Ronaldo is here on merit, not experience - Martinez - video Dailymotion

Roberto Martinez believes Cristiano Ronaldo's season in Saudi Arabia was good enough for him to be in Germany

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00:00I must admit, Cristiano is in the national team in merit. Nobody gets into the national

00:06team just by having a name. Cristiano scored 51 goals in 50 games, consistency that he

00:12had in his club, in his league, and he scored nine goals in our qualification round. So

00:17for us, he's a goal scorer. For us, he's someone that can make that final move, someone

00:21that can really stretch defenders, that can really open spaces. Obviously, over the years,

00:27Cristiano has changed his way of playing slightly, but I can only say that Cristiano

00:32is in the national team in merit, and probably the numbers are there to back that up.