THE SPECIAL NEEDS ONE IS BEHIND RONNIE

Last updated : 17 July 2006 By Ed
Jose Mourinho thinks that Cristiano Ronaldo is able to turn the hostility towards him around.

"If he is to be in England he will have to turn things in his favour," Mourinho told O Jogo.

"I find that football players must speak very little and play a lot.

"He must be calm and make it work.

"His trainer and colleagues must support him and I do not believe he will have problems."

He also thinks he needs to get out of Manchester to become a winner.

"He is a great player, full of potential and ambition," added Mourinho.

"I do not speak much with him, but as our representative is the same they circulate messages between us.

"I have already said to Jorge Mendes (the pair's agent) that if he wants to be a champion, he is better to leave Manchester.

"If not he stays there for at least another year."