Cristiano Ronaldo tipped for stunning career change after retirement and has ‘attributes you need’

CRISTIANO RONALDO has been tipped to go a FIGHTER by Francis Ngannou.

The MMA fable held the UFC heavyweight satellite rubric earlier switching to boxing.

Getty

Cristiano Ronaldo has been tipped to power goals for knockouts[/caption]

Getty

Francis Ngannou thinks CR7 has the attributes to go a fighter[/caption]

The brace person struck up a relationship successful caller yearsInstagram @francisngannou

Ngannou went up against Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua successful Saudi Arabia implicit the past 2 years, which led to him rubbing shoulders with Al-Nassr prima Ronaldo.

They are present adjacent friends and Ngannou told Sportsbook Review that CR7, 40, has what it takes to measurement into the ringing erstwhile helium hangs up his boots.

He said: “[Ronaldo] loves combat sports. I deliberation Cristiano is the benignant of feline that possibly erstwhile helium was younger you could person said doesn’t person the attributes to beryllium a player.

“But he’s specified a hard-worker, disciplined and focused connected what helium wants.

“I deliberation helium has the property that you request to go a fighter. Dedication and discipline.

“We person a precise bully relationship. I went to Saudi for the archetypal clip 2 years agone and I had the accidental to conscionable Cristiano.

“He was successful the excavation with his household and we were determination for similar 45 minutes conscionable chatting adjacent to the excavation and worldly – it conscionable felt precise genuine. 

“We looked similar radical that knew each different for a precise agelong clip but it was the precise archetypal time. It was 1 of those times you person to pinch yourself. 

BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS

“From past we picked it up connected DM’s connected Instagram and past helium asked for my number.”

Ngannou loves shot conscionable arsenic overmuch arsenic Ronaldo enjoys watching MMA and boxing, with the Cameroonian precocious getting the VIP attraction astatine Al-Nassr and Manchester United games.

He joined compatriot Andre Onana connected the transportation aft their Europa League triumph implicit Bodo/Glimt earlier this play and was spotted play-fighting with the goalkeeper.

On what the aboriginal holds for Ngannou, helium said: “I volition bash boxing next. I’m not done with boxing.

“It’s not that MMA is casual – it’s the athletics that I recognize amended and I person much acquisition successful – but I accidental spell for boxing.”