Jose Mourinho says that his relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo broke down toward the end of his reign at Real Madrid because the Portuguese star “he thinkshe knows everything.” Speaking to Spanish television show Punto Pelota about Ronaldo, the newly named Chelsea coach said: “I had only one problem with him, very simple, very basic, which waswhen a coach criticizes a player from a tactical viewpoint trying to improve what in my view could have been improved,” he said. “And at that moment he didn’t take it very well because maybe he thinkshe knows everything and the coach cannot help him to develop more.”
Having said that, Mourinho added: “Cristiano has had three fantastic seasons with me. I don’t know if they were thebest of his career because he had some fantastic moments with Manchester United. I think we created a fantastic situation for him tactically in which he could express all his potential and turn thatinto records and goals.”
Meanwhile, Alvaro Arbeloa, a former Mourinho player at Real, defended the Portuguese tactician’s work at Bernabeu, which was highlycriticized for the club’s failure to win a trophy last season. “Mourinho leaves the club disappointed, and with the players mainly,”