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PORTO: Cristiano Ronaldo once again signaled his retirement after scoring twice for Portugal.

Ronaldo, 39, one of the greatest players in football history, has scored more than 900 goals in his career.

The Portuguese forward, who has represented Sporting Lisbon, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus, is now with Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner took his international tally to 135 goals in 215 appearances after netting twice in Portugal’s 5-1 win over Poland in the UEFA Nations League yesterday.

After the match he insisted that his focus remains on football, with retirement depending on his level of motivation by the age of 40.

“I just want to enjoy it. Plans for retirement? If it’s in another year or two, I don’t know. I’ll be 40 soon.

“I still want to enjoy it as long as I feel motivated to continue. When the day comes when I no longer have the motivation, I will retire,” Ronaldo said.

According to Ronaldo, he has no intention of becoming a coach once his playing career is over.

“I don’t see myself as a team manager, it’s not in my plans. My future is outside of football, but only time will tell,” he said.

LONDON: Bruno Fernandes hopes new manager Ruben Amorim can “inject energy” at Manchester United’s troubled club after the Portuguese coach arrived at the English Premier League (EPL) club.

Amorim arrived at the Carrington training center last Monday for a meeting but cannot begin training until his work permit is confirmed.

The 39-year-old coach, the successor to the sacked Erik ten Hag, steered Sporting Lisbon to two titles in four seasons and left them with 11 wins in 11 league games this season.

“Sometimes someone can change the energy of a place, if it’s at the right time,” Fernandes, who left Sporting shortly before Amorim took over, told MUTV.

“We hope he can come and this is the right moment for him to come and inject his energy, bringing with him his quality and knowledge in football, because he has done something really special at Sporting.

“If anyone doubts it, it’s about looking at the past. Sporting didn’t win the league for about 20 years and he helped them win the league again and he won it twice in four years with a young team in a moment of change.”

Captain Fernandes said managing United, who have not won the EPL since 2013, would be a bigger challenge than the job at Sporting.

“Obviously you can’t bring or change what he did at Sporting here, because you have different players, you have a different way of playing and everything,” he said.

“I am quite confident that the idea of ​​football that he has, independent of the way he wants to play, will be a good idea and it will lead to success for us.”

Amorim is the sixth permanent manager appointed since Alex Ferguson’s 27-year reign ended in 2013.

United sit 13th in the EPL after a poor start to the season but are only four points behind the top four.

Amorim’s first action will be at Ipswich on November 24 right after the international match.

MANCHESTER: Ruud van Nistelrooy is interested in becoming Manchester United manager in the future, but for now he is happy to remain as assistant to new manager Ruben Amorim.

Van Nistelrooy will complete his fourth game as interim manager when he takes on Leicester City at Old Trafford tomorrow, before handing over the squad to Amorim, who starts on Monday.

The former United striker, who had several coaching opportunities when he returned to the club as Erik ten Hag’s assistant last summer, was asked if he would be interested in filling the hot seat at Old Trafford.

“Of course, I thought about it a lot when I decided to become United’s assistant coach.

“I know coming back to Manchester United is something special and I want to be part of this journey, even as an assistant coach.

“I aspired to be a manager, but I decided to sign a two-year contract as an assistant coach,” said Van Nistelrooy.

However, Van Nistelrooy is not sure if his role is still the same under Amorim who is expected to bring his coaching line from Sporting Lisbon.

Nistelrooy’s focus now is to hand the team over to the new manager without a single defeat in four games under his charge.

So far United have won two and drawn once under Nistelrooy, and they need to get a positive result against Leicester tomorrow.

MANCHESTER: Moises Caicedo’s second-half strike cancelled out Bruno Fernandes’ penalty as Chelsea came from behind to draw 1-1 with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

It was Man United’s first Premier League game at home since manager Erik ten Hag was sacked.

Chelsea are currently fourth in the league on 18 points while United, coached temporarily by Ruud van Nistelrooy, are 13th on 12 points after 10 games.

United captain Fernandes completed the penalty kick in the 70th minute after Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez fouled Rasmus Hojlund while trying to catch the ball.

Sanchez failed to guess the direction of Fernandes’ kick and Nistelrooy jumped for joy in celebration of the goal.

But the home crowd’s joy was short-lived as Casemiro failed to clear a Chelsea corner, allowing Caicedo to fire past Andre Onana for the visitors’ equaliser.

Ten Hag was sacked on Monday as United sat 14th in the league. Ruben Amorim was appointed as his replacement last Friday and will arrive at the club on November 11.

LONDON: Arne Slot says he is getting to know his Liverpool squad better every day as they chase four trophies in his first season as manager.

Liverpool, who will face Brighton tomorrow, are just one point behind Premier League leaders Manchester City.

They have started the Champions League campaign brilliantly and managed to reach the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Overall, the Reds’ squad won 12 out of 14 matches in all competitions, with just one defeat.

Slott, who replaced Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager, was asked in his pre-match press conference today what he had learned about his squad’s ability to compete for four trophies this season.

“You learn every day, especially if you haven’t been with the team long like I have,” he said.

“You learn every day from new situations, and as I said before, the Chelsea game (winning 2-1) was something I learned from them, that they can defend well and defend their advantage.

“The way they bounced back against Arsenal (2-2 draw) was pretty positive, and the number of games we had to play, and they were still able to turn up and play good football, that’s also something you can see.”

Slot, said his reserve players created a positive impact in the 3-2 victory over Brighton in the fourth round of the League Cup, yesterday.

“We will need them all season,” he said.

“So it’s good to see that they’re at the level it takes to play for us.”