James Maddison textual content Harry Maguire earlier than Man Utd sport to ask for Ronaldo’s shirt
James Maddison has revealed he had Harry Maguire maintain Cristiano Ronaldo‘s shirt reserved when he performed Manchester United.
Tottenham star Maddison, 27, idolised five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo, 39, rising up. And he bought the possibility to play in opposition to his hero throughout his time at Leicester City.
As an avid match-worn package collector for his jaw-dropping video games room, the England midfielder made certain he wasn’t going to overlook out on bagging his shirt – texting former Leicester colleague and Three Lions team-mate Maguire.
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Speaking about Ronaldo on Stephen Hendry’s Cue Tips, Maddison mentioned: “His attitude towards being the best is just admirable I think. I played against him last year, obviously because he came back to United didn’t he.
“As you may see, I really like accumulating shirts. It’s the primary time I’ve ever textual content somebody earlier than a sport, I textual content Harry Maguire and mentioned ‘pay attention, maintain Cristiano’s shirt apart for me right now please’. And I managed to get it fortunately.”
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Maddison had been requested by snooker legend Hendry about his free-kick method and the way it differs to Ronaldo’s trademark effort. “I’m precision, my technique’s very whippy,” he defined.
“The knuckleball, that’s out of my wheelhouse. He was the first one I saw to do it, he might have nicked that off someone else and kept it to himself. That straight foot kind of where the footballs would wobble, that’s impossible for goalkeepers.”
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Maddison was a Red Devils fan as a teenager, therefore his affection for Ronaldo. He helped Leicester put United to the sword in October 2021, although.
They defeated Ronaldo and Co 4-2 on the King Power, though Maddison and the Foxes had been beat 1-0 in the identical fixture the next season during which Ronaldo got here off the bench.
“I loved Cristiano growing up as well, just because of the United thing,” he added. “I used to watch his [free-kicks] on YouTube like everyday at school.”
