“Ronaldo needs to return to Sporting Lisbon. If I were Ronaldo, I would have played for Lisbon a long time ago. The boy still likes to watch Sporting Lisbon play. I once told Ronaldo: Son, before I die, I want to see you play for Sporting Lisbon again,” Ms. Dolores Aveiro shared in 2022.

But in Cristiano Ronaldo’s mind, he did not follow his mother’s wishes. The Portuguese captain personally said that the possibility of him returning to Portugal to play for some club was impossible.

“It’s not worth creating expectations, because I said I want to stay at Al Nassr this year and next year. I feel happy in Saudi Arabia. They treated me well. The league has huge potential and they are continuing to grow, contrary to what many people think.

Returning to play in the Portuguese National Championship is meaningless. In a few days I will turn 39 and I will play this remaining season and another year at Al Nassr, which is what I want the most. And when I turn 40, as my friend José Semedo jokes, let’s see what happens.

If I play football until I’m 40, that will be a great milestone. After that, if everything goes well, then at 41, 42 years old, I don’t know about that, but the possibility of playing in Portugal is impossible,” CR7 shared with Record.

Although he did not stick with Sporting Lisbon and the Portuguese National Championship for too long, Ronaldo is one of the greatest players in the national team. He is the greatest striker in the history of the Portuguese national team with 128 goals. In addition, 205 appearances also helped CR7 become the player with the most appearances in European Selecao history.