H Metro

GEORGINA RODRIGUEZ has dropped a huge hint that Cristiano Ronaldo could retire within a year.

- — Sun.

CR7’s long-term girlfriend stunned at

Paris Fashion Week in a dress paying tribute to the Real Madrid and Manchester United legend.

At the event, Georgina appeared to confirm that Ronaldo will hang up his boots soon.

She said: “Cristiano one more year, then it’s over. Maybe two, I don’t know.”

Ronaldo, who turned 39 a month ago, sees his contract at Al-Nassr expire in 2025.

He has previously stated that he is keen to play on into his 40s. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is also desperate to play at the 2026 World Cup. He has never made it beyond a semi-final at the tournament and it is his “dream” to add the biggest prize in football to his glittering trophy collection. However, ex-Portugal boss Fernando Santos believes “he’s not a player who will lower his level” and “when he feels like he can’t be Ronaldo, he won’t”.

Meanwhile, the footballin­g icon’s son Cristiano Jr is a promising player himself and the family dream of seeing the two generation­s on the pitch together. Ronaldo has admitted he gets told by his 13-year-old: “Hold on a few more years, I want to play with you.”

But he could instead pass the baton to his kid, who is also on the books of Al-Nassr.

Ronaldo has scored 28 goals in 29 games in Saudi Arabia this season. His career began at

Sporting Lisbon before he made the move to Man Utd in 2003. After winning three Premier League titles at Old Trafford, he joined Real Madrid for then world record £80m fee. At Los Blancos, he got his hands on the Champions League four times. A three-year spell at Juventus followed before he re-joined Man Utd.

But his return ended on a sour note as his contract was ripped up after making bombshell claims about the state of the club in an interview with Piers Morgan. He then signed a mega-money deal at Al-Nassr, supposedly worth £173m-a-year. Ronaldo has been capped 205 times by Portugal and won Euro 2016 with his nation.

Ronaldo’s glittering career Major Trophies:

7x league titles — Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A 5x Champions Leagues

1x European Championsh­ip

5x Ballon d’Or

Goals:

450 goals in 438 games for Real Madrid

101 goals in 134 games for Juventus

145 goals in 346 games for Man Utd

48 goals in 53 games for Al-Nassr

128 goals in 205 games for Portugal

Records for most appearance­s (183), goals (140) and assists (42) in the Champions League, goals in the Euros (14), internatio­nal goals (128) and internatio­nal appearance­s (205).

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