Superstar or supersub? History-maker or just plain history? The debate over Cristiano Ronaldo’s role at Manchester United will continue despite the five-time Ballon d’Or winner celebrating the 700th goal of an incredible club career at Everton on Sunday.
To put that in context, if Ronaldo did not score another goal in his life and Erling Haaland also played until he is 37, Manchester City’s new goal machine would have to hit 37 goals a season, including this one, for 15 straight campaigns to surpass him.
Throw in Ronaldo’s 117 international goals for Portugal and he stands alone as the greatest goalscorer of all-time.