Cristiano Ronaldo played his 941st professional game last week in a secondary tournament he tried to shun, and at the auxiliary home of a Soviet-sympathizing club from an unrecognized breakaway state bordered by two of Europe's poorest countries.
But as his early-30s bled into mid-30s, otherworldly production quietly receded to elite production, and then to merely very good production. His non-penalty-goal-per-90 rate fell from .90 at Real to .56 at Juventus. His assists-per-90 also fell from .29 to .16 at Juve, and then to .08 last season at Man United.according to FBref data
He is some combination of unwilling and unable to press, and that's why Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag cannot use him. It's why the countless Champions League clubs to which he was offered did not want him. It's one of many reasons Juventus and United got worse after he arrived. ."I don't think anyone has any doubts that Ronaldo continues to be of great importance to the national team."Ronaldo, clearly, still has qualities that 99% of clubs would welcome. He can still strike a ball as well as anybody. His anticipatory instincts are still elite, even if his first step has slowed.
He has Andre Silva, but Silva has scored just 11 goals in 40 Bundesliga appearances for RB Leipzig. Santos didn't even call Silva into Portugal's latest training camp, its last before the World Cup.
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