“I admire a lot of things about him” - Chelsea star Noni Madueke names Cristiano Ronaldo as his football ‘idol’ 

Chelsea winger Noni Madueke has named Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol. The 22-year-old has been at Stamford Bridge since arriving from PSV Eindhoven in January 2023.

Madueke is off to a good start to the season, scoring five times in eight games across competitions. Most of those goals - four in six games - have come in the Premier League, where the Blues are fourth in the standings, four points behind leaders Liverpool (18) after seven matches.

Overall, Madueke has 14 goals and three assists in 54 games across competitions for the Blues. The winger explained his admiration for Ronaldo (as per Mirror Football):

"Cristiano Ronaldo is my idol. I admire a lot of things about him."

Cristiano Ronaldo has bagged eight goals and three assists for Al-Nassr this season. Five of those goals and two assists have come in six games in the Saudi Pro League, where Stefano Pioli's side are four points behind leaders Al-Hilal (18).

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"It is clear that he has ambition" - Robert Lewandowski hails Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo

Poland striker Robert Lewandowski has acknowledged Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo's hunger for success ahead of the two teams' meeting in the UEFA Nations League in Warsaw on Saturday (October 12).

Ronaldo recently became the first player to score 900 times for club and country and is eyeing the elusive 1000-goal mark. Hailing the five-time Ballon d'Or winner for his ambition, Lewandowski said (as per GOAL):

“As for Cristiano, he has written many pages of history and has always raised the bar for everyone around him, and this is something that cannot be overlooked. Although he has achieved everything or almost everything, and he is 39 years old and approaching 40, it is clear that he has ambition, as he gets angry and nervous, and this shows his great ambition.

“I think if he didn’t have that anger, he might have looked like he was just playing for the sake of playing. But he clearly still has the desire, and he looks physically in very good shape, which shows that the path he chose was successful. Regardless of age, his numbers keep going up and not the other way around. Of course, he is an exception, and there are very few exceptions like him.”

Ronaldo has scored in his last two games for Portugal after drawing blanks in five games at Euro 2024, where Roberto Martinez's side lost to France on penalties in the last-eight.