“My ardour is excessive and I need to proceed. It does not matter the place I play, whether or not within the Center East or Europe. I all the time take pleasure in taking part in soccer and I need to hold going.

” what my aim is. I need to win trophies and I need to attain that quantity [1,000 goals] that you just all know. I’ll attain the quantity for certain, if no accidents.”

In an interview with Piers Morgan final month, exterior, Ronaldo mentioned he deliberate to retire from soccer “quickly”.

“I believe I will probably be ready. It is going to be robust, after all. I’ll in all probability cry,” mentioned Ronaldo.

Ronaldo has scored 13 targets in 14 appearances this season for Al-Nassr, who’re 4 factors clear on the high of the Saudi Professional League desk.

Regardless of the ahead’s file of 112 targets in 125 appearances, Al-Nassr have solely gained one piece of silverware – the Arab Membership Champions Cup in 2023 – since his arrival.

Ronaldo holds the file for many targets for Portugal (143) and Actual Madrid (450), and is the one participant to have scored 100+ targets for 4 golf equipment – Manchester United, Actual Madrid, Juventus and Al-Nassr.

The striker mentioned in November that the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico will probably be his final worldwide match.

He captained Portugal as they gained Euro 2016 in France – the nation’s first worldwide males’s trophy.