Cristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo will miss next month’s UEFA Super Cup, the Real Madrid forward an-nounced yesterday.
Ronaldo, who led Portugal to the Euro 2016 title but suffered a knee injury in the final, is on an extended break on his home island of Madeira.
Between visiting his personal museum and having a hotel and the island’s airport named in his honour, he gave an update on his return to club action and revealed he will miss August 9’s showpiece, pitting last season’s Champions Lea-gue winners against Europa League champions Sevilla.
Quoted by Portuguese news agency Lusa, he said: “I am completely ruled out for the ninth because my return date is August 10, there is no chance.”
Ronaldo, 31, also addressed the prospect of renewing his contract at Real Madrid.
“I spoke to the president on the phone recently and when I get to Madrid, we will talk about it,” he said.
“Obviously, it’s something I want, I have mentioned it many times, and the club also wants it. But we only spoke briefly, and there will be more concrete things to come.”
On Friday, Ronaldo inaugurated his own hotel – “CR7” – after his initials and shirt number – while the airport on his home island of Funchal was renamed in his honour.
“It’s a little strange. I never could have imagined that I would be a hotelier at the age of 31,” said Ronaldo of his hotel which opened for business on July 1.
Meanwhile, the president of the Madeira region, Miguel Albuquerque, said that the local airport would be named in Ronaldo’s honour.
A second “CR7” hotel is due to open in Lisbon later this year with two others planned in Madrid and New York in 2017.