A former team partner by Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that he offered to “give up his money” to convince him to stay in real Madrid.
With a decorated career, which has spread for 23 years, Ronaldo has been partners with the club and the entire Khoi of separate players for the country.
But she has a special connection with Kepler Leoran de Lima Ferrera, known as ‘Pepe’. The two have played with each other in 349 sports, starting together at Sporting CP Academy several years ago.
After being a team partner for the Portugal national team, he became a club ally in Real Madrid in 2009 and spent eight years in Los Blancos Colors.
Peppe, who ended a decade of service after the third Champions League victory in 2017, left for the first time. No Nonsense Center-Back struggled with injury in its final season and left a free transfer to Basicatas.
But Ronaldo tried his best to convince Pepe to live, offering him money in the incident that his departure was inspired by financial reasons.
Pepe politely rejected the five -time Bellon D’Or winner’s proposal, explaining that his exit was purely for a new beginning to play football in Turkey.
“I talked to him a lot and he asked me to stay in real Madrid,” Pepe remembered in an interview Renaissance,
“But I think my time had come to the club, because it was a 10 -year demand where I gave a lot of time. I tried to convince him that I could not be due to the difficulties that I was doing now At that time and he said: ‘If it is about money, friend, I will give up my money to give it!’ And I said no: ‘Thank God that it is not about that, it is for other reasons’.
Peppe and Ronaldo are long friends and team companions. Picture: Getty
At the end of the interview, Pepe sent a special message to his friend as he celebrated 40 days after scoring a brace to Al Nasar in the AFC Champions League.
Peppe said: “I want to wish you a happy birthday. May these 40 years a lot of happiness, a lot of wisdom and, above, you can be a human being that you are always helping others. We, and I, And I in particular, you are one of those who actually help others.
Pepe has the upcoming birthday itself as he turned 42 years old at the end of this month. He retired after the defeat of Portugal in the Euro 2024 quarter -finals in summer.