/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/larazon/CHUIY3FMF5DGBDVNQ2PHIWSFLY.jpg "Cristiano Ronaldo sets a date for his retirement")
Cristiano Ronaldo has granted an interview to DAZN in which he has reviewed his professional life, He has recognized that he does not have many years left playing and has set a date for its withdrawal. In the conversation, the Portuguese points out that the great change in his life occurred when he left Sporting de Portugal to sign for Manchester United and is proud of his career: “I have left a mark everywhere I have passed.”
Asked how he has managed to stay in the elite at 37 years old. Cristiano Ronaldo is clear: “Following my path, working every day, still trying to improve in some aspects, taking care of myself too, which is very important, both physically and mentally because in football it’s an age… Before they played, but they didn’t have as many games as we have now. I have already passed the thousand games, it is a very high figure, but as I said before, You have to take care of yourself, keep working, continue with the illusion that I can still give more and I’m still doing well, which is a very important point. And continuing to enjoy it, which is the most important thing”.
“You have to be smart and know that at 18, 20 or 25 you are not the same as at 35.. And that is the maturity, the experience, the intelligence to understand that maybe you lose some things to win others and have the right balance to continue competing and be at the highest level. That’s not easy, but it seems like it to me, because I show year after year that the numbers speak for themselves. I don’t have to tell you that I’m very good, because the numbers are there. The facts are facts, the rest does not matter at all. That’s why I’m very happy with my form, I’m still scoring goals, helping people, teams, both in the national team and at Manchester United and that’s why I want to continue like this. It’s hard to say that I don’t want more, because if I’m at a club that gives me the opportunity to win more things, why not. And in the selection too. I know I don’t have many years left playing, four or five more, we’ll seeand I want to win more things”, he adds.
Now that he is in the final stretch of his career, Cristiano Ronaldo points out what, in his opinion, is the most decisive moment of his career: “Leaving Sporting and coming to Manchester was the change of my life. And now coming back at 36 was also a very nice moment in my life, being a father of a family, with many children, winning what I already won in football, showing everything I had to show and creating a page in football history.” .
“The sacrifice that I make every year, the seasons, weekly, monthly, daily, has to have its reward at the end, because if I didn’t, I wouldn’t know much. But that’s my motivation. Work, but think that in the end I’m going to win something important, a title, an award… My life was a very beautiful journey. I have left a mark everywhere I have passed. Me I think there is no player in history who can have that pride of saying that wherever he has gone, he has left a mark, and that makes me happy“, ends.
–
