Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo admitted on Saturday (7) to have received offers to join a participant cast of the FIFA Club World Cup, which takes place between June 14 and July 13, but said it refused them and will not be in the tournament.
“I won’t be at the Club World Cup, but they contacted me,” CR7 revealed in an interview with journalists in Munich, on the eve of the European League final, where Portugal faces Spain on Sunday at Allianz Arena de Munich.
In late May, Cristiano Ronaldo announced on his social networks the end of his “chapter” in Saudi Al Nassr, which he joined in early 2023, without specifying what the next step would be.
“I made a decision and is almost definitive,” said Cristiano Ronaldo on Saturday without revealing it.
“It makes no sense to talk about anything other than the selection, but some teams have contacted me. But you can’t reach all the balls,” explained the 40 -year -old without revealing the identity of these clubs.
The FIFA Club World Cup, one of President Gianni Infantino’s star projects, brings together 32 teams in eight groups of four and starts next week in the United States.
Asked who should win the Golden Ball for best player of the season, estimated that the fair would be for one of the winners with PSG at Champions League
“I cannot say who deserves. In my opinion, who to win must be in a team that won trophies. The winner of the Golden Ball should be of the team that won the Champions League,” said the Portuguese star.
Without quoting him, Cristiano Ronaldo would be taking sides with Ousmane Dembélé, crowned with PSG, instead of the other favorite, Spaniard Lamine Yamal, who was Champions’ semifinalist with Barça.
Cristiano Ronaldo himself won the Golden Ball five times in his career, in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. It was three times less than his great rival, Argentine Lionel Messi, who won it on eight occasions (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023).
