is keen on winning the competition is unknown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWith teams not particularly interested and not falling over themselves, as one would have thought, for the iconic goal machine, is this an indicator that a move outside Europe could be in the offing?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhile Ronaldo’s wages could be a stumbling block for most deals to go through, the fact that no one is willing to take the risk on him speaks volumes.<\/span><\/p>\nErik ten Hag insists he will be relying on the Portuguese this season, but the Dutchman opted for his attacking youngsters to lead the line against Liverpool on Monday (22 August) as desperately chased his first Premier League win of 2022-23.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAt half-time, the Man Utd manager brought in Anthony Martial to replace Anthony Elanga, with Ronaldo only coming on with four minutes left on the clock.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWithout a doubt, Ronaldo remains a threat in front of goal, but he is just no longer everyone’s cup of tea these days.<\/span><\/p>\nDespite winning five Champions League so far, he definitely wants more, but his chances of doing that right now are as slim as they come, to be honest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe same thing can be said of his Ballon d’Or’s chances.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhile some players often change their roles on the pitch as they age, Ronaldo has no plans of moving into midfield and becoming a playmaker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHe was born to score goals and that is not going to change till he retires.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nNo one knows for sure if this could be his last season in Europe, but with just a year left on his Man Utd contract before he becomes a free agent, just anything is possible.<\/span><\/p>\nShould he opt to move to the Major League Soccer (MLS) or China, he will not be short of options, and given the quality of football in North America and Asia, dominating either league should not be hard for a 38-year-old Ronaldo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHe could end up playing into his 40s like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but everyone will have to stop expecting more from him going forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHe has proven himself over and over again and is still going strong while most of his age-mates have hung the boots.<\/span><\/p>\nWe have enjoyed two decades of Ronaldo. His mesmerizing skills, goals, hat-tricks, headers, dribbles, ‘sui’ celebrations, runs and six-packs will live long in our memories and the archives of history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHe will definitely be treating us to more beautiful goals this term, and if it all comes to an end sooner rather than later, no one should complain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe World Cup later this year is expected to be his last, and he will be hungry to bow out on a high and lead Portugal to glory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nWhether that can happen remains to be seen, but whatever happens with Ronaldo going forward, the fans should understand.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To many, Cristiano Ronaldo is the best football player of all time, and his achievements for clubs and country clearly speak for themselves.\u00a0 The nba picks GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) debate will never end, but have we already seen the last of the Manchester United legend at the top of the game?\u00a0 The 37-year-old […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63610,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63608\/revisions\/63610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracleglobe.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}