Kieran Shannon: Ronaldo falls foul to a classic case of narcissistic injury

In the interview Ronaldo displayed all the classic symptoms of narcissistic injury, just as throughout his career he has given us plenty of clues that he was an undoubted narcissist

NARCISSISTIC TENDANCIES: Cristiano Ronaldo smiles as he arrives for a Portugal soccer team training session in Oeiras, outside Lisbon. Pic: AP Photo/Armando Franca

Here’s someone anyway who didn’t think I’d ever mention one Mr Trump and Cristiano Ronaldo in the same article, let alone the same sentence, but it was unavoidable once the Donald’s niece Mary in her capacity as a psychologist as well as author observed yesterday that her uncle had suffered an extensive case of “narcissistic injury” following the mid-term elections Stateside.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, the narcissist experiences such a phenomenon when they “lose or are abandoned or criticised”.