Ronaldo s appearance time is reduced by 25%: The final negotiation of the 40-year-old superstar, hiding the ultimate game in the football world

40-year-old Ronaldo has reached an agreement with new coach Joe Jesus and will miss 25% of the game next season. Why did this superstar, who was once known for "never absent" take the initiative to reduce his playing time? Riyadh's victory locker room and board of directors are brewing a silent revolution. Behind the agreement is a series of cold data that sounds the alarm: in the past two years of life and death battles, Ronaldo's goal conversion rate plummeted to 12%, a fierce contrast to his dominance of 1.2 goals per game in the Champions League at its peak; medical reports show that Ronaldo's leg muscle recovery time increased by 40% compared with his peak period, and the absence of the AFC Champions League in March this year due to muscle fatigue is a clear signal. The 25% absence is by no means giving up, but the track paved by Ronaldo for the two ultimate goals: the total number of goals in his career is 931, only 69 goals away from a thousand goals. Based on the average efficiency of 0.84 goals per game, a historic breakthrough will be achieved from the end of 2026 to the beginning of 2027; fully preparing for the 2026 World Cup, the ultimate goal is to prepare for the 2026 World Cup.

Joge Jesus, standing next to Ronaldo, is also making a big bet: accepting a basic salary of 7 million euros (much lower than the new moon period), but if the team leads the team to win the championship, they can win a 7 million euros prize, and the total amount will jump to 14 million euros; the club defines the top priority as "making Ronaldo's thousand-ball milestone balance with the team's championship demands." This contract is like a mirror: it reflects the club's anxiety about not having a championship for three years, and it also reflects the old coach's ambition to revive his ambitions. The contrast between Ronaldo's annual salary of 200 million euros and the trophy shortage makes this gamble unbearable. This 25% agreement is the last negotiation between Ronaldo and time. If successful, the thousand-ball record + the epic of the six World Cups will be recorded in history forever; if it fails, the label of "high salary and burden" will become the final judgment.

When Riyadh won the victory and chose to replace "scientific rest + performance incentives" and "blindly spend money", the operating logic of the Saudi League has quietly changed: from "golden dollar football" to "sustainable development": In the past three years, the Saudi team has paid more than 1 billion euro transfer fees for introducing superstars, but most of the stars have declined sharply after two years.本土球员的 "鲶鱼效应 "：C罗的轮休意味着更多出场机会留给沙特国脚。 Asian football's "tactical awakening": The advanced European rotation system brought by Jesus may promote Asian teams to shift from "relying on foreign players" to "system victory".

The next time I see Ronaldo in the victory jersey of Riyadh, he may no longer run all over the field, but every touch, every battle for the top, every command may become a textbook for young players - this may be the best way to end the legend.