Cristiano Ronaldo is supposed to extend his career until the 1940s, with a new contract in the Saudi -Pro -League club al Nassr being considered tight.
Ronaldo celebrated his 40th birthday in February and continued to score goals on planet Earth in the first few weeks of his fifth decade. There are 32 in 35 appearances in all competitions for the Portugal icon, including six in his last four Saudi Pro League games.
The former star of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus, undoubtedly benefited from the best European leagues on the way to a less intensive and lower overall quality competition after the first history of a season of 50 goals in 2023/24 for the first time in eight years.
But this kind of production at its age, long after most professional footballers called it a day, is still extremely admirable.
Ronaldo’s Al Nassr Treaty expired at the end of the season, which had brought speculation about what could come next for the five-time balloon d’Or winner. But Marca writes that a new one -year contract that contains the option of a second for the player is “to be signed shortly before”. So that an expansion of his already leading wages of € 200 million per season.
This contract could bring Ronaldo with Al Nassr by the end of 2026/27, who has been looking for a first league title since 2019 after a new link this season for a first league title. Until then, Ronaldo will become 42, but there is every chance that he could have reached 1,000 career goals.
From that moment on, Ronaldo achieved his first as a 17-year-old with Sporting CP in 2002 in his five professional clubs and Portugal 933. It would take another 67 for the four-digit milestone in competitive senior football.
Since retirement was not on the horizon so soon, Ronaldo could also reach the 2026 World Cup in North America at the age of 41. This would make him the second oldest outfield player in the world championship history, behind only Roger Milla, who was 42 years old at the 1994 tournament.
It remains to be seen what kind of effects Ronaldo could have at this level. His international performances outside of the weaker European teams in the qualifying and Nations League games were disappointing, with bad tournaments in both 2022 and in 2024.