4. Mourinho insults Ronaldo’s childhood, 2007
Like him or hate him, it’s hard to deny that few athletes in the world have gone farther from the bottom of the barrel to the top of the world the way Cristiano Ronaldo has. From poverty in Portugal to multiple world records for scoring excellence, he’s the kind of star any manager would love to have – and for a few years Mourinho did.
But after Ronaldo had the “audacity” to criticize Mourinho for refusing to admit his own failures during his first stint with Chelsea, the Special One decided to avoid the high road by mocking Ronaldo’s rough upbringing and called him uneducated.
Stay classy Jose.