{"id":535228,"date":"2026-07-10T20:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/535228\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T20:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:23:14","slug":"ronaldo-still-has-portugal-future-if-he-wants-it-says-new-coach-jesus-world-cup-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/535228\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo still has Portugal future if he wants it, says new coach Jesus | World Cup 2026 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-label__link\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/fifa-world-cup-2026\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-label__image\" height=\"22.5\" width=\"222.75\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783714994_832_Post-Label-Image-Option-1-1780213226.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"World Cup 2026 post label\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead\">The 2026 World Cup exit for Portugal was believed to be the end of Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s international career.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 10 Jul 202610 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p>Portugal has appointed Jorge Jesus as their new national team coach, and he has said he would continue to call on veteran superstar Cristiano Ronaldo if he is available, insisting the forward will \u201cnever\u201d be a problem.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo, who said he has appeared at his last World Cup, has not decided whether he will continue to play for the national team after Spain eliminated Portugal, under former manager Roberto Martinez, in the last 16 of the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as he\u2019s playing and is in a condition to be selected, I will pick him, within certain limits and under the conditions that I consider best for the national team,\u201d Jesus told reporters Friday at his presentation.<\/p>\n<p>The 71-year-old journeyman coach said he has not spoken to Ronaldo yet but that they would discuss the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star\u2019s future in the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t spoken with Cris yet \u2026 Cris is never going to be a problem for the national team. Not for the national team, nor for me,\u201d Jesus explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCris is a symbol of Portuguese football. Cris is a symbol of the national team\u2026 that will forever be in the history books.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had great pleasure working with him this past year \u2026 [it\u2019s] easy to work with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have a conversation between the two of us about what he wants to do with the future of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesus coached five-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner Ronaldo at Al-Nassr before leaving in May after guiding the club to the Saudi Pro League title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know [Ronaldo] wants to keep playing at Al-Nassr, because, as you know, I spent a year with him,\u201d added Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe always told me, \u2018I\u2019m going to end my career at Al-Nassr.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesus will lead Portugal until after the 2030 World Cup, which the country is hosting along with Spain and Morocco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 World Cup exit for Portugal was believed to be the end of Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s international career.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63,4118,85,46,43,17673,2224,105,1032,1156,101640],"class_list":["post-535228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-portugal","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada","tag-world-cup-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}