Ambitious and always able to prove it is a character that Ronaldo has. But with his statements like Fabrizio said, it seems like his ambition level has decreased, I don't know why but I'm sure it's related to his age. Indeed, at his age, enjoying the latter part of his career is a must. I mean his contribution to a big club, not even just for his club Al Nassr but for the continuity of the League as well. Because it cannot be denied, the rise in popularity of the Arab League that we see now is indirectly inseparable from the role of Ronaldo who accepted Al Nassr's offer at first.
Considering these teams have begun introducing within European stars, the SPL is expected to grow into an exceptional and formidable League in many years to come. Some teams initially protested the move, but when the high price was mentioned, they were unable to turn down and were convinced to accept. Al Nassr has finally opened the golden path. By choosing to sign Cristiano Ronaldo as a free agent, they made a significant choice. The Knights of Najd prioritized his presence since they were starting to perform effectively and put forward an exceptional showing on the field. Cristiano Ronaldo was adored by Al Nassr supporters because he was important in raising the club's caliber and positioning them in the forefront of the SPL title race.
Talking about protests or rejection from some circles, I think it will always be there, especially we don't know what their internals are like, what we know about the SPL is the outline, we don't really highlight their federation or internal things. It's normal in football, because in my country also domestic football goes like that, there are always pros and cons that are not known to the general public especially between countries. One more thing, their popularity has only happened recently, unlike the top European league which has been a very popular league for years.
Well, Sporting Lisbon will be the right place for him to end his career as a professional footballer. I also believe that Ronaldo will consider to return to Sporting Lisbon when his contract expires with Al Nassr.
Seeing how he loves his country, it is not impossible for us to see Ronaldo return to his childhood club, and interestingly Ronaldo will have a big chance to return to playing in the champions league if Sporting Lisbon can get a place to play in the tournament.
It would be interesting to see the greatest player of the Champions League again in this tournament and I would say that it is quite simple from the point of view that Portugal has 3 tickets to the Champions League and it should not be a big problem for Sporting to win one. But it seems to me that Ronaldo has other plans, he will play until the very end (without defining any year as his last) in Saudi Arabia and will end his career as soon as he is no longer able to play for the national team.
Now he is 38 years old, and that is an old age for a football player, many players decide to retire even with an age below Ronaldo, but not a few players are still playing even with an age above Ronaldo now. But at his age he is still very fit in my opinion, yes although there is a lot of decline, especially in terms of speed, but in finishing he is still very okay, especially if we talk about him mentally. I think he is a player who has a very good mentality, even in my opinion he is number 1 in terms of mentality.
