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Bruno Fernandes admits there
probably won't be another Cristiano Ronaldo when the former Manchester United sensation
🏵 eventually calls time on his glittering career.
Ronaldo, 38, scored two goals for
Portugal on Friday night as they gunned down 🏵 Slovakia to qualify for Euro 2024 already.
It took his staggering international tally to 125 goals from 202 caps.
Despite his 🏵 age,
the five-time Ballon d'Or winner continues to be a threat for club and country. His
second coming at Old 🏵 Trafford might have ended on a sour note, but former United
teammate and fellow Portuguese - Fernandes - reckons that 🏵 record-breaking Ronaldo still
has plenty more to offer.
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As quoted by PortuGoal after the
Slovakia game, United playmaker Fernandes said: "Do I have the notion 🏵 that I'm playing
alongside a history maker? No, I don't have a notion, I have the certainty! We're all
aware 🏵 of it.
"We all understand the force and impact that Ronaldo has, the force and
the impact that Ronaldo has had 🏵 on the future of many of us Portuguese players, the
opportunities that he's created for the future generations of players, 🏵 the way others
began to look at Portugal.
"They already had started looking at us with more respect,
but everything that 🏵 Ronaldo achieved meant our name was more feared, and obviously we
are grateful to have lived in this era, because 🏵 it was a privilege for us to watch
Cristiano play and at the same time I had the chance to 🏵 play alongside him."
Fernandes
added: "He's done extraordinary things that will probably never be repeated. We hope
they are, for the 🏵 good of football, but I think it's unlikely.
"I hope another
Cristiano Ronaldo appears [for Portugal], but I think it's unlikely 🏵 and now up to us to
enjoy him and enjoy what he can still give us, regardless of the fact 🏵 they often say;
'Ah, he's not what he used to be'. All players as the years go by have to
🏵 adapt.
"Cristiano, although different and always adapting, continues to do what he does
best, which is score goals."
