Damien Delaney

And I think the deeper they go in the tournament, the more of a liability he will become.

It was similar to the problem that he had at Manchester United.

It wasn't a dominant Manchester United team.

So he's kind of hanging around at centre forward and they're not dominating the ball.

So no, we need you to come back.

We need you to backtrack and drop onto the opposition number six.

We need you to start shepherding him where we want him to go for our traps that we're trying to set.

And then when we win the ball back, you need to offer runs.

You need to offer yourself up.

And he just doesn't have that anymore.

But he is worth so much from a financial point of view to the Portuguese FA.

I had a conversation with somebody recently about that, that the sponsorship deals that Portuguese FA get on the back of Cristiano Ronaldo being in their team, that doesn't look like he's going to go over their side any time soon.

But I would say that Cristiano will score some goals in this World Cup.

But if you come up against, let's say in England, you know, I mean, Konza and Stones aren't going to be overly concerned about him.

And then obviously the sideshow that Cristiano Ronaldo brings, which is great because he does have star power.

But I think I remember having this conversation about five years ago and I think it's even more relevant today.

And they're like such a great team.

You'd imagine that nobody is, you know, brave enough to take a shot at the king.

You know, I don't think it's possible on two fronts, really.

And I would say this, safely say this, the commercial viability he has for the Portuguese FA and the amount of money that they're making is playing a huge part into it.