The Saudi Pro League is ready to offload Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo for 43m, but Manchester United are not interested in bringing the 41-year-old to the club for a third time as it stands. (The i paper - subscription required) , external Chelsea are set to rival Tottenham for Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 26, who is out of contract at Juventus at the end of the season. (Football Insider),
He relives his stunning halfway-line strike for Everton against West Ham in 2017, and reveals whether Sir Alex Ferguson used to lose his temper seeing him try something like that at Manchester United. Wayne also opens up on the infamous moment he swore into the camera after scoring against West Ham, why he did it, whether he regrets it now, and why he felt the two-game ban that followed was especially harsh.
Cristiano Ronaldo was 50 yards from goal, when he just started running. At the old Estadio Jose Alvalade, less than a year before the 52,000-capacity bowl was knocked down, Sporting were hosts to Moreirense in the Primeira Liga. It was October 2002, and the Lisbon giants had made a difficult start to their title defence five games, only two wins. In a bid to turn around the ailing form, Romanian boss Laszlo Boloni handed a first-ever league start to a 17-year-old.
The city of Houston gets to host Germany, Portugal, and the Netherlands! The three nations are combining for seven World Cup titles and a global superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, who is possibly in for his last World Cup appearance. On top of the Group games involving three of the most prestigious national teams out there, the Houston crowd will also witness the July 4 Round of 16 and potentially Brazil in the Round of 32 if they win Group C.
Cristiano Ronaldo's quest to play in a sixth World Cup this summer took a dramatic twist at the climax of Portugal's qualification campaign. The 40-year-old received the first straight red of his international career when he swung an elbow at Ireland's Dara O'Shea in their penultimate qualifier, meaning he had to sit out the 9-1 win over Armenia that booked his country's place in this summer's tournament.
