Ronaldo rejects offers to play at Club World Cup

After declining offers from participating teams, Portugal’s captain Cristiano Ronaldo has declared he will not compete in the upcoming Club World Cup.

At the end of June, the 40-year-old has an expired contract with Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.

After Al-Nassr failed to qualify for the World Cup, Fifa president Gianni Infantino suggested Ronaldo join a team that would compete in the competition.

Ronaldo declared, “I won’t be at the Club World Cup.”

However, sources close to Ronaldo’s deal’ extension have assured BBC Sport.

Ronaldo said it was “almost final” before Portugal’s Nations League final against Spain on Sunday (20:00 BST).

After his contract with Manchester United expired, the striker left and joined Al-Nassr in 2023.

In his 111 starts for the club, he has scored 99 goals, 35 of which came in the previous term’s 41 games.