Cristiano Ronaldo will not be among the 32 international stars adorned with their own 75ft poster in Doha for this year’s World Cup.
Ronaldo became the highest-ever goalscorer in international football a year ago while he has now scored a total of 117 goals for Portugal in 191 caps. He will captain his nation in this year’s World Cup finals and wants to have at least one more major international tournament left in his career.
However, the 37-year-old is going through a dry patch for his nation as he has failed to score in eight of Portugal’s last nine international matches. However, he did net a brace in the Nations League victory over Switzerland in June.