Cristiano Ronaldo outlines new retirement plan

Cristiano Ronaldo's conversation with Rio Ferdinand continues as another segment of the 'Rio Ferdinand Presents' interview is released. In light of his 901th career goal - scored last Sunday in Portugal's Nations League match against Scotland - the Al-Nassr forward reveals his plans for retirement.
Despite turning 40 years old this February, the Portuguese has declared his aim to reach 1000 professional goals, as he firmly believes he has a few more years in him to reach the infamous milestone. However, after a disappointing EURO 2024 campaign - in which he failed to score - Ronaldo has faced a lot backlash, with people calling his target to reach 1000 goals over-ambitious and impossible.
"People always take the worst part, not always the good part. But I'm not going to finish my career because two rats criticise me," he told 'Rio Ferdinand Presents'. "The world loves me, the fans love me. This is my motivation to carry on playing football. People love me. No one is going to take my shine away because two people from TV that nobody knows criticise me," he added.
Cristiano Ronaldo has voiced his sole focus in playing football and achieving this goal, admitting that a future away from the sport is something that he has no interest in at the moment. "I give everything, I have given my body for 25 years to football ... I know that for two or three more years I can produce something good, but I after that I don't even want to think about that," he said. "You think I am going to cry (when I retire) with everything I have in my life? Well, maybe a little bit!"