Cristiano Ronaldo addresses Al-Nassr future amid exit rumours surrounding all-time great

Cristiano Ronaldo has suggested that helium is readying to widen his enactment astatine Al-Nassr beyond the extremity of the existent season.

The Portugal skipper has scored 74 goals and registered 18 assists successful 83 appearances for Al-Nassr since arriving connected a escaped transfer, but his declaration with the Saudi Pro League broadside is owed to expire astatine the extremity of June.

The 39-year-old has again been successful beardown signifier this season, scoring 16 goals and registering 3 assists successful 19 appearances, including 10 goals and 2 assists successful 12 outings successful the Saudi Pro League.

Al-Nassr are down successful 4th spot successful the Saudi Pro League table, though, 11 points down the leaders Al-Ittihad, truthful the legendary forward's hunt for a league rubric successful Saudi Arabia is acceptable to continue.

Ronaldo has been linked with a instrumentality to Europe, arsenic helium is expected to play for astatine slightest 1 much run earlier representing Portugal astatine the 2026 World Cup, but the attacker has suggested that helium wants to pen a caller woody astatine Al-Nassr.

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Ronaldo hints astatine Al-Nassr stay

"I'm blessed and my household is happy. We started a caller beingness successful this beauteous country. Life is good, shot is good. In presumption of idiosyncratic and collective, we are inactive there; we are inactive improving," Ronaldo told the league's in-house media channel.

"For me, it is an honour that the league is increasing and galore prima players are coming to marque the league adjacent amended and much competitive. To beryllium the archetypal 1 -- let's accidental a prima -- to travel present is an honour, but what I'm looking guardant to is the adjacent 5 to 10 years of the league inactive improving. Not lone the archetypal teams, but besides the academies.

"Not conscionable for the aboriginal of the Saudi [players] and the league, but for the state and to vie with different leagues, this is my dream. And this is what I volition effort to assistance the state and league scope and beryllium determination astatine that level. People look astatine Cristiano arsenic an example, not conscionable connected the pitch, but besides disconnected it.

"You know, erstwhile you triumph titles, things travel easier, and to person the privilege to triumph successful my archetypal twelvemonth present my archetypal trophy was amazing. But I privation more. I volition proceed to propulsion and assistance my squad Al Nassr to triumph titles. I judge that this twelvemonth volition beryllium a bully twelvemonth for Al Nassr.

"It's hard to vie with teams similar Al Hilal and Al Ittihad, but we are inactive there, inactive pushing and fighting. Football is similar that; you person bully moments and atrocious moments but, for me, the astir important happening is to beryllium professional, to propulsion hard, respect the club, respect your declaration and judge that things volition alteration -- for Al Nassr to effort to triumph much titles.

"The [AFC] Champions League is thing I privation to triumph for the club, but the astir important is to support pushing and beryllium professional."

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When volition Ronaldo discontinue from football?

Ronaldo said that helium is readying to discontinue "in 1 oregon 2 years" erstwhile asked astir his aboriginal successful November.

"I conscionable privation to enjoy. Plan for the retirement... if it has to happen, successful 1 oregon 2 years... I don't know. I'm turning 40 soon... I truly privation to enjoy, arsenic agelong arsenic I consciousness motivated I support going. The time I don't consciousness motivated, I volition retire," Ronaldo told reporters.

The guardant is present connected 916 vocation goals, and helium remains a captious subordinate for Portugal contempt his advancing years, truthful helium is expected to beryllium progressive for his nationalist broadside astatine the 2026 World Cup.

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