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There’s no doubt among football fans that Cristiano Ronaldo has had a truly incredible footballing career.
The Portuguese international has had stints in three of the top five European football leagues, playing for Manchester United in the Premier League twice, Real Madrid in LaLiga, and Juventus in Serie A.
The footballing great has recently passed yet another impressive milestone, having now scored in 23 consecutive seasons. His goal in Al-Nassr’s 2-0 win over Al-Taawon in the Super Cup Semi-Final clinched the milestone, despite being the first game of the new season for the attacker.
However, one of Ronaldo’s former teammates is backing the Ballon d’Or winner to return to Old Trafford.
Ronaldo and a potential return to United
Ronaldo’s second stint at Old Trafford was dramatically shorter than the first, following a fallout with new manager Erik ten Hag. Having moved from Juventus back to United for €17 million in the summer of 2021, the Portuguese star then departed 15 months later.
However, Ronaldo’s former teammate, Louis Saha, recently praised the 39-year-old, backing the star to return to Old Trafford as a potential future manager. He thinks Ronaldo will be a brilliant manager once he hangs up his boots, if he changes his attitude accordingly.
Speaking to Danish media outlet, TVSporten, Saha said: “Cristiano Ronaldo has the passion and dedication to return to Manchester United one day, that could be as a coach or even a manager.”
He continued: “His second spell didn’t end how everyone had hoped and you can see why that frustrated him, he didn’t see the same formula and didn’t see the passion from young players that he had been used to seeing.
“Now he will know that he needs to find a new way to communicate when he becomes a coach, which maybe isn’t as harsh or direct as it was when he was at the club.
“He will work out how to be successful and use all his knowledge to do that, we’ve seen Roy Keane go into management and have success. Cristiano will understand what he needs to do as a manager and I see no reason why he wouldn’t be a success.”
For the time being however, Ronaldo is still firmly set on playing a while longer, with the Saudi Pro League getting underway this week, seeing Al-Nassr take on Al-Raed.
Ronaldo will be hoping for a better outcome than last match which saw Al-Nassr lose to Al-Hilal in the Final of the Super Cup.
Despite Ronaldo getting on the scoresheet, it wasn’t enough this time round, with Al-Hilal winning 4-1 thanks to goals from Malcom, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and an Aleksandar Mitrovic brace.
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