Portuguese defender Jose Fonte has claimed that famous person ahead Cristiano Ronaldo is akin to basketball legend LeBron James on account of their comparable profession trajectories. The ex-Premier League centre-back known as his countryman ‘one of the best to ever do it’ and opined that he was an ‘inspiration’ to budding sportsmen, akin to James.
Though lots of questions have been raised in regards to the pair’s skill to proceed to ship on the highest stage, each Ronaldo and James have aged like superb wine. The American icon and the Portugal legend turned 40 in December 2024 and February 2025 respectively, and proceed to silence the critics with their unbelievable play.
James has averaged 24.1 factors, 7.6 rebounds, and 9.1 assists in 45 NBA video games for the Los Angeles Lakers this season, lacking solely 4 video games. Alternatively, Ronaldo has bagged 23 targets and 4 assists in 25 appearances for Saudi Professional League facet Al-Nassr this season, averaging a purpose contribution each 96 minutes.
Evaluating the 2 legendary athletes in a current interview with BoyleSports, Fonte mentioned (through GOAL):
“You’ll be able to see him at boxing occasions and UFC occasions, he is making an attempt to be concerned in lots of issues and I feel he is loving his life there (in Saudi Arabia). He is performing, he is nonetheless scoring targets, there are talks over a brand new contract. He’s enjoying for Portugal on the age of 40 and the one motive it is not stunning is as a result of it is Ronaldo. He’s one of the best to ever do it and it’s an inspiration. It is like LeBron James within the NBA.”
In a current interview with La Sexta, Ronaldo hinted at persevering with his profession for a pair extra years, claiming that he is ‘nonetheless superb.’ In the identical interview, nonetheless, he mentioned he lives ‘within the current’ and doesn’t consider his long-term plans. He mentioned (through GOAL):
“I might stop the game right this moment and I would not remorse something, however it will be a disgrace as a result of I am nonetheless superb, I am nonetheless making a distinction. I would depart myself saying, ‘I can nonetheless make a distinction for one more yr or two’, that is why I dwell very a lot within the current and I am unable to assume long run.”
“He’ll accomplish it” – Jose Fonte makes declare about potential Cristiano Ronaldo goalscoring report
Former Premier League defender Jose Fonte has backed legendary ahead Cristiano Ronaldo to breach the 1000-goal mark earlier than he retires from skilled soccer. The 41-year-old mentioned he can be ‘very stunned’ if his compatriot did not surpass the report simply, asserting that he nonetheless had the ‘starvation’ for targets.
With a whopping 923 targets and 257 assists in 1261 profession appearances, the ex-Actual Madrid ahead is nearing a chiliad of targets for membership and nation. At his present goalscoring charge, it’s projected that he might attain the unimaginable milestone quickly after he turns 42 within the 2026-27 marketing campaign.
In an interview with BoyleSports, Fonte, who now performs for Casa Pia within the Portuguese prime flight, mentioned (through GOAL):
“Cristiano will break the 1000 purpose barrier. As soon as he will get an concept in his head he’ll accomplish it. He has achieved a lot that he got down to obtain and I might be very stunned if he would not rating no less than 1000 targets and even surpass it. He nonetheless has all that starvation and ultimately he’ll attain 1000 targets and everybody will likely be speaking about it.”
Up subsequent, Ronaldo will likely be in motion in opposition to Al-Fayha within the Saudi Professional League on Friday (February 7).
