Cristiano Ronaldo had previously been given a statue in his hometown of Madeira which was mocked by many across the football community
Cristiano Ronaldo has finally been given a statue worthy of his quality as India unveil a figure of the Manchester United forward.which was mocked by many across the football community.The original statue from 2017 was laughed at by manyGoa minister“For the love of football and at the request of our youth we put up Cristiano Ronaldo’s statue in the park to inspire our youngsters to take football to greater heights,” he said.
“It was an honour to inaugurate the beautification of open space, landscaping, garden with foundation and walkway.”“This is for the first time that the statue of Cristiano Ronaldo has come up in India. This is nothing but to inspire our youth,” he told“If you want to take football to another level then this is what young boys and girls will look forward to, taking selfies and looking at the statue and getting inspired to play.
With that said, the statue has split opinion with some waving black flags in protest to the installation.Critics also said that footballers from their own country should have been honoured instead. “There are so many great footballers from Calangute like Bruno Coutinho and Yolanda D’Souza, who have brought laurels to India by playing football at international level,” Calangute constituency forum president Premanand Divkar told “Why couldn’t their statues be installed? They are from Calangute. Why the Portuguese footballer’s statue has been installed.”