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Cristiano Ronaldo might be changing football more than he realises.

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The Portuguese has scored more professional goals than any player ever; he has won the Champions League five times and has countless top scorer awards and league titles to his name. Breaking through as a teenager in 2003, Ronaldo set records for being the youngest X to do Y. Now aged 41, he is increasingly setting records for being the oldest person to accomplish whatever on the field.

When he does finally (finally!) Ronaldo's on-field legacy will be massive but he is also increasingly moving the goal posts for how top athletes feel they deserve to be treated.

For a few years, it feels that Ronaldo has more or less completed all there is to do in football. The World Cup is the only meaningful trophy he has not won, but as we saw over last summer, he no longer has the ability to lead Portugal to glory - even if he........

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