Former Juventus star Kaio Jorge has recently talked about the chances of Al-Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo playing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 22-year-old Brazilian currently plays for Brazilian side Cruzeiro, having joined them in the summer of 2024 for a reported €7.20 million.
Kaio Jorge first joined La Vecchia Signora from Santos FC in the summer of 2021. He got the chance to share the dressing room with Cristiano Ronaldo for a few weeks before the latter left for Manchester United for a €17 million transfer fee.
In a recent interview with Flashscore, Jorge predicted that Cristiano Ronaldo would play in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 22-year-old Brazilian also hoped to lock horns with him in the tournament as part of the Brazilian national team.
Before this, Jorge named Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldinho his two idols as a teenager and talked about his experience of interacting with the former.
Talking about Cristiano Ronaldo’s training schedule, Jorge waxed lyrical about the Portuguese maestro, commenting:
At present, Cristiano Ronaldo has left European football and is filling stadiums for Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr. He has already scored 16 goals and created three more in 19 club games across competitions this season.
Cristiano Ronaldo is widely considered one of the best players to have ever played the game. The Portuguese superstar is the highest scorer in men’s football history with 916 goals and 256 assists in 1255 games across competitions for club and country.
Ronaldo will turn 40 in less than two months, but age has seemingly not affected his penchant for scoring goals. He talked about his plans to retire in a discussion with former Manchester United teammate Rio Ferdinand on his YouTube channel UR . Cristiano. He said (via @TeamCRonaldo on X):
Earlier in the interview, Ronaldo also alluded to his plans to retire at Al-Nassr. However, he explained that he was happy to continue with the Knights of Najd and was in great shape.
Ronaldo’s current contract with the Saudi Pro League giants is valid until the summer of 2025.
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