Portugal national football team

So I don't think his head's in the right place at the moment, sad to say.

Yeah, I was quite surprised when they selected him for... uh france squad in the world cup oh matata all right but anyway um yeah now this one is it's a bit of a i think somebody's trying to give cristiano ronaldo a bit of advice on the next uh job for him so uh manchester manchester united legend teddy shenningham believes there is only one managerial job that could tempt Cristiano Ronaldo after retirement, Portugal.

sharingham believes ronaldo is unlikely to become a manager because of the demanding lifestyle but says coaching his country could be the exception sharingham i can't see ronaldo being a manager 24 hours a day seven days a week one exception could be a manager job now two points there the first point is Obviously, I think he's farsighted, Teddy Sheringham, because he's thinking ahead.

He's thinking about Ronaldo's retirement.

Cristiano is certainly able to get out the vote out there, and there are a lot of people, whether they tell you or not, that love Cristiano Ronaldo and love him almost in spite or in the face of messy and that's what makes that that incredible iconic duo between the two of them so appetizing and so so awesome because they are completely different and you kind of have your guy or you lean one side or the other

And by the way, Ronaldo is on Portugal's preliminary list for this November window.

I haven't seen if they put out their final list yet, but all signs point to him being back with the team.

Luckily for Portugal, his suspension ends right before the November window, so he is eligible for that.

So yeah, this saga of Ronaldo and Jorge Azuiz is going to continue here in these November games.

Hey, Masi, before

Argentina have peaked already for me.

Portugal, probably the same.

England...

England are always in between, but they just...

If we go back a little bit to the pro world, what do we think about

all

the Portugal situation with all that stuff going

on?

Mozambique, of course, at that point being a Portuguese colony.

So Portugal are speaking Portuguese over there, similar to Angola, I think, as well.

And if you lived in Mozambique, you were able to play for Portugal back then.

Mozambique didn't have their own team, so you would usually be drafted or called up to the Portuguese national team instead.

He would become the defining player of Benfica's golden era.

That is the team he is most associated with.

It's an incredible rise to the top.

He's story at the start in Mozambique is quite a humble beginning what's the myth around or maybe true what's the what's the sort of story around how he comes to Portugal how he goes to Benfica and you know makes his name

I spent an hour or so chatting with Aberdeen defender Nicky Devlin about his caps in the Nations League at the start of that qualification journey.

He chats about his call-up, his contributions and memories of the camps as we drew with Portugal and beat Poland.

He only played twice, but as far as those cameos go for a right-back, they could barely have been better with that match-saving tackle against Portugal in injury time before coming on and helping us beat Poland 2-1 in Warsaw, thanks to Andy Robertson's header in injury time as well.

Nicky is one of the 12 players I spoke to for the book, so if you enjoy this chat, you can find the full audiobook of A Long Time Coming, the inside story of Scotland's journey to the World Cup, on Spotify, and most places you'd expect to find one, you can find it anywhere with a Google.

And the hard copy is available online and in bookstores as well, places like Amazon, Waterstones, etc.

But for now, here's Nicky Devlin chatting about his caps.

Enjoy.

Well, your call-ups came for Croatia away, Portugal at home.

Alright, next up, second topic.

Cristiano Ronaldo got fined and suspended by Portugal after leaving camp and having a little bit of a tantrum.

Guys, what's your take on

that? He should never play for Portugal again.

His attitude is terrible.

The way he treats his fellow players is awful.

Like, no, that's not how it works.

The ego and the talent used to be equal, but now the ego eclipses the talent and the effectiveness by so much.