ESPN soccer pundit Alejandro Moreno feels Cristiano Ronaldo’s slow but sure decline is something the Portuguese striker refuses to accept.
Speaking in ESPN programMoreno said:
“You get to a point in your career where you’re just not doing the things that you were doing in your prime. We’re seeing the slow decline of Cristiano Ronaldo and we’re seeing moments like that hat-trick and we’re like… he’s back, Cristiano is back. No, that’s an outlier, that’s not the direction we’re going.”
Moreno feels that Cristiano Ronaldo knows the truth, but he is not someone who takes bad news calmly.
“He knows this and he’s not willing to accept it and when that’s taken away from him, let him decide, look at the big picture and say, ‘You don’t need me anymore, they don’t need me anymore, I’m not the best player anymore, I’m going to pull out’, I don’t think he has that in his songwriting.”
Moreno also added that with Ronaldo, expecting the extraordinary is the norm and therefore he believes the player will be the one to finish his career.
“He’ll go as long as he wants and he’ll be the one to say ‘I’m done with you, you’re not done with me, I’m done with you’ and that’s the point where it’s time for him to go and that’s not soon.”
Cristiano Ronaldo’s performances this season
The Portuguese captain rejoined Manchester United from Juventus last summer. He has found the back of the net 18 times and has provided three assists in 32 games in all competitions so far this season for the Red Devils.
Ronaldo has been instrumental for his club, scoring six goals in the Premier League victory (the most alongside Mohamed Salah). He was also vital in their progression from the UEFA Champions League group stage, where he scored three decisive goals in six games.
The Portuguese striker has a big game on Tuesday night when his national team takes on North Macedonia. The winner of the contest will confirm his place in the FIFA World Cup final in Qatar later this year.
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