Cristiano Ronaldo has joined the wave of messages expressing affection and gratitude towards Pepe following the Portuguese defender's retirement announcement on Thursday at the age of 41.

who offered the more attractive option of loaning Ronaldo back to Sporting for another season. This is a deal the Lisbon club preferred to arrange with United, but Ferguson wants the teenager to ...

Former Real Madrid and Portugal star Pepe once claimed that he wanted his ex-teammate and good friend Cristiano Ronaldo to join him at Turkish side Besiktas. The former centre-back made the claim ...

We all know about the devastatingly effective relationships he enjoyed with the likes of Wayne Rooney, Karim Benzema and Pepe ...

Cristiano Ronaldo started out as a skinny winger with floppy hair, quick feet and outrageous skills as he wowed the world at ...

So Ronaldo’s chances of playing for the French giants have likely been and gone. 3) Sporting Lisbon Realistically, 39-year-old Ronaldo has a maximum of one more transfer before he retires and ...

Ronaldo was then offered a trial at Sporting Lisbon at the age of 12 and the Portuguese ... the same age his country teammate Pepe was at Euro 2024. But you cannot put anything past Ronaldo.

Geovany Quenda, who has been heavily linked to Manchester United, broke a 22-year-old record held by Cristiano Ronaldo in Sporting CP's ... history to feature in the Lisbon derby.