Ronaldo is 1 year older than I am, he’s been playing football his entire life, football is pretty much all he knows… so I can completely understand him not wanting to hang up his boots while he can still play to a decent level. He’s got more than enough money that he would never have to work again, his net worth is £640m ($800m), but I think that because he doesn’t really seem to have anything else outside of football (except his family of course) and he’s so tuned in and geared towards football and the routine that if he stops, what does he do? I was in the RAF for years, my whom life was the RAF and my job, I left just before Covid after 15 years and it took me years to kind of adjust to that not being who I am anymore. So for someone like Ronaldo I can only imagine it being significantly harder if he stops. I can’t imagine him being the kind of guy who goes into coaching, I don’t see him being a regular pundit and he’s not done what Andrea Pirlo did and had a vineyard that he lives on and enjoys in his retirement… so my guess is he prolongs his career as much as he can because he doesn’t know what he wants to do when he hangs up those boots
He would be on the floor more than on the ball. Constantly getting his legs "broken" millions of times a game. Plus deadpool wouldnt bring in a toxic ego balloon that will destroy the club in half a season.
The year is 2035, Ronaldo is now playing in the newly founded Madeira Premier League where he is founder, club owner, player manager and has a TRT exemption that only he is allowed.
Agreed. The problem he faces is that the people he would have to play against aren't you or me. They are guys that on the broad scale of things are within 1% of being the goat and are still at their prime.
Said he’s not leaving till he gets to 1000 goals. The period to leave the national team before the next World Cup has passed so you know he’s sticking around for that next year. He probably wants one more shot at it. Would he want to switch leagues to get up to speed before the tournament? Body is still in great shape.
How is that going to work, though? Ronaldo is wanted for arrest for a sexual assault case in the U.S. Can't play a world cup in a country where they'll arrest you on sight.
This "issue" is way simpler than you're putting it, Z. Cristiano wants to score 1000 goals, if he leaves Saudi with 999 goals, then there will be next move, yes. I think that's pretty reasonable, tbh. Would be insane if he score like 950 goals and stopped. I mean... why not score a few more and reach that four figures mark?
He's nowhere close to 1,000. None of his goals past 2010 count because he should have been in prison. He himself doesn't count Pele's goals for a worse reason than that.
@@ninjalectualx Dude you're a loser. You're spamming this on a bunch of comments. Touch some grass. The woman who accused him brought a lawsuit like 10 years after they met up, he said it was consensual, she said it wasn't. The court sided with CR7 and he still paid her some money. She;s trying to appeal and even the prosecutors are saying "nah, we're good". What evidence do you have that the court doesn't?
Nah. Ligue 1 might want him becauseit is what it is, but he could just buy a Portuguese team and say that league is better than france and play in it to try to prove it. Fact is, no team in France will pay him what he thinks he is worth when he ego is the biggest thing in the solar system, and nothing could ever be a bigger move of self-agrandmizement than buying a team and putting yourself in the starting lineup.
Gotta respect the mans confidence in himself and ill argue. From his contributions in the nations league i think he can do something maybe in the belgian league, croatian league or even the portuguese league. He still has SOMETHING. This man has taken care of his body so much he looks younger than lewandowski and even arguably better movement and speed.
@@brunoactis1104 take away the looks the guy is built alot better than some of the athletes now. Still jumping and matching his juventus record and etc.
idk Zlatan was pretty decent at Milan in his late 30s and early 40s, only problem were the injuries, but when he played he was better than most footballers. Ronaldo doesn't seem to have the injury problem.
Difference is Zlatan respects the coach if they bench him. He’s aware that there are other guys who can do the running 90% of the time when needed. Im not sure if Ronaldo would except becoming a rotation player should the need arise.
@ninanano i was talking about ronaldo lol, zlatan is probably the one person that could challenge him at being self-obsessed, but even he knows thats dumb af
Although I've always been a Barca fan, I did grow up watching Ronaldo at Man United thanks to my dad, and later on at Real Madrid. despite not always being on his side, I do appreciate greatness (which I wish a lot of his fans would do towards Messi cuz there is literally no shame in that) right now, where Ronaldo has gotten to is simply an unprecedented level of "cringe". And honestly, it's sad to see. It's genuinely sad to see. He acts like he's still got something to prove, which he doesn't. There's no shame in being 2nd best, especially when the best is a guy called Messi. (yes, I believe that all this in one way or another has something to do with Lionel Messi, why else would he clown on the French League of all places). Generations will pass and no one will be able to accomplish what he has, and I do hope that he eventually realizes that
thing is, the shape he keeps himself in, he'd still do a huge job for about 85% of the clubs in the world, just the tippy top where he can't anymore I'd actually love to see a fairytale story, if he went back to C.D. Nacional (the club he was at before he finished his youth career with Sporting), and tried to get them into European competitions, he'd be their best player, he's still good enough to do a job in the Portugese league (assuming they don't relegate by seasons end, if they do then this 1 million % won't happen rather than just 999,999% won't xD). he'd get to go home home, like not just to Portugal, but to the island of Maderia where he was born and grew up, and maybe just help a small Portugese club up but tbh, if he does go to Portugal I'd expect him to goto Sporting to compete for the title, but the fairy tale is fun to imagine
"just the tippy top where he can't anymore" but that's exactly where he wants to be, and that's the issue. And I also believe he has something to offer, but he needs to accept being benched and rested. He doesn't even care about Nacional like that
Don't really understand why you think it's sad, I think it's awesome he's still playing. Just prefer it if he wasn't playing in middle east. Be cool if he was playing in Polish, greek, Swedish league or something. Play as long as he wants
I guess Zealand cannot comprehend the fact that someone doesn't think the same way as he does. If Cristiano is willing and have desire to continue his work, why you have to question him. Eventually you would have the same situation as him Zealand, when you'd have to decide to continue work or retire, and most likely you probably retire, however it is gonna be your design. Enjoy while you can Messi or Cristiano games, soon it will be history.
Alexander Ovechkin is 39 and not only on the verge of records, but is still a genuine top tier superstar. He is, however, the drastic exception. He can also do something that Ronaldo just won’t do which is reinvent his game to accommodate his oldness, and still score goals at the same clip by learning new tricks. When speed kills you in football, u pretty much gotta move back or you’re just gonna get worse, it’s impossible to reinvent as a striker when that goes.
@@CounterSpiceSuch irony calling someone uneducated and spewing so much wrong information 😂. Ronaldo initially became a striker in ancelottis 442 and if you genuinely think he's even close to messi you need another sport...
I mean cr7 and Messi is the same conversation, both are at the end of their careers, they are wanted for other than their skill, they even are building a barca retirement home in Miami for Messi. I don't think this conversation should be just about Ronaldo but him and Messi, both of them have essentially expired but keep going in their own respective retirement homes boosting their statistics.
Messi moved to Miami after a great last season at psg Ronaldo moved cause united benched him Messi is not at the end of his career he still preforms for the national team
@ And next season Ronaldo was benched while Messi won the ballondor with over 50ga The team was built around Ronaldo while psg Main man was mbappe Pipe down
Z, lets be honest here, who can go to man united and be a game changer, that club is cooked from top to bottom as proven noone single handedly can change that
I was here to ask how many topics we would cover before we got to the topic at hand. I figured I had a solid 6 minutes to type. I was so very wrong. Congrats, Z!
I’ve got visions of a football version of Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. Putting on award shows in his mansion, forcing his bemused staff to attend and clap.
Ronaldo off to the MLS? LA Galaxy? Inter Miami with Messi? I think he’s just going to one final club before he may go back to Madeira for a final hooray (which we want to see)
The way you put it (correctly, imho) kind of reminds me the movie “Good bye Lenin!”. At this stage I wouldn’t even want to see him play out his career at Sporting, even though I have been a Sporting fan all my life and still remember him being a very promising young talent for us. We (the Sporting fanbase) do love Cristiano, have a special connection with him and it would be a dream if he could end his career by effectively helping us win trophies, then celebrate with us at Marquês. But the reality of it is that the Cristiano who could do that likely no longer exists, specially considering that in order to come he would still have to be the star, above those guys that have helped the team for years and, even if he would play for peanuts compared to his last contracts, he would still have to be by far the highest earner on the squad. This would be a sure way to create locker room and on-field issues, damaging the image and the relationship with our icon. So, Cristiano, we would love to see you as a club embassator when you hang up your boots.
Wayne Rooney is a bad example imho because while he was fabulously gifted, it never felt like he was anything like as dedicated to his fitness as Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is gonna be so miserable in retirement. I think Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo is a good comparison here. They are both two examples of giant egos, but Zlatans ego is sustainable. He's handling retirement fine, I don't think Ronaldo has any idea of what to do for the rest of his life. Difference between them in interviews is interesting too. They're both ridiculously self-absorbed ofcourse but there's far more self-awareness of it on Zlatans part I think
3:30 When talking about Ronaldo's return to United. 1st season he got Ole the sack and Ragnick tried so many formations like 4222 to get Ronaldo to work. CR7 was still scoring yes, but only because the entire team suddenly became "pass to Ronaldo". Sancho was argueably the best player on that side since he reliably fed Ronaldo, albiet a LOT of those chances went nowhere. Then of course ETH comes in with a point to prove. Ronaldo wants to be petulant? Alright lad heres the armband and a spot in the starting 11. Oh, and everyone will be forced to make chances for you. Issue is these Romanian farmers got hands and Ronaldo couldnt score any of the million chances he was gifted. From that moment on I knew the football left CR7 already when some europa league farmers from Tiraspol could hold Ronaldo honest and stop him from scoring... This isnt to flame Ronaldo, just some perspective from a united fan who grew up watching him, then had to endure his return to the club.
Genuinely, MLS sounds like a great spot. And that Messis there is just a very outside reason why i think that. The US has exactly what he searches for 1. Its a decent league, but not a world class one 2. it has alot of money 3. it has shown that stars like him also bring alot of attention. He scores goals, earns good money, gets appreciated by many (certainly more than now). Thats a fit if ya ask me.
The only sporting reason I can see for him to keep going is the 2026 World Cup. I imagine Messi winning that World Cup really made him want to win it with Portugal even more and 2026 is his last chance to realistically do it. Maybe that's why he wants to go back to a Club that plays in the CL or whatever, because you can tell me what you want, but the Saudi League doesn't represent the hightest level of competition by any means.
I'm late to this video but I want this put down on (digital) paper. I think, if the finances and registration allows, Ronaldo will end up at Inter Miami. Him and Messi on the same team, after being compared to each other their entire careers. Enemies to lovers arc, they won't pass that up.
Zealand looks 18 again ❤❤❤😍🤤 Football is everything for Ronaldo, it will be a big miss to not see him after so long he has been on the grand stage (even today in money league)
Ronaldo is one of the greatest ever but he seems to think that because he was one of the best before that then naturally he can stay afloat with age when in reality age affects everyone diffrently especially at these ages. His compatriot Pepe was an actuall guy who could play until late age and did so as a starter at the highst level and Ronaldo also forgets that he has been out of Europe for some time now he has "forgotten" the level that Europe is at hense why in the Euros he seemed so out of place like he couldnt hold up despite having his entire team try to give him chance after chance . Those " try it in 38-39-40 degree weather " comments are also total bs brother you are from Portugal and played for YEARS in Spain-Italy-Portugal you are used to this like its second nature you are not from the Siberian snow mountains , being Greek myself and all the countries i mentioned share the same Climate aka Hot and Humid 38-40 C is still fine to play a game of football normally at full intensity in fact in Saudi Arabia the atmosphere is way way dryer that here in the Mediterranean which in fact makes it easier to do physical activities cause your nose and lungs dont have to adjust and compensate for the humidity in the air , the only thing to worry about is dizzyness and nausia from the sun and heat which again isnt a problem when you play mostly at night in a stadium creating a vaccum climate inside fully hydrated and on legal nutrients and thats something he should be used to he wouldnt have a problem with it.
Ronaldo to Sheffield United. Hear me out. Brand new owners, American owners, want to make a big splash and generate buzz and intrigue. Ronaldo is told "Look, your image took a hit in Saudi. Everyone thinks you only went there for the money and underperformed. Time to rehabilitate how people see you." Ronaldo comes back to England with a message of "I love English football, I love the Premier League, I wanted to come back. I'm humble enough to know that the Premier League title fight is not where I am right now but I want to be in the league and I want the challenge of taking a club like this to Europe." He also benefits from the narrative of "Well he's actually taken a good but not insane wage. Guess it's not all about the money for him. He's doing it for the love of the game." A move like that would benefit all parties and would fix a lot of the damage that has been done and would be a very new, very fresh and interesting chapter to his story. If you hear tomorrow that he's just gonna go to another big team you're like "Oh. Ok. Whatever." But a move like that would have the whole world watching to see how he does fighting it out with a newly promoted team. It absolutely will not happen. 0% chance. But if I was him and still wanted to play, that's exactly what I would do. A move like that.
Come one it's the greatest soccer player and athlete every walked this earth. Sure he ain't 21 years old Ronaldo but he still is in physical top shape, he ain't god damn fatty wayne rooney mate. Call me crazy but I think PSG would be a good club for him to play another year with a 1-year club extension option, he would still score a lot of goals. Having Ronaldo in the team just lifts up the younger players, it can do magic to the dressing room atmosphere with him as a team leader. If he wins the Champions League with PSG and scores the winner in the final f*ck that Messi world cup, Ronaldo is the GOAT. Napoli would also be a great team, otherwise I would like to see him at LA Galaxy teaming up with Reus and showing Messi who is the boss, if Miami is able to make it to the play offs.
If he goes anywhere i see Psg being the destination. They love old guys with big names and huge paychecks. They never replaced the last batch and need a name or at least they think they do for marketing purposes.
@@cdubsportscards yes they are ofc the richest team in the league, with the players to match that, but their approach to signings has changed quite a bit. They are focusing quite heavily on acquiring French players and not big names, with guys like Barcola, Doue, Dembele and Kolo Muani joining them the past few years to head their attack.
@ thats a much better way to build a team for continued success. Im glad they have changed their ways. Out of curiousity did they get a new head of football operations or general manager? Everyone uses a different term for that guy haha
In between tom brady retiring and unretiring... he went to go visit his teams owners the glazers. Tom went to old trafford and watched cr7 put 3 past tottenham... and then he unretired....
Sporting is the obvious club but if he wants money he will have to look elsewhere. If he goes anywhere it should be to be a 15 minute guy in Lisbon and help his boyhood club with their youngsters. That would be a nice sory as long as he knows his role.
@@speedymx2376 he’s been a journeyman for. Long time now it feels. Even if he was a long time at Madrid, both before and after that he moved around in short stints at multiple clubs.
I can easily see a return of Ronaldo to Europe and welcome it. He’s as much as a sell out as any other over 35 year old player who plays / played overseas. If Ibra can come back to Europe and play well than so can Ronaldo.
@@la_joya4468 Zlatan could take a backseat role when he came back to AC Milan from LA. He knew others were better than him at running and pressing, he was fine coming of the bench and help elevate his teammates. He was very much a contributing factor for the team in the locker room even though he was injured a lot.
He's already done that. The problem is is that at a club like United, even in their current state, he won't be a nailed on starter for every game and he won't accept that. That literally happened when he returned to United. There was a match (i think where United were losing to Tottenham) and Ronaldo wanted to come on but Ten Haag wasn't subbing him on so Ronaldo literally stood there next to the subs bench with his arms folded trying to get the attention of the world, then he scampered down the tunnel in a childish temper tantrum.
The guy is one of the most narcissistic people to have ever existed, shouldn’t feel sorry for people like him. His reputation is so important to him that he was willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to his rape victim to avoid going to court, even though he was ‘innocent’. I think if I was innocent, I would want to prove it. He just shut her up in the most efficient, cost effective way possible. He shouldn’t be an idol, he’s not a role model to young men, if he fades out into obscurity in a mediocre league at 45 with no fanfare whatsoever the irony would be hard not to laugh at
Well the issue with being accused of raping someone when the accused is a celeb or a sports icon is that even if its not true, hes always gonna be connected to it so more often than not they rather pay and avoid the circus. The circus just proven by ur own comment 😂
@@jaqenp2607 You're always going to be connected to it if it's true yes, but why would you be forever associated with being a rapist if it's not true and you can prove it? That's a very simplistic view of how those proceedings take place, and how damaging a court case is to the accuser - having your entire sexual history dragged up in a fully public case is not a pleasant experience, hence the vast majority (something like 97%) of those cases never make it to trial. It's not worth the additional trauma for the victim. If someone is willing to take a case all the way to court it's likely they have an extremely strong case - perhaps take a look at the redacted files online about the information CR revealed to his representative, it's pretty damning. There's a reason those kinds of settlements are known as hush money - he wanted her to never speak about it in public again and he is in a very privileged position of being able to afford to make sure that is the case. When cases are obviously not prosecutable or genuine (e.g. Johnny Evans) they are quickly dismissed and forgotten about, so much so that I'd be surprised if you even knew about that.Your comment seems to be based on an assumption that most accusations are not genuine, but most celebrities are not accused of rape, much less taken to court over it, so perhaps on the rare occasion that they are, some credibility should be afforded to the accuser and not automatically the other way round.
@@jaqenp2607 problem is that he himself said he was guilty in correspondence with his lawyer, that was part of a pretty famous hack/leak published by Der Spiegel.
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You're dressed like a knock-off Pokemon trainer
Aec Trainr Zeeland
Gotta catch that hairline
Lol he’s gonna catch a Blastoise
LMAOOO, watching this shit while playing PokeMMO 😹
Ronaldo is 1 year older than I am, he’s been playing football his entire life, football is pretty much all he knows… so I can completely understand him not wanting to hang up his boots while he can still play to a decent level. He’s got more than enough money that he would never have to work again, his net worth is £640m ($800m), but I think that because he doesn’t really seem to have anything else outside of football (except his family of course) and he’s so tuned in and geared towards football and the routine that if he stops, what does he do?
I was in the RAF for years, my whom life was the RAF and my job, I left just before Covid after 15 years and it took me years to kind of adjust to that not being who I am anymore. So for someone like Ronaldo I can only imagine it being significantly harder if he stops.
I can’t imagine him being the kind of guy who goes into coaching, I don’t see him being a regular pundit and he’s not done what Andrea Pirlo did and had a vineyard that he lives on and enjoys in his retirement… so my guess is he prolongs his career as much as he can because he doesn’t know what he wants to do when he hangs up those boots
Same as you invested 3 minutes in this post and didn't know when and how to quit. 😉
@@needfoolthings😂😂😂 troll
@ not even 3 minutes while I took a shit
There's coaching. But i think he's smart enough to know he's not smart enough nor does he has the personality for it. Unlike others.
Oh wow you know so much about him are you like his best friend or brother?
it'd be funny if Liga MX poached Ronaldo. Leagues Cup would be goofy af
Level is too high for him, no way he could cut it in North America
@@ninjalectualx💀💀
It's like 100% more likely he'd go to Brazil. But yeah, he's definitely not good enough for that, the Brazilian league is almost a top 5 contender.
"Liga MX is better than the premier league"
@@ninjalectualx Ronaldo would cook in Mexico
He`s going to Wrexham.
Don’t think they need a toxic player who doesn’t have legs to press out of possession.
@@MatSjo Erik Ten Hagg was the toxic one. That's been proven now.
Mo Faal is better
He would be on the floor more than on the ball. Constantly getting his legs "broken" millions of times a game. Plus deadpool wouldnt bring in a toxic ego balloon that will destroy the club in half a season.
He‘s going to Red Bull Bragantino in the Brasileirão thanks to a baffling decision by Jürgen Klopp. 🤣🤣🤣
The year is 2035, Ronaldo is now playing in the newly founded Madeira Premier League where he is founder, club owner, player manager and has a TRT exemption that only he is allowed.
He is now also the all-time goalscorer in human history with 5000 career goals in 2000 games.
"Compared to you and me"
He could be a 73 year old pensioner and he would be better than me at football
Agreed. The problem he faces is that the people he would have to play against aren't you or me. They are guys that on the broad scale of things are within 1% of being the goat and are still at their prime.
Johan Cruijff would be better than my and he's dead
Time to have a conversation... about running
If he went to MLS to renew the rivalry against Messi I would watch MLS
Me too
He's gonna renew his rivalry with the court if he goes to the US
There’s a reason he doesn’t come to the US anymore
@@Rossoneri2them rape acuasations...
You Will be suprised how bad Ronaldo is compared with Messi...and I AM portuguese...
Said he’s not leaving till he gets to 1000 goals. The period to leave the national team before the next World Cup has passed so you know he’s sticking around for that next year. He probably wants one more shot at it. Would he want to switch leagues to get up to speed before the tournament? Body is still in great shape.
How is that going to work, though? Ronaldo is wanted for arrest for a sexual assault case in the U.S. Can't play a world cup in a country where they'll arrest you on sight.
This "issue" is way simpler than you're putting it, Z. Cristiano wants to score 1000 goals, if he leaves Saudi with 999 goals, then there will be next move, yes. I think that's pretty reasonable, tbh. Would be insane if he score like 950 goals and stopped. I mean... why not score a few more and reach that four figures mark?
Yeah scoring 1000 is a pretty cool achievement & he can do it if he finds the right club. So why not?
He's nowhere close to 1,000. None of his goals past 2010 count because he should have been in prison.
He himself doesn't count Pele's goals for a worse reason than that.
@@ninjalectualx That's the single stupidest thing I've ever read. Congratz.
@@ninjalectualx Dude you're a loser. You're spamming this on a bunch of comments. Touch some grass.
The woman who accused him brought a lawsuit like 10 years after they met up, he said it was consensual, she said it wasn't. The court sided with CR7 and he still paid her some money. She;s trying to appeal and even the prosecutors are saying "nah, we're good".
What evidence do you have that the court doesn't?
Funnest thing I’ve seen on the internet today 😂😂
8:20, Just a correction, he did lead the league in goals, he finished last years league with 35 goals while Mitrovic end in 2nd with "only" 28.
exactly, this guy is hating for no reason.
@@coolbian513 hes hating because hes a messi fanboy and thats what messi fanboys do.
Lmao...after trashing Ligue 1, he might end up there. He'll be saying Ligue 1 is better than the Prem soon 😅
Only PSG have enough money to pay him, half the clubs there are in financial crisis
Nah. Ligue 1 might want him becauseit is what it is, but he could just buy a Portuguese team and say that league is better than france and play in it to try to prove it.
Fact is, no team in France will pay him what he thinks he is worth when he ego is the biggest thing in the solar system, and nothing could ever be a bigger move of self-agrandmizement than buying a team and putting yourself in the starting lineup.
He’s not good enough to play in a T5 league, as much as he’s being delusional about it, and as bad as Ligue 1 is compared to the other 4 of that T5
Gotta respect the mans confidence in himself and ill argue. From his contributions in the nations league i think he can do something maybe in the belgian league, croatian league or even the portuguese league. He still has SOMETHING. This man has taken care of his body so much he looks younger than lewandowski and even arguably better movement and speed.
It sure does take confidence to keep going forward even when she's screaming "no, please stop"
He got tons of suegery, that's why he looks you ger than Lewandowski.
@@brunoactis1104 take away the looks the guy is built alot better than some of the athletes now. Still jumping and matching his juventus record and etc.
@@ninjalectualx lol. But jokes aside i really think him and messi have atleast the next WC in them
@@DrowningForward being built a lot better doesnt really mean much. if anything at this stage it would slow him down
ronaldo saved our ucl season, the amount of clutch goals he scored during the first year was insane
idk Zlatan was pretty decent at Milan in his late 30s and early 40s, only problem were the injuries, but when he played he was better than most footballers. Ronaldo doesn't seem to have the injury problem.
Difference is Zlatan respects the coach if they bench him. He’s aware that there are other guys who can do the running 90% of the time when needed. Im not sure if Ronaldo would except becoming a rotation player should the need arise.
Zlatan accepted that he wasn't the main man anymore and became the locker room leader instead of throwing tantrums
@@daniaaal yeah like at united, he was pissy after being subbed off, yk like walking to the tunnel pretty infamously.
@@tornadoduck his 2nd stint at Milan happened after United. So he had clearly matured a bit
@ninanano i was talking about ronaldo lol, zlatan is probably the one person that could challenge him at being self-obsessed, but even he knows thats dumb af
Although I've always been a Barca fan, I did grow up watching Ronaldo at Man United thanks to my dad, and later on at Real Madrid. despite not always being on his side, I do appreciate greatness (which I wish a lot of his fans would do towards Messi cuz there is literally no shame in that) right now, where Ronaldo has gotten to is simply an unprecedented level of "cringe". And honestly, it's sad to see. It's genuinely sad to see. He acts like he's still got something to prove, which he doesn't. There's no shame in being 2nd best, especially when the best is a guy called Messi. (yes, I believe that all this in one way or another has something to do with Lionel Messi, why else would he clown on the French League of all places). Generations will pass and no one will be able to accomplish what he has, and I do hope that he eventually realizes that
He's not even that great though. None of his goals after Las Vegas count because he should be in prison
@ninjalectualx woah, chill out there tiger 😂😂
I don't care if you consent or not, just like you hero ronnie
@@ninjalectualx like anyone gives a shit about you pinoy
Yh I agree but I don’t think his comments on the French league has anything to do with Messi. The French league is just uncompetitive af.
"You're the first one to realize that you need to retire, but you're the last one to admit it." - Marcellus Wiley
thing is, the shape he keeps himself in, he'd still do a huge job for about 85% of the clubs in the world, just the tippy top where he can't anymore
I'd actually love to see a fairytale story, if he went back to C.D. Nacional (the club he was at before he finished his youth career with Sporting), and tried to get them into European competitions, he'd be their best player, he's still good enough to do a job in the Portugese league (assuming they don't relegate by seasons end, if they do then this 1 million % won't happen rather than just 999,999% won't xD). he'd get to go home home, like not just to Portugal, but to the island of Maderia where he was born and grew up, and maybe just help a small Portugese club up
but tbh, if he does go to Portugal I'd expect him to goto Sporting to compete for the title, but the fairy tale is fun to imagine
I'm not sure that's true anymore. He could do a fantastic job in lower-mid leagues, but Ronaldo-like importance? Not sure
"just the tippy top where he can't anymore" but that's exactly where he wants to be, and that's the issue. And I also believe he has something to offer, but he needs to accept being benched and rested.
He doesn't even care about Nacional like that
Thought my screen was broken man. Gotta take out the top right thingy.
Don't really understand why you think it's sad, I think it's awesome he's still playing. Just prefer it if he wasn't playing in middle east. Be cool if he was playing in Polish, greek, Swedish league or something. Play as long as he wants
Hes scoring goals for Portugal too.
Scoring against the lowest ranked European nations and he’s flopped at major tournaments in recent years
@@mcmarley1496 ppl will never admit this, he was so piss poor in the last wc and euros
I guess Zealand cannot comprehend the fact that someone doesn't think the same way as he does. If Cristiano is willing and have desire to continue his work, why you have to question him. Eventually you would have the same situation as him Zealand, when you'd have to decide to continue work or retire, and most likely you probably retire, however it is gonna be your design. Enjoy while you can Messi or Cristiano games, soon it will be history.
Over at Chelmsford City we're really excited to bring Cronaldo in for the 2040 season
first time I saw someone mention chelmsford city, thats the club im doing a save on fm with rn lol
Of course he's looking for at least one more club. He's still aiming to play the world cup next year.
Only to embarrass himself worldwide
Alexander Ovechkin is 39 and not only on the verge of records, but is still a genuine top tier superstar. He is, however, the drastic exception. He can also do something that Ronaldo just won’t do which is reinvent his game to accommodate his oldness, and still score goals at the same clip by learning new tricks. When speed kills you in football, u pretty much gotta move back or you’re just gonna get worse, it’s impossible to reinvent as a striker when that goes.
@@CounterSpiceSuch irony calling someone uneducated and spewing so much wrong information 😂. Ronaldo initially became a striker in ancelottis 442 and if you genuinely think he's even close to messi you need another sport...
I mean cr7 and Messi is the same conversation, both are at the end of their careers, they are wanted for other than their skill, they even are building a barca retirement home in Miami for Messi. I don't think this conversation should be just about Ronaldo but him and Messi, both of them have essentially expired but keep going in their own respective retirement homes boosting their statistics.
Do you honestly think Messi will be looking for a next move after Miami, because that's what we're talking about.
Messi moved to Miami after a great last season at psg
Ronaldo moved cause united benched him
Messi is not at the end of his career he still preforms for the national team
"GREAT"
@ And next season Ronaldo was benched while Messi won the ballondor with over 50ga
The team was built around Ronaldo while psg Main man was mbappe
Pipe down
@ you are clearly a kid
Might not have been old enough to understand football in 2015 since you think iniesta was crucial for that win
Z, lets be honest here, who can go to man united and be a game changer, that club is cooked from top to bottom as proven noone single handedly can change that
I was here to ask how many topics we would cover before we got to the topic at hand. I figured I had a solid 6 minutes to type. I was so very wrong. Congrats, Z!
Honestly get him to Brazil for the bants
He could speak his mother tongue everywhere then
need it
I’ve got visions of a football version of Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. Putting on award shows in his mansion, forcing his bemused staff to attend and clap.
Zealand has to walk away from the chocolate turtles
The segment of back cap perfectly captures the proportion of forehead to hair on the rest of your head.
Indeed a conversation
He should join Weymouth Wales, score 200 goals a season and spend his free time chilling on a beach in Barbados
Its time to have a RUN
Kroos knew when to retire
Ronaldo off to the MLS? LA Galaxy? Inter Miami with Messi?
I think he’s just going to one final club before he may go back to Madeira for a final hooray (which we want to see)
Not even 100 views in 3 minutes. The fall off just like Cristiano
Oh no. Is Zealand going to be arrested when he enters the US again?
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Ronaldo needs to go to FC RFS in Latvia😂
The way you put it (correctly, imho) kind of reminds me the movie “Good bye Lenin!”.
At this stage I wouldn’t even want to see him play out his career at Sporting, even though I have been a Sporting fan all my life and still remember him being a very promising young talent for us. We (the Sporting fanbase) do love Cristiano, have a special connection with him and it would be a dream if he could end his career by effectively helping us win trophies, then celebrate with us at Marquês. But the reality of it is that the Cristiano who could do that likely no longer exists, specially considering that in order to come he would still have to be the star, above those guys that have helped the team for years and, even if he would play for peanuts compared to his last contracts, he would still have to be by far the highest earner on the squad. This would be a sure way to create locker room and on-field issues, damaging the image and the relationship with our icon.
So, Cristiano, we would love to see you as a club embassator when you hang up your boots.
Wayne Rooney is a bad example imho because while he was fabulously gifted, it never felt like he was anything like as dedicated to his fitness as Ronaldo.
He’ll soon be linked with Coleraine, they’re signing everyone now.
Ronaldo is gonna be so miserable in retirement. I think Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo is a good comparison here. They are both two examples of giant egos, but Zlatans ego is sustainable. He's handling retirement fine, I don't think Ronaldo has any idea of what to do for the rest of his life. Difference between them in interviews is interesting too. They're both ridiculously self-absorbed ofcourse but there's far more self-awareness of it on Zlatans part I think
Dude thinks he's Stanley Mathew's got another 10 years left in him 😅
Insane fashion depiction right here
“I would put Messi ahead of him” and you just earned a sub
3:30 When talking about Ronaldo's return to United. 1st season he got Ole the sack and Ragnick tried so many formations like 4222 to get Ronaldo to work. CR7 was still scoring yes, but only because the entire team suddenly became "pass to Ronaldo". Sancho was argueably the best player on that side since he reliably fed Ronaldo, albiet a LOT of those chances went nowhere.
Then of course ETH comes in with a point to prove. Ronaldo wants to be petulant? Alright lad heres the armband and a spot in the starting 11. Oh, and everyone will be forced to make chances for you. Issue is these Romanian farmers got hands and Ronaldo couldnt score any of the million chances he was gifted. From that moment on I knew the football left CR7 already when some europa league farmers from Tiraspol could hold Ronaldo honest and stop him from scoring... This isnt to flame Ronaldo, just some perspective from a united fan who grew up watching him, then had to endure his return to the club.
Genuinely, MLS sounds like a great spot.
And that Messis there is just a very outside reason why i think that.
The US has exactly what he searches for
1. Its a decent league, but not a world class one
2. it has alot of money
3. it has shown that stars like him also bring alot of attention.
He scores goals, earns good money, gets appreciated by many (certainly more than now).
Thats a fit if ya ask me.
MLS isn’t world class, why would you say the obvious
Like seriously we know the league isn’t the best but it’s still developing
The only sporting reason I can see for him to keep going is the 2026 World Cup. I imagine Messi winning that World Cup really made him want to win it with Portugal even more and 2026 is his last chance to realistically do it. Maybe that's why he wants to go back to a Club that plays in the CL or whatever, because you can tell me what you want, but the Saudi League doesn't represent the hightest level of competition by any means.
Hes done so much in his career, i feel at this stage hes free to try whatever he wants in his footballing career.
Enjoy it we’re getting hammered with snow in NY. Send some sun io here
I would love if he went back to Portugal, but in all likelihood he'll go to MLS or some random European league with the highest bidding club.
I'm late to this video but I want this put down on (digital) paper. I think, if the finances and registration allows, Ronaldo will end up at Inter Miami. Him and Messi on the same team, after being compared to each other their entire careers. Enemies to lovers arc, they won't pass that up.
Time to link up with Ronaldinho's son in Burnley
Someone please tell me that Ronaldinho actually has a son that plays for Burnley.
Yeah its true @@Sasquatch10
Words are that some bilionaire brought BSC Old Boys and will sign CR7 to play along side Kazuyoshi Miura.
He is on the path of playing anywhere until literally nobody will sign him
Zealand looks 18 again ❤❤❤😍🤤
Football is everything for Ronaldo, it will be a big miss to not see him after so long he has been on the grand stage (even today in money league)
"when you're 40 you're not" for NBA fans, this doesn't apply to LeBron James
Ronaldo is one of the greatest ever but he seems to think that because he was one of the best before that then naturally he can stay afloat with age when in reality age affects everyone diffrently especially at these ages. His compatriot Pepe was an actuall guy who could play until late age and did so as a starter at the highst level and Ronaldo also forgets that he has been out of Europe for some time now he has "forgotten" the level that Europe is at hense why in the Euros he seemed so out of place like he couldnt hold up despite having his entire team try to give him chance after chance . Those " try it in 38-39-40 degree weather " comments are also total bs brother you are from Portugal and played for YEARS in Spain-Italy-Portugal you are used to this like its second nature you are not from the Siberian snow mountains , being Greek myself and all the countries i mentioned share the same Climate aka Hot and Humid 38-40 C is still fine to play a game of football normally at full intensity in fact in Saudi Arabia the atmosphere is way way dryer that here in the Mediterranean which in fact makes it easier to do physical activities cause your nose and lungs dont have to adjust and compensate for the humidity in the air , the only thing to worry about is dizzyness and nausia from the sun and heat which again isnt a problem when you play mostly at night in a stadium creating a vaccum climate inside fully hydrated and on legal nutrients and thats something he should be used to he wouldnt have a problem with it.
Ronaldo to Sheffield United. Hear me out.
Brand new owners, American owners, want to make a big splash and generate buzz and intrigue.
Ronaldo is told "Look, your image took a hit in Saudi. Everyone thinks you only went there for the money and underperformed. Time to rehabilitate how people see you."
Ronaldo comes back to England with a message of "I love English football, I love the Premier League, I wanted to come back. I'm humble enough to know that the Premier League title fight is not where I am right now but I want to be in the league and I want the challenge of taking a club like this to Europe."
He also benefits from the narrative of "Well he's actually taken a good but not insane wage. Guess it's not all about the money for him. He's doing it for the love of the game."
A move like that would benefit all parties and would fix a lot of the damage that has been done and would be a very new, very fresh and interesting chapter to his story. If you hear tomorrow that he's just gonna go to another big team you're like "Oh. Ok. Whatever." But a move like that would have the whole world watching to see how he does fighting it out with a newly promoted team.
It absolutely will not happen. 0% chance. But if I was him and still wanted to play, that's exactly what I would do. A move like that.
6:34 its not entertainment, its sports washing thats what it is
Come one it's the greatest soccer player and athlete every walked this earth.
Sure he ain't 21 years old Ronaldo but he still is in physical top shape, he ain't god damn fatty wayne rooney mate.
Call me crazy but I think PSG would be a good club for him to play another year with a 1-year club extension option, he would still score a lot of goals. Having Ronaldo in the team just lifts up the younger players, it can do magic to the dressing room atmosphere with him as a team leader. If he wins the Champions League with PSG and scores the winner in the final f*ck that Messi world cup, Ronaldo is the GOAT.
Napoli would also be a great team, otherwise I would like to see him at LA Galaxy teaming up with Reus and showing Messi who is the boss, if Miami is able to make it to the play offs.
surely he just wants one more chance at the World Cup
"Large, top professional league" 😂
Ronaldo to Lexington Sporting Club here we go confirmed! Oil money to coal/bourbon/horse money
He goes to MLS brother 100% !!! Just the brand he brings is enought to bring him.
Waiting for Ronaldo's move to Lincoln City...
If he goes anywhere i see Psg being the destination. They love old guys with big names and huge paychecks. They never replaced the last batch and need a name or at least they think they do for marketing purposes.
@@cdubsportscards you don’t really follow French football do you?
@ no not the behind the scenes finances and stuff. Or the league since they have no real tv deal. Is Psg not the big dog anymore?
@@cdubsportscards yes they are ofc the richest team in the league, with the players to match that, but their approach to signings has changed quite a bit. They are focusing quite heavily on acquiring French players and not big names, with guys like Barcola, Doue, Dembele and Kolo Muani joining them the past few years to head their attack.
@ thats a much better way to build a team for continued success. Im glad they have changed their ways. Out of curiousity did they get a new head of football operations or general manager? Everyone uses a different term for that guy haha
@@cdubsportscards they’ve changed managers multiple times during the years, but this change was announced by their owner.
Man city signing Ronaldo would be insane that has to happen
@@NASCARTruckSeries to play with their U18 team or what?
Probably heard of those players still playing at 55+ and thought to himself, hold my water
He’s gonna play til 50 like miura
Come to USA. Where could he play here? LA?
He's not at 1000 goals yet can't retire
The biggest takeaway from this video is that Rooney is still under 40 and only 3 years older than I am o.O.
"He can do whatever he wants" we know Z, that's literally the problem with him
Who’s this zealandism guy he looks familiar
I'm going to predict he goes to the J league
Ronaldo Messi combo at Miami
I think he’d do great if he went back to Portugal
He will probably move back to Sporting, then after about a season or two, he’ll be head coach
@@lindanib541 oh god no, he’d be standing fuming on the sidelines when the players aren’t passing the ball in to HIS feet.
In between tom brady retiring and unretiring... he went to go visit his teams owners the glazers. Tom went to old trafford and watched cr7 put 3 past tottenham... and then he unretired....
CR7 buys a Portugese team in his price range that he can be the lead man for and get that goal number 1000.
Hope he goes to Sporting and gets dusted by fellow old man Di Maria once again.
Unless your French in which case you retire while your still near enough your peak or whatever.
He’s coming to FC Südtirol
Sporting is the obvious club but if he wants money he will have to look elsewhere. If he goes anywhere it should be to be a 15 minute guy in Lisbon and help his boyhood club with their youngsters. That would be a nice sory as long as he knows his role.
He wants to hit 1000 goals, unless he gets a big injury I don't see him retiring until he hits that. At what level this will be at, who knows
Better late than never to be a Journey man
@@speedymx2376 he’s been a journeyman for. Long time now it feels. Even if he was a long time at Madrid, both before and after that he moved around in short stints at multiple clubs.
who ?!? who is paying to watch ronaldo play in saudi arrabia Who!?? and messi in the Mls who?!?
if he comes back to europe he could go back to sporting since its his first professional club (although he aint benching anyone there)
Is it?
He could still be good in a different retirement league like the MLS
he lead the top scorer last year by 7 goals btw not trying to discredit the video or anything
I can easily see a return of Ronaldo to Europe and welcome it. He’s as much as a sell out as any other over 35 year old player who plays / played overseas. If Ibra can come back to Europe and play well than so can Ronaldo.
@@la_joya4468 Zlatan could take a backseat role when he came back to AC Milan from LA. He knew others were better than him at running and pressing, he was fine coming of the bench and help elevate his teammates. He was very much a contributing factor for the team in the locker room even though he was injured a lot.
BTW, what kind of dump did you bring your family to for vacation that has broken light fixtures on the wall ?
I think if Ronaldo comes back to Europe he would do pretty well he could do really well at Marseille but is it sad that’s his level
Considering his comments about Ligue 1 there isn't a single Ligue 1 club desperate enough to sign him
Ronaldo got over 60 goals last season. its definitely not time to hang it up.
man u last dance?
He's already done that. The problem is is that at a club like United, even in their current state, he won't be a nailed on starter for every game and he won't accept that. That literally happened when he returned to United. There was a match (i think where United were losing to Tottenham) and Ronaldo wanted to come on but Ten Haag wasn't subbing him on so Ronaldo literally stood there next to the subs bench with his arms folded trying to get the attention of the world, then he scampered down the tunnel in a childish temper tantrum.
2 goals and an assist v poland in november.
The guy is one of the most narcissistic people to have ever existed, shouldn’t feel sorry for people like him. His reputation is so important to him that he was willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to his rape victim to avoid going to court, even though he was ‘innocent’. I think if I was innocent, I would want to prove it. He just shut her up in the most efficient, cost effective way possible. He shouldn’t be an idol, he’s not a role model to young men, if he fades out into obscurity in a mediocre league at 45 with no fanfare whatsoever the irony would be hard not to laugh at
Well the issue with being accused of raping someone when the accused is a celeb or a sports icon is that even if its not true, hes always gonna be connected to it so more often than not they rather pay and avoid the circus. The circus just proven by ur own comment 😂
@@jaqenp2607 You're always going to be connected to it if it's true yes, but why would you be forever associated with being a rapist if it's not true and you can prove it? That's a very simplistic view of how those proceedings take place, and how damaging a court case is to the accuser - having your entire sexual history dragged up in a fully public case is not a pleasant experience, hence the vast majority (something like 97%) of those cases never make it to trial. It's not worth the additional trauma for the victim. If someone is willing to take a case all the way to court it's likely they have an extremely strong case - perhaps take a look at the redacted files online about the information CR revealed to his representative, it's pretty damning. There's a reason those kinds of settlements are known as hush money - he wanted her to never speak about it in public again and he is in a very privileged position of being able to afford to make sure that is the case. When cases are obviously not prosecutable or genuine (e.g. Johnny Evans) they are quickly dismissed and forgotten about, so much so that I'd be surprised if you even knew about that.Your comment seems to be based on an assumption that most accusations are not genuine, but most celebrities are not accused of rape, much less taken to court over it, so perhaps on the rare occasion that they are, some credibility should be afforded to the accuser and not automatically the other way round.
@@jaqenp2607 problem is that he himself said he was guilty in correspondence with his lawyer, that was part of a pretty famous hack/leak published by Der Spiegel.