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Piers Morgan has launched a fierce criticism of Portugal head coach Jorge Jesus, accusing the veteran manager of showing “shocking disrespect” towards Cristiano Ronaldo.
The controversial broadcaster claimed the dispute between Ronaldo and Jesus centres around broken promises by the Portugal boss, who he branded as the '[Erik] Ten Hag of international football'.
Ronaldo previously gave Morgan an explosive interview in 2022 that effectively ended his Man United career, saying he did not respect then Red Devils boss Ten Hag.
Morgan, speaking on Sports Uncensored, has claimed Jesus tried to 'belittle and embarrass Ronaldo' and went back on his word over the star's playing time.
'What this goes down to is nothing about money or fame or any of these things,' Morgan said.
'He was given absolute guarantees about how he would be used, it was one of the reasons he decided to continue his international career.
'The new guy Jorge Jesus, who knows him from Saudi Arabia, said to him with the Nations League, they agreed he would play the first two games and would be rested for the next two.
'The first game he was told “you get 90 minutes” and he gets yanked after 67 minutes so he’s a bit p***ed off and afterwards the coach apologised to him and that he would go out and explain this shouldn’t have happened.
'He goes out and does the opposite, he pulls a Ten Hag, where he goes out and tries to belittle and embarrass Ronaldo and put him back in his box and say “all the players are as important to me”, which also p***es off Ronaldo.
