The Real Madrid full back gave an interview with magazine Club del Deportista and discussed his side's current position and the departure of the Portuguese.
Real Madrid’s Brazil full back Marcelo spoke to Madrid-based lifestyle magazine Club del Deportista and discussed the club’s difficult start to the season, the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo and how his move to the Bernabeu caught him by surprise.
On Ronaldo, Marcelo said the Portugal captain’s decision to leave was never going to be easy to compensate for: “He is a player who as well as being my teammate is my friend, as he is with Sergio [Ramos] and Luka [Modric]. It’s obvious that when the best player in the world isn’t in your team you’re going to miss him. But I don’t want to say that we don’t have the best players in the world in every position. Any team would like to have Cristiano with them, but Madrid will continue to be Madrid despite players coming and going.”
The 30-year-old Rio native also discussed Real’s turbulent start to the season, which has seen Julen Lopetegui fired and Santiago Solari oversee Real’s heaviest home defeat in Europe: “We haven’t got to February yet, and that’s when the season starts to be decided. It’s not normal to draw conclusions in September when we’ve only been playing for a month. People can criticize, but evaluating a season at this stage is crazy. We have the Club World Cup coming up and we have to win that and we’re still in contention in every competition.”
Marcelo: "It's never entered my mind to leave Real Madrid"
The Brazil international, who has been linked with a move to Turin to join Ronaldo at Juventus, said he had never thought about leaving the Bernabeu and that when his move from Fluminense came about in January 2007 he believed it “was a joke.”
“It’s never entered my mind to leave and look for another option. I have always done everything possible to stay at Real Madrid and I’ve never thought about playing time. If I had 15 minutes in every game, I’d give everything in those 15 minutes to play more and win more. The move all happened very quickly. At first I thought it was a joke. I always saw Madrid as a huge club. Then all of a sudden I was part of a team with players I had only seen on television or in video games. It was pretty amazing.”
CR7RealMadrid12
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The second best player in Real Madrid after CR7 it's you Marcelo.. Even Ronaldo wouldn't be able to make those perfect crosses like you do... Modrid is indeed a great midfielder but I somehow know that he isn't the engine of the team and we all know that you are the engine, energy and builder of the team... Thank you so much for being a real madridilista and please don't leave us like the best player did... CR7 is indeed a player that all teams want to have, but I'm sure all teams would also love to have a false defender like you... A defender that plays everywhere and scores when his team needs him the most
RealMd13
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Marcelo on Cristiano: "You're going to miss the world's best" 💔 I AM MISSING CR7 ALREADY
myzan007
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Only this manager can help Real Madrid in such situation 😂😂😂
sjohnson
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marcelo is just being real... he admit that they will miss CR7, but he also admit that REAL will still be REAL even after ronaldo
firstJOHN
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Other players have tried hard to show that they don't miss Ronaldo but harder they tried the more it showed that they not only miss him but also won't find his replacement any time soon... Barca understand this and would do anything to keep Messi.
Mumdnsty
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marcelo is a player that every kid whats to be but the best thing is how great human being he is .... His generosity makes him the best !! In italy you will be loved like the other places in the world and we juve fans really repect you . It would be an honour for us if you come to our club ... i wish perez would never do the same with you what he did with casillas and cristiano because if he did .. it would another heart break for madrid fans !!!!
Mosanya
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Nicely said Marcelo, every team will definitely miss CR7 in their squad if he ever joined and left but Real Madrid will remain Real Madrid no matter who goes and comes Hala Madrid.
EstebanNava907_RMA
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OldLady
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he was a pillar of strength for Madrid, someone they believed in, and who made everything seem possible. we r lucky to have him
12UnitedGuyReborn
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Nicely said bro every team will definitely miss cr7 in their squad if he ever joined and left but Real Madrid will remain Real Madrid no matter who goes and comes Hala Madrid
Yizbiklrt
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Me as a Madrid fan I felt very heart broken when I miss CR7 and now when I will lose maecelo again then it will mess again and I don't think that we will be recover soon because now it's a half a season but we perform very weak start and at least we must win a trophy please
zshipp7831
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Marcelo is a true friend and team player. He speaks the truth, and maybe the possible move was rumors but if Marcelo ever makes a move to Juve, we'd greatly appreciate it.
spsb98154
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The best friends Marcelo and Ronaldo..