Brazilian legend Pele believes that Cristiano Ronaldo should honour his contract at Manchester United, and has rubbished Sepp Blatter’s comparison of modern footballers with slaves.
Ronaldo has refused to confirm or deny rumours of an impending move from Old Trafford to the Bernabeu, and has created the biggest transfer story of the summer window.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter compared Ronaldo’s situation as tantamount to slavery, with Mancehster United refusing permission for the Portuguese to engineer a move away from the club.
His comments were validated by Ronaldo himself, who suggested that he was being held against his will by Sir Alex Ferguson’s side.
However, Pele believes that the contract Ronaldo signed with United last year should be honoured, and that any move linking the 23-year-old with Real Madrid should be completed after the deal expires.
The 67-year-old was speaking in Stoke ahead of a charity game in aid of the Gordon Banks Foundation.
He said: "You are a slave if you work without a contract or you don't get paid.
"If you have a contract then in any job you have to finish the contract. I think that when he finishes his contract, then he should be free to go wherever he wants to go."
Ronaldo has refused to confirm or deny rumours of an impending move from Old Trafford to the Bernabeu, and has created the biggest transfer story of the summer window.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter compared Ronaldo’s situation as tantamount to slavery, with Mancehster United refusing permission for the Portuguese to engineer a move away from the club.
His comments were validated by Ronaldo himself, who suggested that he was being held against his will by Sir Alex Ferguson’s side.
However, Pele believes that the contract Ronaldo signed with United last year should be honoured, and that any move linking the 23-year-old with Real Madrid should be completed after the deal expires.
The 67-year-old was speaking in Stoke ahead of a charity game in aid of the Gordon Banks Foundation.
He said: "You are a slave if you work without a contract or you don't get paid.
"If you have a contract then in any job you have to finish the contract. I think that when he finishes his contract, then he should be free to go wherever he wants to go."
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