{"id":17839,"date":"2026-10-11T10:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17839"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:12:55","slug":"we-want-to-be-back-with-cristiano-ronaldo-in-november-portugal-football-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=17839","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe want to be back with Cristiano Ronaldo in November\u201d- Portugal Football President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portuguese Football Federation president Pedro Proen\u00e7a says he wants Cristiano Ronaldo to return to the national team as soon as possible following his fallout with head coach Jorge Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo reportedly clashed with Jesus over his lack of playing time, boycotted training sessions and left Portugal\u2019s camp ahead of their UEFA Nations League match against Denmark. The 41-year-old later apologised for his actions and plans to return to the team.<\/p>\n<p>According to Yahoo <a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/2026\/10\/we-want-to-be-back-with-cristiano-ronaldo-in-november-portugal-football-president\/#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">Sports<\/span><\/a>, Proen\u00e7a has since expressed his desire to see the Portugal captain reunite with the national team as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>We are all very eager to have our captain back. The standard disciplinary process will run its course, and the relevant bodies will assess the situation independently.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_638141\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-638141\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-638141\" src=\"https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Proenca-1024x759.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Proenca-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Proenca-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Proenca-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Proenca-1536x1138.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Proenca-750x556.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Proenca-1140x844.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Proenca.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"445\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-638141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portuguese Federation President Pedro Proenca (Photo by Gualter Fatia\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWhat matters to us right now is the desire\u2014expressed notably by our national team coach\u2014to see the captain rejoin us soon. We all, without exception, want to be back together in November.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_637319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-637319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-637319\" src=\"https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ro1-1024x683.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ro1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ro1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ro1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ro1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ro1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ro1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ro1.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"404\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-637319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal attends a national team training session at Eleda Stadion in Malmo, Sweden, on September 29, 2026. Portugal is based in Malmo ahead of its Nations League match against Denmark (Photo by Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-anno-skip google-anno-sc\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" aria-label=\"Stream Soccer\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">Stream Soccer<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe want to win the Nations League. We had four extremely important matches. Given the events, we needed to bring a sense of calm to the team, and that is what we ultimately managed to do\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_637525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-637525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-637525\" src=\"https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jesus-1-1024x682.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jesus-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jesus-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jesus-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jesus-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jesus-1-750x499.jpg 750w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jesus-1-1140x759.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/citisportsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jesus-1.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"402\" data-pin-no-hover=\"true\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-637525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portugal Head Coach Jorge Jesus thanks supporters for standing after winning the UEFA Nations League 2026\/27 group phase match between Denmark and Portugal (Photo by Mart\u00edn Fonseca\/Eurasia Sport)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portuguese Football Federation president Pedro Proen\u00e7a says he wants Cristiano Ronaldo to return to the national team as soon as possible following his fallout with head coach Jorge Jesus. Ronaldo reportedly clashed with Jesus over his lack of playing time, boycotted training sessions and left Portugal\u2019s camp ahead of their UEFA Nations League match against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123458,"featured_media":17840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17841,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17839\/revisions\/17841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}