Ronaldo, the former star of the Brazilian national football team, has revealed that he is considering retiring rather than continuing on his latest comeback from injury.

The striker is thirty-two years of age and has been plagued by injuries during recent months. He has been a marginal figure in the world of football since leaving Real Madrid and his contract at Italian giants, AC Milan, ran out at the end of June this year.

Since the summer, Ronaldo has been training with Brazilian team, Flamengo, in an attempt to make a successful comeback from a knee injury sustained whilst playing for AC Milan earlier this year.

He was out of action for nine months after rupturing a tendon in his knee. His time spent training with Flamengo has paid off and the striker made his first appearance since his injury during a charity match held earlier this week in Morocco.

However, whilst this news may seem positive, the fact remains that Ronaldo decided against joining Italian club, Siena, at the beginning of this month and he has admitted that he may simply decide to quit the game rather than trying to rediscover the form which proved so scintillating at clubs including Barcelona and Real Madrid. Ronaldo revealed that he is not sure if he “will continue to play” and he remains “in no hurry to make a decision”.

Whilst Ronaldo did make a comeback to match action in Morocco, the striker was quick to downplay the significance of it, since exhibition matches are a far cry from “professional football”.

The debate as to whether he should retire is certainly not one-sided though. Ronaldo revealed that football is still his “life” and he was thrilled to return to the pitch.