"I bet on you to become the best striker in the world," said Jose Dennis, father of Cristiano Ronaldo, to his son when he joined Manchester United, and had the magic effect on the future of the "Madeira missile."
In 2003, when Ronaldo joined the "maneu", he was a talented and powerful player with the persistence and ability to continue playing for a long time, but his father - who was depressed and addicted to alcohol - was his first inspiration who believed in his ability at a time when he did not do so much.
Dennis had always been telling his friends that Cristiano would become the best striker in the world.
Ronaldo’s mother told the French newspaper L'Equipe in 2018, “Once upon a time, Jose said to Ronaldo - when he joined the club - you will become the best striker in the world. Ronaldo replied: He has become the best player in the world, not the best scorer of the world.”
Ronaldo's mother added that Jose told his son, "You bet, he's always been pushing him to believe in his abilities."
Two years later - in 2005 - Ronaldo's father was taken to hospital due to liver problems linked to his alcoholism, so Ronaldo quickly returned to Portugal, but the disease did not give Jose only days and difference of life, and from that day he did not drink any glass of alcohol, whatever Its type.
His father's confidence and belief in his abilities prompted Ronaldo to work hard and persistently and become one of the best players in history, and he says, "Don" in one of the events, "There is nothing by chance, talent without serious work and worthless insistence."