When time comes, I'll move on - Ronaldo on international future

Portugal fable Cristiano Ronaldo says helium has nary plans to discontinue from planetary shot yet - but it "won't beryllium a hard determination to make" erstwhile the clip comes.

The 39-year-old has much caps and much goals than anybody other successful men's planetary shot history, with 130 strikes successful 212 games.

He is successful Portugal's squad for Nations League games with Croatia and Scotland.

But Ronaldo comes into these games aft a hugely disappointing Euro 2024 run wherever helium failed to people and many felt helium held the squad back.

The Manchester United and Real Madrid fable present plays successful Saudi Arabia for Al-Nassr.

"When the clip comes, I'll determination on," helium said. "It won't beryllium a hard determination to make.

"If I consciousness similar I'm nary longer contributing anything, I'll beryllium the archetypal to leave."

The five-time Ballon d'Or victor says helium "never considered leaving the nationalist team" contempt the post-Euro 2024 criticism.

Ronaldo and team-mate Pepe, aged 41, were the 2 oldest players astatine Euro 2024.

After their Euros exit, erstwhile Portugal planetary Jose Fonte told BBC Sport: "They astir apt cognize it's the extremity of the enactment successful the nationalist team.

"They've done truthful overmuch for Portugal. Sometimes you conscionable person to springiness your spot to the young boys coming up."

Pepe has retired, with Ronaldo saying the defender "left done the beforehand door". But the guardant has opted to transportation on.

"People's expectations of the nationalist squad were excessively high," added Ronaldo connected their quarter-final exit to France connected penalties.

Last period helium said: "I don't cognize if I volition discontinue soon, successful 2 oregon 3 years, but astir apt I volition discontinue present astatine Al-Nassr.

"When I permission the nationalist team, I won't archer anyone successful beforehand and it volition beryllium a precise spontaneous determination connected my part, but besides a precise good thought-out one."