Ronaldo declines offers to play at FIFA Club World Cup

Al-Nassr and Portugal guardant Cristiano Ronaldo said helium has nary plans to play astatine Club World Cup, starting June 14 successful the United States.

Cristiano Ronaldo says he’s astir definite helium volition not beryllium playing astatine the Club World Cup, dealing a stroke to FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s hopes of having 1 of football’s biggest attractions astatine the tournament.

The Portugal prima confirmed connected Saturday that helium received “quite a few” offers from participating clubs to play for them astatine the tourney starting June 14, but had decided against accepting immoderate of them.

“Some things marque consciousness to speech about, different things don’t, and, arsenic a idiosyncratic says, you can’t instrumentality portion successful everything,” Ronaldo said.

“You person to deliberation astir the short, mean and agelong term. It’s a determination practically made connected my portion not to spell to the Club World Cup, but I’ve had rather a fewer invitations to go.”

Ronaldo was speaking successful Munich a time earlier Portugal’s UEFA Nations League last against Spain.

The 40-year-old scored his 137th planetary extremity successful a 2-1 semifinal triumph against Germany connected Wednesday to publication Portugal’s spot successful the final.

“This is irrelevant close now,” Ronaldo said erstwhile archetypal asked astir the FIFA Club World Cup. “It makes nary consciousness to speech astir thing different than the nationalist team.”

Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo scores the game-winning extremity against Germany successful the UEFA Nations League semifinal connected June 4 successful Munich, Germany [Annegret Hilse/Reuters]