Coach Kylian Mbappe or 'teach boys at Man Utd'? Possible roles for Cristiano Ronaldo once 40-year-old Al-Nassr superstar finally retires

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo recently revealed how he would help to turn World Cup winner Mbappe into an even more fearsome central striker, having seen the French forward follow in his illustrious footsteps as another ‘Galactico’ at Real Madrid.

A move into coaching has been speculated on for CR7, as he is now 40 years of age and approaching the day when he will have to hang up his boots for the final time. Sheringham believes that words of wisdom could be passed on at a couple of the Portuguese GOAT's former clubs.

Ex-United frontman Sheringham has told finaria.it: “It's interesting that he says that he would be the perfect coach for Mbappe, because obviously he turned from a flimsy little tricky little winger to a phenomenal goal scorer. I wouldn’t say that he’s a centre-forward goal scorer, which makes it more phenomenal, how many goals he scored over the last 20 years. He's not a centre forward type that I was just talking about, that stands and gets the tap-ins. He scores all sorts of goals. Right foot, left foot, long range, short range, angles, free kicks, headers.

“So starting out, if you'd have said 23 years ago that you’ll have that amount of goals, he’d have thought you were joking because he was a winger. Then he realised he could score goals, and he adapted his game to score even more.

“Mbappe's not really a centre forward is he? He doesn't stand up there like Michael Owen or Robbie Fowler, poaching goals. He plays on the left wing and cuts in, bit like Thierry Henry. He scores his goals like that. Phenomenal players. So perhaps he could teach Mbappe something, but I'm sure he'd want to be standing on the touchline - as a striker coach like I was - I bet he wouldn't do it for the money that I got at West Ham. He could probably teach the boys at Manchester United a thing or two as well.”

Ronaldo has offered no indication that he will be retiring any time soon, with it his intention to reach 1,000 career goals before passing on any advice about how to hit the net. He is showing no sign of slowing down at Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr and is hoping to grace the 2026 World Cup finals with Portugal.