Portugal legend Cristiano Ronaldo says he has no plans to resign from international football yet – yet it “won’t be a hard choice to make” when the opportunity arrives.
The 39-year-old has a larger number of covers and a greater number of goals than any other person in men’s international football history, with 130 strikes in 212 games.
He is in Portugal’s crew for National League games with Croatia and Scotland.
Be that as it may, Ronaldo comes into these games after a colossally frustrating Euro 2024 mission where he neglected to score and many felt he kept the group down.
The Manchester United together and Real Madrid legend currently plays in Saudi Arabia for Al-Nassr.
“At the point when the opportunity come, I’ll move on,” he said. “It won’t be a hard choice to make.
“Assuming that I feel like I’m done contributing anything, I’ll be quick to leave.”
The five-time Ballon d’Or champ says he “never thought about leaving the national team ” in spite of the post-Euro 2024 analysis.
Ronaldo and colleague Pepe, aged 41, were the two most seasoned players at Euro 2024.
After their Euros leave, previous Portugal international Jose Fonte told BBC Game: “They presumably know it’s the stopping point in the public group.
“They’ve accomplished such a great deal for Portugal. At times you simply need to give your place to the young men coming up.”
Pepe has resigned, with Ronaldo saying the safeguard “left through the front entryway”. In any case, the forward has picked to continue.
“Individuals’ assumptions for the public group were excessively high,” included Ronaldo their quarter-last exit to France on punishments.
Last month he said: “I couldn’t say whether I will resign soon, in a few years, yet presumably I will resign here at Al-Nassr.
“At the point when I leave the public group, I won’t tell anybody ahead of time and it will be an exceptionally unconstrained choice on my part, yet in addition a very thoroughly examined one.”