Cristiano Ronaldo reveals the two reasons he missed Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota’s funeral

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Cristiano Ronaldo with former Portugal teammate Diogo Jota (Picture: Shutterstock) Cristiano Ronaldo has defended his decision to miss the funeral of Liverpool footballer and Portugal teammate Diogo Jota. Liverpool manager Arne Slot and a number of Jota’s club teammates attended a joint-funeral for the brothers in Portugal.

Ronaldo, meanwhile, was pictured on his summer holidays on the Spanish island of Majorca at the time of Jota’s funeral. A joint-funeral was held for Jota and brother Andre Silva (Picture: Getty) Explaining his absence on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Ronaldo said: ‘There’s two things. ‘People criticise me a lot and I don’t care about that because when you feel your conscious is good you don’t need to worry about what people say. ‘One of the things I don’t do after my father died is go to a cemetery. ‘Secondly, you know me and my reputation, wherever I go it’s a circus.

I don’t need to go just so people can see me there. ‘I was thinking of his family and I didn’t need the cameras to see things I do.’ Ronaldo and the Portugal squad attended a ceremony paying tribute to Jota in September. Shortly after the tragic incident back in July, Ronaldo said Jota’s death ‘didn’t make sense’ and sent a message of support to his wife and children.