“How Will We Sleep?”: Al Nassr Fan ‘Begs’ Ronaldo Not to Retire With Touching Message

• Cristiano Ronaldo is in the twilight of his career and could hang his boots in the coming years
• But the five-time Ballon d'Or winner has been urged to prolong his playing career
• He recently took his tally to 12 goals in 12 Saudi Pro League matches for Al-Nassr

Cristiano Ronaldo has been urged not to consider calling time on his playing career anytime soon by an avid football fan.

Calls for the ex-Real Madrid goal machine to hang his boots became rife following Al-Nassr's disappointing exit from the Saudi King Cup while their title charge also fades into thin air.

Ronaldo has since managed to silence his detractors by inspiring his side to a comprehensive victory, scoring a splendid flying header as Al-Nassr thumped Al-Raed 4-0 on Friday evening, per Sky Sports.

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On the back of the 38-year-old's superlative output, a young fan clad in an Al-Nassr kit sent a heartwarming message to Ronaldo, appearing to plead with Cristiano to consider not calling it quits anytime soon despite being in the concluding phase of his career.

The fan held a banner with the message: "How will we sleep the night you retire, Cristiano?". His touching message comes off the back of suggestions for Ronaldo to consider retiring, considering his age and the downward spiral of results at the Riyadh-based club.

Fans tell Ronaldo to retire

Football fans took to social media to call on Cristiano Ronaldo to consider retiring from professional football following Al-Nassr's shock exit from the Saudi King Cup, Sports Brief reported.

Ronaldo and his Al-Nassr teammates suffered another setback in their recent run of games, losing narrowly to Al Wehda in the semifinal of the competition.

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Following the end of the game, the micro-blogging App, Twitter, was buzzing, with the 38-year-old trending at No.1. Social media users took turns to troll the former Real Madrid goal machine, with a number urging him to consider calling time on his career.

Ronaldo ends goal-scoring drought

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Cristiano Ronaldo ended his three-game goal-scoring drought with a sublime header as Al-Nassr thumped Al-Raed four-nil on Friday evening.

Ronaldo had endured a difficult past few weeks, helplessly watching on as Al-Nassr's league title ambitions slowly slip away while crashing out of the Saudi King Cup.

Nonetheless, the Real Madrid record scorer managed to put the disappointing streak of results behind him to roll back the hands of time, scoring a trademark header to give Al-Nassr a deserved lead against the lowly-placed Al-Raed.