Roberto Martinez, the newly appointed head coach of Portugal's national soccer team, has addressed Cristiano Ronaldo's future with the squad after the player's difficult 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign and subsequent move to Saudi Arabia.
Martinez, who spent the past six years as head coach of Belgium before stepping down after their group stage exit at the World Cup, will be tasked with turning around the fortunes of the Portuguese team, and many are curious to see how he handles the situation with Ronaldo, who lost his place in the starting lineup during the World Cup and subsequently joined Saudi club Nassr as a free agent.
Martinez has said that he plans to hold discussions with Ronaldo and that the player deserves to be respected. "Football decisions have to be taken on the pitch," he said. "I'm not a coach who makes decisions in an office. My starting point is to meet them all today, to contact all the players. The list of 26 players from the last World Cup is my starting point, and Cristiano is a player on that list."
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He went on to add that "He has been in the national team for 19 years and he deserves the respect to sit down and talk. And tomorrow we will start talking and getting to know each other, and Cristiano is one of them."
Furthermore, Martinez also talked about his vision of the coaching staff, expressing that he would like to bring in a Portuguese assistant, a former national team player and will be announcing the coaching staff details in the next few days. And explained that this person will be important for the coaching staff and will give us acceleration for Portuguese football.
In conclusion, Roberto Martinez is taking a respectful and transparent approach to Cristiano Ronaldo's future with the national team, and the fans and media will be eagerly waiting to see how he will handle this delicate situation and how he intends to bring out the best of the talented Portuguese generation.
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