What we know about Ronaldo’s future – and what we don’t

1000 goals, MrBeast and Portugal
What we know about Ronaldo’s future – and what we don’t

By Tobias Nordmann
September 3, 2024, 4:02 pm

Cristiano Ronaldo and his Portugal are not satisfied with the European Football Championship. Speculation that the superstar might retire is now being kicked with golden legs. It goes on, on and on. And he has declared a big brand as his next life goal.

Things are going well for Cristiano Ronaldo. The start of the new season in Saudi Arabia was successful. At least for him personally. In four games he scored four goals and assisted two. So Ronaldo does Ronaldo things. But that alone is no longer enough to win games and titles. He’s already gone. In the final of the Saudi Cup there was a 1:4 loss against the monster team Al-Hilal. Even without Neymar, the star ensemble could not be stopped with a market value of almost 250 million euros.

Ronaldo also scored here, but his team was just too weak. Al-Hilal, just to put it in perspective, would be in the Market value table in Bundesliga in seventh place, just behind Eintracht Frankfurt. VfL Bochum four times heavier. Well, it’s not about Al-Hilal at all. Sorry. Although! If you want, I will write it down for you soon. But not now. That is not the question here.

Ronaldo is the subject. Always. Because Ronaldo keeps going, always going. He has heard the dark word end of career somewhere before, but he did not study the meaning more closely. As a 39-year-old you could certainly do that, a dark horizon is closer than the sun at its peak. Ronaldo’s world works in a different way than what astrological research has taught since Copernicus. Ronaldo does not revolve around the sun, but the sun revolves around Ronaldo. In Ronaldo’s world everything is different, everything is designed for him. Instead of the usual seven to nine hours, he prefers several 90-minute sleep periods – instead of two or three large meals, he eats six smaller, protein-rich snacks.

And so the footballer of the world shines in the brightest light while he is off duty, still in the best physical condition. Does the spotlight no longer shine over Europe, but in Saudi Arabia? Totally crazy.

Attack rating on MrBeast?

Where Ronaldo is, the world is great. But since the images from the Saudi League do not shine everywhere, not as they once did in the Champions League, the skilled football entrepreneur has created a huge new channel on will he be broadcasting. No, he didn’t just pull a new league out of the old stocking and dress up in a nice evening gown. Men looking to the future like Toni Kroos or Mats Hummels tend to do that.

Ronaldo has put himself on the YouTube platform. He’s been on his own channel for two weeks, compiling ratings lists of his goals and outfits and joking around with his wife Georgina. It has already gathered almost 56 million subscribers, catapulting itself into the top 50 channels with the highest reach worldwide. And you can imagine that that is not enough for him, he wants and will attack the YouTuber of the world MrBeast (more than 300 million subscribers). Where Ronaldo is, he is up. At the top. Lionel Messi knows that too. But CR7 has yet to answer the GOAT question, the question about the greatest football player of all time, on YouTube.

Currently, this is only the second most important area that Ronaldo dribbles on. The most important thing is still the green lawn. He doesn’t want to leave her. Although he announced after the European Football Championship that he would be playing for his country at a continental competition for the last time, this latest news can now be seen to have been acknowledged. He has naturally been called up to the Portugal squad for the upcoming matches in the League of Nations. “It never occurred” that his time could be over, he said after his announcement and revealed: “If I have no more value, I will be the first to go.” that may never stop. Speculation of a withdrawal after much criticism of his performances in the European Championship has given him more confidence to keep going, to be honest .”

Bondscoch wirft Bergwijn raus

No mention of the Saudi presence is given. Dutchman Steven Bergwijn is experiencing this right now. Bond coach Ronald Koeman officially puts him in the loop. “It seems that the sporting ambitions did not play the main role in the change,” said Koeman. “The national team thing is basically over for him.” Bergwijn moved from Ajax Amsterdam to Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia for around 21 million euros. He no longer had a regular place at Ajax. “I think when you’re 26, your most important goal is sport, not finance,” continued the coach. “He could have stayed at Ajax, that’s not so bad , right? You have to accept the decision, but personally I won’t.” In Portugal, however, the clock ticks differently. Dutch also doesn’t have a three meter tall bronze statue, as far as we know.

This summer, Ronaldo, coming from the sands of the desert, welcomed the world stage again. In the stadiums it was celebrated in an iconic way, as you only know from the crazy Swifties when they see the super legend Taylor. Ronaldo enjoyed the reborn fame in his old home of Europe, enjoyed between Dortmund, Leipzig and Gelsenkirchen, where the English hated working-class rock towns and Taylor Swift gave identity a new short term for the capital like Swiftkirchen! But even if he enjoyed the love, neutral viewers were surprised by the player’s stroppy behavior. Who still sees himself as the center of everything and who has to recognize more and more that his teammates don’t always share the same opinion. But, hand on heart, what did they achieve?

“All my goals are on video”

Without the superstar scoring a goal on their ride into the sunset, Portugal had already been knocked out of the European Championship semi-finals. “When the time comes, I will leave. This decision will not be difficult for me,” explained Ronaldo about his thoughts for the future. He named his former teammate Pepe as a role model. The defender “walked through the front door” when he announced his retirement in early August at the age of 41. But okay, that’s two more years and at least one World Cup for the world’s highest goalscorer, with 130 goals, more goals for a national team than any other player before him. But Ronaldo dances this dance in his world. When he appeared in last week’s Champions League draw and was honored for his achievements in the competition, he looked like a guest from a country before our time. Now he will appear again on Thursday in the League of Nations against Croatia. Ronaldo and the world of football seem to have a contract that can never be broken. Even if only part time.

However, Ronaldo does not lack desire in the middle of the attack. He is still one goal short of getting 900, but should be 1000 in total will still be. He said this in an interview with former England international Rio Ferdinand, which he published on his YouTube channel. “If I don’t get injured, that’s the most important thing for me.” He admits that his achievements so far for his clubs and the national team are second to none. The masters of international football number agree.The Guinness Book of Records places the Brazilian legend Pelé in first place with 1,279 goals in 1,363 games.The world association does not keep an official list.

Ronaldo does not provide such information. He sees himself as the real number one because he has proof of the number of hits he has. “All my goals are on video,” he said. Yes, he “respects the others” like Pelé or Artur Friedenreich, who died in 1969 and is said to have scored 1,329 goals. But what other people say or say “I don’t care.” Of course not. Ronaldo just keeps going, creating a world in which there is only one giant: himself.