Cristiano Ronaldo x Piers Morgan Part 2 | On Trump, Jota, World Cup & More

Before Portugal never won nothing. I win. Three titles for Portugal history. For me it's more easy to score in Spain than score in Saudi.

You lost one of your colleagues. You didn't attend his funeral.

Two things. Who was the most famous? Me or Donald Trump?

What do you think? I want to talk about another very sad thing that happened to you recently. You lost one of your Portugal colleagues, Diogo Jota, and it was an unbelievably shocking thing to happen. Where were you when you heard that he had died with his brother in this crash?

I was with Gil, alone, in our period of rest. I was there in the gym in the morning with Gio. I didn't believe when they sent me messages. I cried a lot. G you can confirm that. I don't... It was a very, very difficult moment for the country, for families, for friends, for teammates. A disaster. Very, very, very sad news.

He's 28 years old.

Yeah.

At the peak of his game, he was playing at Liverpool, everything was going so well for him. And it just reminded you how fragile life can be, right?

This is why something that I mentioned before, that you have to enjoy the moments and don't plan much for the future. This is why my guys, they can confirm I'm not planning now, not just because of that situation, but before also, with my kids that happened, I'm not planning things in the long term, only short term, because everything can change in one moment or another moment. So we have to be happy to be here and live the moment,

enjoy the life, because the future only God knows. But it was a shock moment. We still feel the aura there in the national team when you put the shirt, because Diogo, it was one of us.

What kind of guy was he?

Very good guy, a quiet guy, a good player as you know, but very, how do you say, he's not a guy that speaks too much, he was very, how do you say the word? Level-headed? Yes, yes. I really like it to meet him, to share with him so great moments. But it was sad. Sad. I had the opportunity to speak with her family and to give support because these moments we moments we cannot. Because he's a beautiful young wife and children. Everything is gone because of one moment so we have to enjoy the life so it's hard. You

didn't attend his funeral and your sister responded to people who were sort of raising questions by saying on social media that you just didn't want to turn the whole thing into a unnecessary circus with too much attention on you. Is that

really what you were thinking? Two things. People criticize me a lot. As I say I don't care about that because when you feel your conscience is good, free, you don't have to be worried about what the people say. But one of the things I don't do, it's after my father died, I've never been in a cemetery again. And second, as you say, and you mentioned good, and you know me, and you know my reputation,

wherever I go is a circus. You know, I don't go also because if I go, the attention go from me and I don't want this kind of attention. And I saw, and I'm not criticizing, I just say that I didn't like it, when you go in some sensitive moment to do interviews, speak about him, to speak about football, come on guys, what is this?

You know, this show, our circus is... ..life sometimes. I'm not part of that. If you want to be part of this world, good luck. I'm going to be on the other side. People can continue to criticise me, they criticise my bet is gone already.

I felt good with my decision. I don't need to be in the first line, people see me. I don't want to speak good because Cristiano is coming. I'm planning the things, I'm thinking about his family. I don't need to be in the cameras for the people to see what I do. I do behind the scenes, my friend.

I feel better than that. But they do it, a big propaganda and big publicity by my name, but it's OK, no problem, I understand. And to change the conversation for funny way. If you want to enjoy in a birthday, don't invite me. Because if I go to your birthday, going to be a big mess.

No, no, that's fine with me. Don't invite me. You're go to your birthday gonna be a big mess no no that's fine with me no no don't invite me you're gonna enjoy I'm gonna have a big party without Cristiano I was just I turned 60 this year and I'm gonna invite me please and I want you to come and ruin it you can come and be the star of the show the big dogs here don't invite me

you're not gonna enjoy no I would I would enjoy. You know why? Because the people, they're gonna say to your friends, listen guys, Christian is coming. You don't know my friends. Don't take pictures. You don't know my friends. They're gonna drink two glasses of wine in the middle of the night. They're gonna say, no, please take a picture with me.

Yeah.

It will be a big mess. right and you at my party of course it's gonna blow up the internet I'll take any circus you want to bring it's not a problem no you're gonna enjoy more trust me please the first interview we did in Turin you're at Juventus and you revealed a story which was really extraordinary that when you were like 13 you were so hungry at the Sporting Lisbon Academy that you and a friend would go to a local McDonald's and you would

hang around the back and two ladies in the McDonald's would give you free burgers and you were so grateful to them because you were so hungry, literally hungry and we tried everything after that to find them. And then I hear that you were walking through an airport... and you randomly... Recently? And you randomly bumped into one of them. Tell me about that.

Well, it was a funny story. I land from Riyadh to Lisbon. When I take off there, we are in a private area. And one of my friends, they say, Cristiano, look what I see here. And I look at, you know when you see some person and you recognize straight away, even 20 years after. And I was with my kids and with you and everyone. And I give a big hug to the girl.

And even my kids said, Daddy, what did you do? And also Gio, look at me. And I tell them the story. And it was like a moment that I... I feel like, wow,

the life is a box of surprises. You never expect this moment and it was good and I was I spoke with my with my my friends we are already know who is the people and the percent and pretty soon I will do something something special I promise when I say something I try to promise and I will do it 100% and one of the person who was that girl that's amazing we already have there what did you say when she saw you did she know that she a little bit on

shock because she never expect that I will recognize her in the same way when she saw me she says Cristiano's Cristiano, maybe she's not gonna, not even speak with me.

Did she realise you had been that boy who then...

Yes.

She did. And she tell me one thing, she say, Cristiano, you never imagine, every time that you come to Portugal, I know, because I work behind the scenes scenes and I plan to come in here to receive you, just to see you and they always make me apart. And this moment, because one of the person that didn't come, I replaced. This is why I come. And I was so happy. I said, listen, this is the life. The life is brilliant because of that. And it's all about moments, chapters and everything.

And I said to my friends to keep our number and we're going to do something when I'm going to have time, I'm going to do something beautiful and special for that people who helped me in that period.

Amazing story. And what's even more incredible is that your new CEO, Al Nassir,

Yes.

is a guy called José Semedo. He's sitting, standing right over there. And he was the other guy with you.

Yes.

Queuing up for the McDonald's for those ladies. He was 13, you were 13. And he was telling me a story, which says a lot about you that he was actually going to be let go from the Academy and you age 13 went to see the head of the Academy and you pleaded with him to keep your friend and you added a fifth bed to a little little dormitory of about four beds it's very tight you

added a fifth bed and he allowed your friend to stay and he went on to become a professional footballer himself, played in the Premier League, other leagues, and came here and is now the new CEO of Al-Nusri, and apparently doing very well. I think he told me that, actually. But what an amazing journey you two have been on.

Here you both are at age 40, but when you were 14 you had no money, you were hungry, you were queuing for burgers and now you're here here together living the life. Look at life how brilliant it is. Amazing. Wow I love it.

Sometimes when I'm thinking and speak about this kind of moments I feel emotional you know because life is brilliant and gods make you in a place where you deserve and and I'm gonna make a challenge for you. I think you should probably make interview to him. deserve. And I'm gonna make a challenge for you. I think you should probably make interview to him. Yes. Because you're gonna love it.

He's a very, very, very, very interesting guy.

No, I've already got the headline.

It's not because he's here with me, but, and he's not in CEO of Al Nassar because he's my friend, no. He have huge potential and everyone's are surprised. It's easy when you are around a friend, people to say that, but speak with other people, other ones, and they say the work that they do, the potential that I have, and one of the best qualities for me, I will always put

in the top, loyalty. Loyalty, honest honest to then take nothing which does not belong to you. And these people is very rare in the world, especially, especially in football. Yeah. And especially when it's around a lot of money. And you don't buy these people in Carrefour. You know, you don't buy these people in Amazon. No, no, no no no no so I'm

challenge you to make interview to you because he's a very very interesting

person. We've already discussed it and in fact we're gonna call it the truth about Cristiano the real story what he doesn't want the world to know.

Perfect. He's gonna go public with all of it. But he can mention so many stories, good ones because he's actually a fast-selling guy he's a

fashion guy I know how important he's been to you since you were 14 but he made it clear to me that without you he wouldn't have stayed at the Academy and

he may never have played football professionally so it's been I just I just do it my best as you, I'm a loyal guy too. So the loyal guy should be next to the loyal people. And this is what I did that I think they're supposed to do. But I was 12 years old.

It's an amazing thing to do.

My mind was like that. But I don't know how to explain. You know, sometimes in life you do it, or you do it with mistakes, or you do it with good things that you don't even realise what is correct and what is false. But I did what I think was correct, and not because in that moment, of course in that moment I like him, but not like now.

Now it's like part of my family. I don't need to say that but I'm tell you as well Pierce my people around me they are fantastic people I'm lucky I'm lucky not just to made because he made the one of the best but also I have other people my team is a special guy but I have I have I'm lucky I'm lucky but also the lucky to have lucky it brings effort you need efforts and one of the guys is what with me it's

the guys that I invite him to come to be next to me it's not like the family family born with that family friends or people who worked with you or with you they are different, sometimes you need to choose. I call it the 4am club and what I mean is who could you call at 4am and they would get out of bed and they'd come and help you. These people. I know I know you guys and they're fantastic incredibly loyalty and very protective, rightly.

Yeah, but I think they feel the same about you. And that's what's unusual.

They have great respect for you.

Yeah, what we take from this life, it's family and friends, you know, relationships, chapters, whatever you have. If you don't have good people around you, you're not gonna be happy. So this is what I think. And I repeat, I'm a lucky guy that's not because I have

good family, but I also have very, very, very good friends. Not just because they work for me, I call them my friends because anyway, they are friends even if they want other challenge I'm never gonna close that door but all they always will be my friends so for me it's it's a bless

tell me about your fitness because people are good you're looking very good I mean obviously you haven't got these abdominals we've addressed that before but you're working at it and I think you're making good progress. They're pretty... are they like... do you mind if I just... Yeah, it's like hitting granite, not quite the same. Not quite the same here, but they say you've got a body of like a 28 year old.

That's what I've read, that's what your team will think, right? Do you feel that? You don't look 40. You don't have the physique of a 40-year-old.

No, I'm not. Physically, I think I look much younger, of course. Because I started to do gym since 12, 13, 14, 15.

Do you go every day? Do you do something every day?

No, not every day. But I try to maintain a consistency in my life.

But you do something every day? Do you do something physical?

I sleep good. I do good routines. I do a good recovery. I work good in the gym. Two, three times per week I weight. Two times per week for me is enough. I burn because of football, you know. It's just consistency. If you have consistency, it's easy. Trust me.

Which athletes in modern history do you look at as great examples that maybe have inspired you in terms of the way they take care of themselves?

Inspiring me?

Inspiring you, yeah. I'm inspiring by myself. Who have you looked at? I saw good examples in other sports as well for example I don't know basketball LeBron James I think we are the same age I met him the other day very nice guy I have more hair than him. You do and he's learning golf but he's not very good

now's a good time to play him at golf. But I think it's good because he still plays football, basketball, and he's in good shape. Other ones... Modric, still looking good.

Was he 41 now, Modric?

No, he's my age. I think 39, 40.

Djokovic well so novak is here he's playing in this in the six kings thing and he said yesterday you're one of his role models he named you for wanting to continue playing into his 40s because they all saying look now that sinner and alcarez are kind of the new top guys will you return he's like actually i want to keep going i want to keep proving to myself i can keep going and he named named you as the example. So you're inspiring him. That probably feels good, right? To inspire the greatest tennis player in history.

I think it's good when you have other sports, other people, they speak good about your name. It means a lot. And Novak is a great example of of Greatness in the sport. So it's good. I'm glad from his his words

Do you feel now obviously you're probably not as quick as you were So, you know the initial you were a winger a flying wing and so on you change your position The way you play football and so on. But do you think as an actual goal scorer, because your record for Portugal recently has been insane, you've obviously been scoring enormous number of goals here in Saudi Arabia, and your record since 30 has got better than it was in the previous period of your career.

But do you think you're a better natural finisher now than you've ever been?

I think I've always been a good, a top finisher, I think. Probably more, I'm focused more on that because, as you mentioned, by the age you start to lost some things and you have to improve other things. And some things that you always can improve is mentally. And this is what I'm focused.

To be mentally good, fresh, because the brain don't go faster. You not get older faster in the brain. You feel more physically. I mean, professional players. And I am adapt, you know? And this is, but finisher, finisher. Of course, with the first three, four, five years, I'm

not, wasn't very, very, very good. I was good, but not top. But after 25, I think I was very similar. If you ask my teammates, if you ask my friends, they will say the same. Probably more now I'm more focused on that.

Right.

Because I'm not winger anymore and I played the last...

Well, I watched your school the other day and it's just your movement. Because I think in the penalty area, I'm not going to tell you how to score goals, but in the penalty area, a lot of it is last minute movement, I think, gonna tell you how to score goals, but in the penalty area a lot of it is last-minute movement I think by the top strikers. It's their ability to get away from a defender very quickly in the box. You should be fresh mentally. Right and I watched the way you took them and they look they look relatively

easy right they don't look like that goal you just showed me but the movement and the awareness and then the finish that's not easy if it was everyone would do it of course

So it that's an instinctive thing isn't it? I think so. Yes Static things you learn by the time you learn by the experience And one thing that I think make the difference is you can improve all the time even with my age You have some points that you can improve and And this is the biggest mistake of the players. They think they know everything and they don't learn more. If you see in the history of football, the players, after when they get 30s,

they slow down. And I'm opposite. I score more goals after 30s. And you can say whatever they want, because most of the times the people speak about football but they don't know nothing. Wayne Rooney, your old colleague, said last week that he doesn't hate you, people have

said that he did, he loves you, he called you a genius, he said you're much closer than people realise, but he still said Messi's better. No problem. No problem? That's a very different version of Alexei Krestianov. No but seriously I'm not mad with that. For me it's okay. You can you can choose whatever you want. Do you get on well with Wayne? Do you have a friendship with him or not really? When we used to play we had a good relationship. Not friends, like I mean, that kind of friend, the relationship that I have with these guys,

they come in one time per week or two to have a dinner with me or lunch. But we have a good relationship. In football, I don't have friends that come to my house for a lunch or a dinner. When I mean friends, I have good relationship, but friends friends for me. It's a different world for me But relationship was good like Ferdinand was a friend. Yes. I still maintain his relationship with him I you know, I'm a sociable sociable man

So and I respect it's like an al-nasr I'm good with everybody but friend friend I think it's a very very very deep word in my opinion and but I'm not nothing against him trust me his own things, what he loves the most, players or decision-makers. For me, it's not a problem. I respect him. More when we play, because I think do it so many good things for Manchester

United we win we want so many things together but it's okay and this was that he say thank you to him I say that I'm a genius whatever he prefer it on no problem no problem for me it's it's all good if I see him around I'm shaking his hand I give you a hug. For me it's not a problem. I don't have time to be against people anymore. It's okay. I respect everybody.

But goals are the ultimate answer to any criticism, aren't they? I mean, if you're a striker, if you just keep scoring at the rate you score, and like I said, they can look at the Saudi league and say it's not as good. Ah, excuses. they can they can look at the Saudi league and say it's not as good. But actually look at Portugal. That's what I say. Look at your record with Portugal. It recently has been off the charts.

Excuses. Yeah. Excuses is the most simple way for everything. Excuses, excuses, excuses. Year by year, year by year, I score more. Even in a bad year, I by year I scored more even in a bad year I scored 25 goals if I play in Premier League now in a top team I will score the same. Well the last season

you play, last full season. Easy, easy. If you have a good team with 14 years old I will score the same. Your last season in the Premier League full season you got

18 Premier League goals I think one below Harry Kane all the same as Harry Kane and six Champions League goals well any team

would take us I don't need to speak because they can say whatever they want but the numbers that don't like they can say Saudi League they never been here they never play here they don't know what to run with 40 degrees they don't know and I still continue and I repeat the Saudi league the Saudi league it's much better than Portuguese league of course French league is only PSG Premier League is good of course is the number one and they should

count even they should count like the goals, to be the top scorer, the golden ball. Why they don't count Saudi league?

Why?

You see, look how many players, top players we have in the league. Check, ask the other players if the league is good. Don't ask to me because it's easy to ask me because I'm always saying the same thing, ah, Cristiano say that because he play in Saudi. No, no. Listen, I play everywhere.

Everywhere. For me, it's more easy to score in Spain than score in Saudi.

By the way, do you accept that you're only here because of me in that interview?

Probably.

So, given you're now a billionaire, and you made probably half of it here,

I wasn't, I wasn't.

Where's my cut? Where's my commission? You're on the verge of what would be a truly, even by your standards, incredible achievement. A thousand goals. No one's ever come close to this. Is there a scenario in your head, given the timing, that you might score your thousandth goal at the World Cup next year. And is that something that quietly in the back of your mind you would think?

No, I'm not. I don't think about that. And maybe I was surprised with my answer. If you ask me, Cristiano, is it a dream to win the World Cup? No, it's not a dream.

Really?

Yes.

To win the World Cup, no one will change my name in the history of football. I'm not going to lie. One thing that I'm sure of is that I'm enjoying the moment. And I learn by the time that the moment is the most important thing that we have. We are not qualified already. Enjoy the moment. The moment is good. I played three days ago in Hungary in a sporting stadium. Maybe it was

my last game in that stadium. We never know. I'm enjoying it. My mom was there. My family was there. And it was good. And people say Cristiano will be the greatest if they win the World Cup I'm not agree

I win three titles for Portugal the story of Portugal you know my view of this I believe you are the greatest footballer to ever play the game thank you you also know there's a raging debate right whether Messi is it I say Messi is not even the best Argentinian Maradona was better than him

how many World Cups Argentina won before Messi? How many? I don't know. Two times?

Yeah, maybe two.

But it's normal. These countries are used to win big competitions. Brazil. If they win the World Cup, they will surprise the world.

No.

If Portugal win the World Cup, which is possible, they will shock the world. Yes. But in my mind, I don't think in that way. Of course you want to win. When you compete, you want to win. I'm honest. For me, it's not going to change the way I see the things and the way I see the football.

Do you believe you've earned the right to be considered the greatest of all time?

Of course. One of the best many of people, yes. But number one? Peace, but I don't care about that anymore, serious. Really? I say so many things, I say so many interviews where I think if I say something now the people not gonna surprise. These stories speak for itself. They have opinions. Some people like more blonde, some people like more dark. It's okay, no problem for me. But to change this story, the history of Portugal,

to say if Cristiano will win the World Cup, will be... No, this doesn't make sense for me. I win. We won. Three titles for Portugal history. Before Portugal never won nothing. I'm glad, I'm so happy.

You would love it, Cristiano, to win the World Cup.

Yeah, but not a position piece.

I understand what you're saying.

I swear for my kids.

But I still think that image of you, if you could...

I don't agree. I'm not agree. Really? Interesting. Yes, I'm not agree. Because Portugal never won World Cup. Yeah, but they can win. Yes, we're gonna fight for that.

But- But it shouldn't define you as a player.

No, we define with 14 years old or 41, to define what? To define if I'm one of the best of the history. To win one competition, six games, seven games. You think it's fair? It's not fair.

When you go to the World Cup in America, David Beckham is the sort of most, along with Messi now, but Beckham's the kind of guy that went to America and became this sort of superstar. You play with Beckham, you're compared to Beckham a lot, not least your looks.

I'm not going to compare the football, because to me he's not in the same league as you as a footballer however do you think you're better looking than David Beckham?

Depends. Are you more handsome? Depends, depends because for me the looking is not only the face the looking it's all package. Like this? If you put me, not anymore but imagine Cristiano, yeah Cristiano, a normal guy with the speedos, red speedos in a Copacabana to drink coconut water. You think I'm not going to get a chance with nobody? No, you're going to do well. Okay. You're going to do better than me in the Copacabana. I can actually confirm you can do better than me. I've been at the Copacabana, nobody noticed.

I'm joking. It depends on the perspective of the people. But it's okay, you're looking good, I'm looking good, we're both looking good. You and Beckham, you're walking across the Copacabana for say 10 minutes who gets the most attention? Not famous? Not famous just your body. Me. 100%. I knew it. I knew you. Come on Piers. I agree with you. You agree? Thank you. I'm just trying to tease it out of you. Thank you. I don't need that but imagine let's imagine something. No one's looking at Beckett. Come on. Come on. He knows that.

He knows that.

His face is beautiful.

He has handsome face.

The rest is?

The rest is normal. Like, it's normal.

I'm not normal.

I'm perfecto.

Also, he has too many tattoos, doesn't he?

Don't you think?

I don't know.

Do you think he should have that surgery? He has tattoos. He's covered in tattoos. Absolutely covered in them.

Well, but he's looking good. He's a guy that I like. He's a guy who speaks good. I like him.

Do you still talk to Sir Alex Ferguson? I met him at the Champions League final.

When I was there in Manchester, I used to speak more with him. And he used to come to my house for a tea. He drink tea with the milk. He's a good man. He's a person that I'm always going to have in my heart, because he's a sir.

He's a person who really helped me in my life, in my career.

I mean, really, I don't want to put words in your mouth, but was he, because your father died when you were still very young, do you think he became a bit of a father figure to you?

Father in football, yes. Like a guy who guided me, yes. In that way, yes. He was a guy who always maintained his words, what he says, what he promises. Very good man and I respect him a lot.

Best manager you've played under? You've had so many.

What I say by the players, I'm kind of saying in the coaches, which is depend. I had the opportunity to work with the best managers in the world. So I'm a lucky person. To mention one for me is not correct, it's not fair. But many people mention, my favourite player is this one. I'm not that guy.

I like to say that all of them help Cristiano to be what I am right now.

President Trump, a friend of mine, was given a CR7 shirt by the Portuguese European Council President Antonio Costa in June at the G7 Summit, and you wrote on it to President Donald J. Trump, playing for peace. What did you mean by that?

If the world is in peace, it's our goal. It's one of the guys that can change or help to change the world. And this is my main goal. It's one of the, listen, one of the most important guys, of course, is US president. If we can help each other to make this happen, because

I swear I can't watch TV. It's been awful. I don't watch, I swear I can't. Sometimes I start to see the news, I can't. I can't. And one of the guys, one of the guys that I want to meet. I wish one day if you have an opportunity... Donald Trump. I can make that happen. Make that happen or tell him that one of the guys that I want to see to have a nice talk was one of the guys.

Donald Trump. Donald Trump. Here, US, wherever he wants. I know he was here in Saudi with our boss MBS. I wish one day to meet him, to sit with him because he's really got, he's one of the person that I really like him because I think it can make things happen and I like people like that.

He's, I mean I say whatever you think of Trump and people have very strongly idea about you as well but I think that he believes in peace, not war. It makes him unusual for a Republican American president. He just, but I've spoken to him many times. He really wants peace. And I admire what he's achieved

in stopping the bombing in Gaza. I admire what he's trying to do in Ukraine with Putin trying to stop the bombing. I think these are admirable things for him to be doing. And following what you said to him, I think he's trying to deliver on what you asked.

I wish that the world goes for a peace way soon. This is what I'm looking for. And I will tell them something. Nobody knows this, but maybe one day if you have the opportunity I'm going to sit with him and I'm going to tell him. Probably no, 100% he don't know.

That we had something in common, something that we share. Really? Yes. Not in your interview, I will tell him.

You can't take a camel to the oasis.

It's very nice, you're going to like it. Really? How fascinating. Fascinating. Cristiano is a worldwide man.

Oh, I know that.

Now more than before, but with the 18s, 19s, 20s, I was there in the US so many times.

This is like taking a camel to the edge of an oasis and then saying you can't have a drink. You will like it.

This is torture. I love this. If you have an opportunity one day, tell him. Well, his son, Baron, is a big fan of yours. He told me that. Yeah? He loves you. Good. His son is coming as well. Oh yeah? Okay, well we get Barron, Donald, obviously I'll have to be there.

If you want to be, it's allowed. I'll come as your assistant. Perfect.

That would be an amazing... I think we can make that happen. I think he'd love to meet you.

Perfect. He's a person that I... You're the two most famous people on the planet, right? You're the most followed person on Instagram he is the most famous popular human being. We'll do it a debate for the world who is the most famous me or Donald Trump. What do you think? Me. Really? You've got more followers on Instagram you've got more followers than anybody. I think worldwide yeah even in that small island and they know me more than him.

Really? That's a fascinating debate.

You think you'd win that? You probably would.

You probably would.

I think in the world, nobody's more famous than me.

Do you think anyone there, because of social media... Tell me one. Tell me one. Your opinion. In my opinion, in my lifetime... This generation, now this 2025. Right now, you and Donald Trump, both together. I think it's a very interesting debate. I would say in my lifetime, I would add Princess Diana, probably the Queen. But if you speak... Not now, not now. Because they're no longer with us. But in my lifetime, maybe Nelson Mandela would be the most famous, iconic people.

But I think right now...

Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson at his peak.

At his peak.

But I think right now it's you and Donald Trump.

It's a good debate. It's a great debate. Let's make that happen.

I think that'd be great. You see, now it's the map of the world.

Have you ever been anywhere where no one's recognised you?

In 20 years ago, yes. But not now? No.

Is there anywhere you could go? Could you go to like an igloo in Iceland? Even they'd know you, right? Yes.

Do you like right? Yes. Yes. Do you like that?

No.

It is what it is.

I'd quite like that.

No, please.

No?

It's boring, trust me.

It's too much?

It's boring, yeah, it's too much.

It's boring.

You could be too famous.

I wish to not be so famous.

Really?

Really.

Really. Really. It's boring, trust me.

But if I said to you, alright Cristiano, you can have all the success as a footballer you've had, but you're going to have no fame.

Oh, I will sign.

You would?

Of course. Of course. Of course. 100%.

Fascinating.

100%. I never want to be famous. Never. Fascinating. 100%. I never want to be famous, never. I want to be successful. I knew it since the beginning, when I was young, that I would be a star. But to be so famous, I never, never, never wanted. It's boring, trust me. But it is what it is.

I was born in that way.

You're the most famous and the richest and most successful footballer in history.

Not bad.

Cristiano.

Thank you, Piers.

Brilliant to catch up with you.

I wish, listen, to not do an interview with you in three years. I want less. Okay. But before, you will do an interview with my CEO.

No, definitely. I think you would be a great interview I totally agree your story together is unbelievable and I will do that

And I think my next interview with you could be and we can do it something Imagine me you sir Mr. Trump. Yes in one table. Yes will be fun. I think this is a great idea. Different. Yes. Like around the...

At the White House.

It will be even better.

Why not? You've got to be... Imagine. I haven't even got to buy an air ticket. No problem.

I'll come with you. Something different, beautiful, good conversation.

I think he would love it. I mean... You're going to promote the World Cup in his country, what could be better? Oh, look... I'm going to make this happen. Something, OK, perfect. But make sure if I do make it happen, you don't cut me out, all right?

Listen, you are part of the family. We have a deal?

You know that.

LAUGHTER

Cristiano, great to see you. Thank you very much.

Send my best to all the family. Thank you. It's a big moment for a man. Thank you. And if you need a best man, you know where to find me.

OK.

I'm good with speeches.

Thank you, guys.

Take care. Take care.

Perfect.