Simon Jordan accuses Piers Morgan of hypocrisy as the two argue over Ronaldo's 'whine-a-thon'

Simon Jordan told Piers Morgan he was a hypocrite, saying his interview with Cristiano Ronaldo was just as "comfortable" as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's meeting with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, which Morgan said much disputed.

Morgan has defended his headline-grabbing conversation with Ronaldo, which aired this week, in which the Manchester United star sharply criticized his club, manager Erik ten Hag and the Glazer family.

United have 'initiated appropriate action' in response to Ronaldo's comments and his contract at Old Trafford is expected to be torn up.

Jordan previously described Ronaldo's interview as a 'wine-a-thon' and Morgan joined talkSPORT's White and Jordan on Friday to address the criticism.

Jordan: This is the sports version of Oprah with Harry and Meghan. It's an interview between two people who know each other very well, it's a comfortable interview and nothing is really questioned.

There are only a few people in the world who can get this interview and that's the biggest part of it. Piers can increase his audience from 7,000 to 300,000 a day before.

I understand the benefit of Piers' impact in this regard. But I listened to an interview where very little was disputed. It was accepted at face value, nothing was turned down, and it was assessed from the perspective of a pair of admiring eyes sitting across the desk.

Morgan: I'm always happy to follow Simon's technical maintenance advice. I am always happy to receive talks from people who never interview anyone.

I challenged him. I made him admit that he shouldn't have done what he did at Tottenham. I also got him to make another confession.

Not sure what you mean by challenge? He was setting the record straight on things he considered misleading and untrue in the media.

Jordan: I can give you examples. I wasn't lecturing you, I was giving an opinion. An example would be, if the argument was about executives who didn't want him before and don't want him now, who are those executives?

Admittedly, he never spoke to the Glazers, right Ed Woodward? Was it Richard Arnold - who phoned Ronaldo saying he could have whatever time he wanted?

He talked about the motivation of the Glazers, how does he know their motivation if he never spoke to them?

Morgan: If there are senior executives who wish to deny, officially, what Ronaldo said, let them come forward.

Jordan: I don't care what you say, Piers, I wanted to know what he would say. He didn't name anyone. The same way you asked Meghan Markle to name the racists in the royal family, why didn't you ask Ronaldo?

Morgan: I think if you go back and watch the interview, you'll see he names the titles.

Jordan: But he said "president", Piers! There is no role for a president in a football club.

Morgan: He talks about the people running Manchester United. I think it's him [Richard Arnold].

Jordan: But he described it separately, he described the directors and the president. Let's deal with it in detail. Let's look at the repression of someone spending 350 million euros on him…

Morgan: You're talking total nonsense about the Saudi deal. I know exactly who made this deal and you are wrong.

Jordan: So you saw the contract, right?

Morgan: I spoke to the Saudi who made the offer myself.

Jordan: So you haven't seen the contract?

Morgan: Why would they lie?

Jordan: Oh I don't know, why would people misrepresent things, you do this all the time!

After a brief interjection from Jim White, the pair continued…

Jordan: You had a wonderful opportunity. I agree with a lot of things you say. I don't make childish comments like you about me being a "failed football club owner" on Twitter.

But the point is, the Ten Hag scenario. You had an opportunity. I look at him and I think to myself: "Why in the name of God would a manager publicly announce that Ronaldo is part of his plans...why would he want to eliminate this player?" You have never asked yourself this question.

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Morgan: I think you're talking nonsense. This interview, over 90 minutes long, made more headlines around the world than any sports interview I can remember.

The reason it made so many headlines is because it was revealing. The reason it was telling is that it was Ronaldo who corrected the record. Ronaldo was doing what I suspect the Royal Family would have liked to do after the Meghan and Harr...