Cristiano Ronaldo enters final year of holding back his teammates
by Nathan Cowley 3 months ago 
Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted that the 2026/27 season may be his final year of holding back his teammates.
Speaking to Vogue, Ronaldo said it could be his last season as a professional footballer, news that will be music to his teammates’ ears.
“It’s been a tough decision, but I think it’s finally time to hang up my boots,” said Cristiano Ronaldo, refusing to pass to his son in the garden.
“Obviously my teammates will be absolutely gutted. They’ll have to start shooting themselves now instead of stalling and waiting for me to get into the box. And what about free kicks? I suppose Bruno Fernandes will just have to blaze them into the crowd from now on.
“I’m especially going to miss throwing my arms up in the air every time someone doesn’t pass me the ball. It doesn’t matter if they’d dribbled round the keeper and had an open goal. They should still wait for me. What are they going to do? Tap it in themselves? Don’t make me laugh. No one scores but me. It’s in my contract.
“But seriously, it’s been an incredible career. I have so many wonderful memories of me scoring, watching the big-screen replay of me scoring, and forcing Georgina to watch the YouTube highlights of me scoring. I suppose winning trophies was okay, too.
“But mainly the me scoring part.”
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