'Unique' Ronaldo ready and raring to go despite busy fixture schedule - Martinez - video Dailymotion

Roberto Martinez is confident 39-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo is still fit enough to play two games in four days

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00:00I think the age of a player doesn't come to play. Ronaldo doesn't work as a 39

00:06player, a 39 years old player doesn't play certainly as a 39 years old player.

00:11I think we're assessing every player in how they feel. Cristiano has been working

00:16really well in this in this camp. I've got no doubt that Cristiano after 60

00:21minutes can be involved in the second game. I don't know if he can start or if

00:25he can finish the game but he can certainly be involved as he showed in

00:29the last camp. When you arrive in a stadium, in a place like this, I think

00:34you get to know the iconic figure and the career of a player that is

00:39unique. There is no another player with more than 200 caps at international

00:44level. It's an example the number of goals that he scored, the trophies that

00:48he's achieved. So I think for me it's very easy to manage a player that

00:54he can help the team to win tomorrow. All the rest is something for all of us to

00:58enjoy because it's a unique case and I think we can all learn from being close

01:03to him.