Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo is capable of playing until he is 40 as he has adapted his playing style to extend his career, former captain Wayne Rooney said.
Ronaldo, 36, spent six seasons at Old Trafford between 2003 and 2009, winning eight major trophies, and rejoined United from Juventus last month on a two-year contract.
"The last time he played here, he was more of a runner, a great dribbler, with pace and power," said Rooney, now managing Derby County in the Championship.
"Whereas now, he's a goalscorer. I think his game has adapted dramatically."
Rooney, United's all-time top scorer, added that his former team-mate is a "completely different player" to the one that left the club 12 years ago but can still keep up with the physical demands of the Premier League.
"His ability is obviously one thing, but then he's also looked after himself massively... he's still in great condition. It wouldn't surprise me if he's playing until he's 40, like Ryan Giggs did, and still scoring goals.
"His team-mates will have to work a little harder. But if it's anything like last time - towards the last two years of playing with him - the team allowed him to do that because he scores you goals, and goals win you games."
Ronaldo, who scored 118 goals for United during his first spell, is expected to feature when they take on Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday.
How to follow Ronaldo's second Man Utd debut
Manchester United host Newcastle in the Premier League on Saturday September 11 (3pm kick-off).
Brightberry
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Ronaldo's Shape shows that Ronaldo can play until 45/50. Ronaldo body is like 25 years old boy. GOAT KEEP BALLING. 🤗🔥🐐
Nandha77
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Rooney Says, Messi is the 🐐, Even Rooney Played with Ronaldo 😏...
SIDKAUSH
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Cr7 is an immortal sports man, he can play till he wishes to play
satyaballa
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just waiting for December, 7th is coming for GOAT. ☺☺
Mosanya
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AGE: When are you gonna stop? CR7: I just began 😌
ATÓMICO
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Ok guys now let's be honest..... Ronaldo and Messi, Yes, both of them, have scored a large part of their International goals against weaker opponents.....Ues, let's be honest, But the only difference is that Messi's favourite opponents are slightly stronger than Ronaldo's favourite opponents becoz of the fact that Messi plays in South America, where there are only 10 teams, and only 2(Ecuador and Bolivia) are out of Fifa top 50....while all other 8 teams are in Top 50....And As for Ronaldo, He plays in Europe where there are 50+ national teams and Cr7 has faced a variety of opponents but mostly scored against Weak opponents.....So let's enjoy both, and stop calling them Boliviaman or Andorraman
RaiyanHasib⠀
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the truth is out SIUUUU!
RockieTJ
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of course he won retire until being sure that MESSI will retire kkkl but ask to him when he will b a real leader and take his country to reach at least a final in a worldcup
eat a dick
Anthovagasta
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Haters waiting for Ronaldo to retire.
SIRALLEN
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He is the G.O.A.T of all time....Argue with your ancestors
puzbcdklpz
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Rooney said also this
SaurabDhakal10_7
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ok tell me one thing Ronaldo fans .....why do u enjoy watching ronaldo when he is silent the whole game and suddenly scores in the last moment, isn't it boring?? i just wanted to know.
RockieTJ
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Messi fan: Messi is the best ever . cz he is the best dribbler of all time... one of the greatest freekick taker... one of the greatest scorer plus play maker one of the best passer... Meanwhile Ronaldo fans... he is the greatest cz he got most followers on Instagram Twitter... most girlfriend.. most cars... most handsome n best penalty shooter
u can suck it... only wen its hard
besic
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The only thing u CrY fans love about him, is just his body! This shows how stupid and brainless u guys are! Either u are a g@ylord or a girl! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡
f**k off
Luwbcdlru
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ok tell me one thing Ronaldo fans .....why do u enjoy watching ronaldo when he is silent the whole game and suddenly scores in the last moment, isn't it boring?? i just wanted to know.
This should tell you a bit of who he was until the injury that changed his pattern of play happened.. can your bottler still play football wit an injury that can never be cured? I 8-2 reply you
Luwbcdlru
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ok tell me one thing Ronaldo fans .....why do u enjoy watching ronaldo when he is silent the whole game and suddenly scores in the last moment, isn't it boring?? i just wanted to know.
It’s great to watch a champion on the pitch... why will willingly love to watch a bottler?? I 8 - 2 reply barkans 💔🙏
Dekclmotz
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ok tell me one thing Ronaldo fans .....why do u enjoy watching ronaldo when he is silent the whole game and suddenly scores in the last moment, isn't it boring?? i just wanted to know.
Bro, Messi fans are true football lovers who genuinely love football and understand football. That's why they support Messi. While Cheernaldo fans are just a bunch of dümbàss. They just support Cheernaldo because of looks and body. That's why I declare all the Cheernaldo fans as gày community
cutabceilt
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ok tell me one thing Ronaldo fans .....why do u enjoy watching ronaldo when he is silent the whole game and suddenly scores in the last moment, isn't it boring?? i just wanted to know.
Now here is my answer. I have been watching both Ronaldo and Messi since 2010. No doubt Messi is amazing, he was born to do amazing things on the pitch and did live upto his hype. Being a Real Madrid fan made me obviously support Ronaldo at the start. I was annoyed sometimes with his solo mentality but he won us games. Slowly I started to like him. Then when I saw him win Balon dor in 2013, especially during Messi's prime, inspired me and many to think of the impossible. Then came the 2013/14 injury in his knee called if I'm not wrong pattela tendinosis, basically it happens when you overstrain your knee with repeated movements. This made Ronaldo change his game drastically thereby gradually reducing his dribbles ,being "boring" at times according to his haters. Normally many after this fatal injury succumb and end their career in 1 or 2 yrs. But Ronaldo again proved ppl wrong made ppl forget he had such a condition and still go on achieving greatness and 3 Balon dors. So yes he might be less explosive and less agile than b4, but still proves ppl wrong with his hard work, which I admire and therefore is the best in my eyes. Messi is amazing, and I love seeing him play (not against us..yikes) but Ronaldo made me believe that nothing is impossible if work hard. This my answer I could go on more but I think you got ur answer which you should probably know by now..
panenka10
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Ok guys now let's be honest..... Ronaldo and Messi, Yes, both of them, have scored a large part of their International goals against weaker opponents.....Ues, let's be honest, But the only difference is that Messi's favourite opponents are slightly stronger than Ronaldo's favourite opponents becoz of the fact that Messi plays in South America, where there are only 10 teams, and only 2(Ecuador and Bolivia) are out of Fifa top 50....while all other 8 teams are in Top 50....And As for Ronaldo, He plays in Europe where there are 50+ national teams and Cr7 has faced a variety of opponents but mostly scored against Weak opponents.....So let's enjoy both, and stop calling them Boliviaman or Andorraman
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this is what those Ronaldo fans wont understand....they are sometimes irrational with their football analysis...