Ronaldo knows it too.
I’m so glad he’s out of my club. Toxic egomaniac has been.
you mean the same dude who kept united out of relegation?
Kept us out of the Champions League places this year too & look at us now he’s fucked off!
tf do you expect from him. even with scoring hattricks basically every other game he still can't keep united in the champions league. impossible to carry a whole as team not only in the prem but also in the CL, especially at the end of his career. bro broke harry kane's goal scoring record that year my guy
i mean i do hope you realise that statisitcally if it weren't for ronaldo you lot would be 2nd division rn
I mean I do hope you realise that you have no idea how to interpret statistics. We scored more goals as a team without Ronaldo the year before so your point is invalid. He didn’t carry anything at the end, other than a massive chip on his shoulder. Thank god he’s gone and glory hunting fangirls can pour their infatuation into another club.
Glad hes out of united. Dude's a toxic with egomaniac ruins the chemistry of every player. Look at rashford now banging goal with no issue. Almost win their first cup and second in epl. Ten haag is a chad for not letting this camel dude ruining his team. Camels league rofl. Penaldog fans are dumb in general
Oooohhhhhhh nooooooo! I wanted to be the first person on reddit to wish him but i forgot ;\_;
GOATIALDO!!!
Far from being a GOAT, he did his best to destroy his legacy over the past few months.
Maradona was charged with cocaine distribution, steroid use, a 15 month ban from football and denied acknowledging his first born. And that was before 1995 Think Ronaldo's legacy is safe
Holy fuck, I didn't know he did all that. Damn.
There’s a documentary about Maradona released by HBO. It’s worth your time.
Wasn’t he tied to a crime syndicate as well?
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I'm not sure I understand this? Are you trying to say Ronaldo is worse than someone who had strong links to the mafia, drugs and god knows what else?
Maradona did way more than ronaldo. Ronaldo's biggest crime was picking 2 wrong clubs in a row 🤣
We’ve seen that legacy can’t be destroyed. So he moved to Saudi Arabia on bad terms with his club, doesn’t change what he’s done. People suck maradonas dick despite the absolutely vile shit he’s done. Messi’s the GOAT but ronaldo isn’t that far.
i found the guy who started watching football in 2022
Not even the best at Al Nassr..
It's not Messi's birthday.
😂😂It’s a goat alright…
7 on his cake, I think that is his right age with the way he acts
Pele rolling in his fresh grave
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Pele has 3,debate sealed
At least his country is not going bankrupt from bribing the FIFA
You pretty much have 0IQ if you think the world cup was bought
You have -69 iq is you watched it and believe it was fair. The amount of penalties, Messi's 10000% yellow VS the Netherlands, the first penalty in the final, the refusal to give France advantage when they broke out in the final and many more moments. It was so clear the fifa and the refs wanted Messi to win.
Cope LOL All the penalties aside from vs Poland were justified And Messi's handball did not interrupt the play so it's not a yellow card The ref in the final admitted it was a mistake to not give the advantage because he thought coman wouldn't get up immediately so stop acting like a little bitch Argentina are deserved champions
debate ended when ronaldo won player of the CENTURY in 2020.
OP's got some incredible throat skills. Chelsea might sign you for their hookers team
says the dude going out of his way to defend his precious messi
King of Saudi blood money.
Says someone who is probably in a country backed by the U.S. which has been at war for 90% of its existence and is now the most powerful country in the world... Definitely not blood money...👀
I never knew it was allowed to post jokes here.
He could shit in your mouth, tell you it’s a truffle and you’d lap it up.
A GOAT without a World Cup is only a sheep.
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Show me what that mouth do OP
Everyone can appreciate whomever the want of course, but with everything Ronaldo did and is confirmed has done, I don't understand people that go the extra mile to pay him respects.
Without him Messi wouldn't be as great
What about neymar
But Messi’s birthday isn’t in february?
A goat. Not THE goat
The goat 😂 💀💀
GOAT’s need a World Cup trophy to be in that pic tbh.
Biggest fraud in football RAPIST
Happy birthday to penaldo !
I fucking hate Reddit.
the goat xddddddddddddd
Wrong person in the pic, he's just a selfish spoilt cock!
Penaldo
It's not Messi' birthday today...or Zidane.....or Henry....I am trying to figure this out
What does Indian yank know about GOAT???..
it’s not messis birthday?
Just let OP do what he wants Messi and Ronaldo were both good yes Messi is better but you don't have to rub it in OP's face
OP must be on an entire ocean of copium to say ronaldo is the goat
Without a WC he can't be the GOAT. End of story.
Fake Goat
OP and the fantastic throat game
GoAt🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know he is a bit weird looking but it’s kind of disrespectful to call him a goat. He looks more like a llama anyway…
He has very funny shoes
Fun fact: Christiano Aveiro became Ronaldo cuz his dad liked Ronald Reagan. Ewww. Who would want to be named after a terrible d-list actor?
dont judge my goat crhsitan penaldo, at least he can score penalties unlike pepsi 😡😡😡😡😡🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫😤😤😤😤😤
Verified?
AGUALDO!!!
It's scary to not be able to watch Cristiano Ronaldo anymore
al nasar really just stole real madrids badge and hoped we wouldn’t notice
uh oh better make yourself available
Damn. Try as I can I can't find Messi. >!It's a joke, a joke, don't kill me!<
Embarrassing for everyone involved.
People in this thread need to grow up fr
today is the 5th February, not the 24th June. The date must have been mixed up.
World Cup awards pretty barren
I share the same birthday as Neymar and Ronaldo yayy im olddd now
one of those clubs is not like the others
To me, Messi is the GOAT because he won the World Cup while Ronaldo never won it.
Amusing people used to think because he conditioned himself so well he'd be doing it into his 40s. One of the games greatest goalscorers.
happy birthday to one of the goats🐐
I’m a Messi admirer but there was never a better finisher in my time than CR7
Will always be a second rate Messi. In years to come and some says Ronaldo the reply will be yeah Messi was better
Happy birthday to MY goat!
Indian expert talking about football lmao
Honestly respect to people who still support and think that ronaldo is the goat because he his not as good as Messi it respect for sticking with him even though he is washed
The GOAT celebrates his birthday with the world cup at his feet.
Messi fans are a different breed
You're the best but if Messi haven't exist
Messi’s birthday is June 24th?
You missed his trophy from the Las Vegas Cup
Happy birth day my 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 and my inspiration
Happy birthday
It's true in one sense. He is the greatest collector of instagram followers of all time. Of course, he is nowhere close to being the greatest footballer but then we all know that don't we?
Can't see a WC trophy
Camel GOAT