Days After Being Placed Alongside Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo’s Iconic Celebration Imitated by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander During Real Madrid Meet Up

Over the years, the NBA and the soccer universe have shared a deep bond with each other. Quite often, we have stars from either sport interact with each other. In recent times, Cristiano Ronaldo was involved in a major but witty conversation surrounding the great Michael Jordan. He claimed that he shouldn’t be missing from a certain ‘wall of legends’.

The Portuguese soccer legend was in conversation with one of his former teammates from Real Madrid. Just hours ago, an NBA star recently visited Real Madrid’s home turf.

Along with that, he also imitated Ronaldo’s iconic trademark celebration after scoring a goal.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander does the iconic SIU!

Without a doubt, Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in sporting history. Players from different sports from all across the globe pay their respects to the Portuguese soccer legend. Despite leaving Real Madrid years ago, he is still quite a famous entity in Spain. It is safe to say that Ronaldo changed the look and feel of Spanish soccer during his long tenure in the country.

Recently, an NBA star visited the Madrid camp. The person in the limelight is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. After starting off his NBA journey with the Los Angeles Clippers, he currently plays for Oklahoma City Thunder. Recently, he made a surprise appearance in Madrid. Photos of him alongside Vinicius Jr and Eder Militao emerged on the internet.

Other than that, he also visited their training turf. After scoring a goal in a penalty shootout, he did the iconic Cristiano Ronaldo ‘SIU’ celebration. The fans saw the funny side of the entire clip and gladly welcomed the basketballer to the soccer universe.

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On the other hand, Ronaldo and Michael Jordan were recently used in the same sentence during a discussion.

Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to be alongside Michael Jordan

Real Madrid winger, Vinicius Jr. recently added a picture of Cristiano Ronaldo on the wall of his home gym. On the wall, the soccer veteran is alongside the likes of Ronaldo Nazario, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Pele. Earlier this year, the Portuguese soccer legend had a reunion with Vinicius Jr. his Madrid teammate. Reportedly, at that time, Ronaldo raised the issue.

He reportedly claimed that he was missing from the ‘wall of legends’ from the Brazilian’s home gym. In the next few months itself, Vinicius Jr got an image of Ronaldo painted on his wall. Similarly, he also has the utmost level of respect for the Portuguese soccer veteran. He has reportedly refused to wear the number 7 jersey during his already-successful tenure at Real Madrid.

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