Cristiano Ronaldo says ‘the adrenaline of football’ is what he will miss the most when the day comes for him to finally hang up his boots. The veteran forward, 39, has broken record after record during a remarkable 25-year spell in professional football and is widely regarded as one of the finest players in the history of the game.

Cristiano Ronaldo has explained why he will never become a football manager once he retires. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner will turn 40 in February but with ambitions to play alongside his son, Ronaldo has no plans to hang up his boots after recently scoring his 900th career goal in Portugal's Nations League win over Croatia.

Players including Cristiano Ronaldo, Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen, paid tribute to Raphael Varane by responding to the Instagram post which announced his retirement from football on