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The sculptor behind a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that left football fans scratching their heads has said his work is just “a matter of taste”.
Emanuel Santos said the bust, unveiled on the Portuguese island of Madeira, was “not as simple as it seems” to create.
The unveiling of the Ronaldo statue led many on social media to question the work’s resemblance to the player.
It was revealed at a ceremony to name the island’s airport after him.
“It is impossible to please the Greeks and Trojans. Neither did Jesus please everyone,” Mr Santos said.
He said that his creation was “not as simple as it seems” to produce, adding that it took him 15 days to complete and that the finished item “was a matter of taste”, the Guardian newspaper reports.
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“Cristiano saw the photos that his brother sent him,” Mr Santos told broadcaster Globo.
“I was with his brother at Cristiano’s museum in Madeira and from the messages he sent, I could tell that he liked what he saw,” he said.
Mr Santos said that Ronaldo had asked him to make minor changes in order to make the player look younger.
“He only asked for some wrinkles that gave him a certain expression in his face when he’s about to laugh to be changed,” he said.
