Ronaldo Doesn’t Need A Coach To Motivate Him, He Motivates Himself – Mourinho

Ex-Roma manager, Jose Mourinho has come out to explain how Cristiano Ronaldo is not coachable. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he remembers telling Ronaldo to relax a bit as Real Madrid led five-nil vs Levante in La Liga, but the Portuguese forward told him he could score one more goal.

Mourinho added that Cristiano does not need to be motivated to do anything, he motivates himself.

His words, “You have guys like Cristiano, where you are playing against Levante and you are winning five-nil and you tell the guy to relax and take a rest. ‘No, no, no, I can score one more goal!’ When you have guys like this, you know the boat is in the water and you just let the boat go and in the end you enjoy the fight.

I think you don’t coach [him]. You don’t teach much, it’s about being happy and it’s about creating an environment from the tactical point of view, from the ideas of football, where the player can show. Madrid for him was a little bit of a transition because for you he was a winger – left winger, right winger, dribbling, attacking people, beating people. In Madrid, he became more the goalscorer that he was for the rest of his career. In fact, probably the first time he played a big match as a striker was Real Madrid vs Barcelona in a cup final where he scored an amazing goal with an amazing header in extra time. Probably that was the first time people got the feeling that animal could be a goalscorer and not just a pure winger. Motivation, you don’t need to give him. Ambition, you don’t need to give him. Technique, you don’t need to give him. You give some tactical adjustments and let the guy be happy.”

WOW.