On February 5, Cristiano Ronaldo will enter the forty-year-old category, with a 23-year professional career behind him. Under contract with the Saudi club Al-Nassr until June 2025, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner is not yet thinking about retirement from sport. But the person concerned talks about the aftermath more and more regularly.
Friday evening, CR7 was invited to take a look at himself during the Globe Soccer Awards ceremony in Dubai. And the Portuguese veteran clearly has one certainty: “ I’m still young, I have a lot of projects and dreams. But believe me, I will own a big club, that’s for sure! » This, in his eyes, “ depending on the moment and opportunities “.
Manchester United in the heart
For now, “ Not yet » club in perspective, he assures, but “ a few maybe “. And in particular Manchester United, the club which revealed him to the world and which he “ always love “. “ If tomorrow I am the owner of the club, I will clarify things and adjust what I think is wrong there », breathes Cristiano Ronaldo, judging that “ the problem at Manchester United is not just that of the coaches, it is much more than that…
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This summer, already asked about his future, the Lusitanian goleador had ruled out the very idea of one day becoming a coach. “ I don’t plan to be a team coach. It doesn’t even cross my mind, I’ve never thought about it. In the future, I don’t see myself going through this. I see myself doing other things, which are not necessarily related to football
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