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Cristiano Ronaldo says he “no longer cares” about being the best player in the world and is focused on helping his team-mates.

Ronaldo, 39, joined Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr in January 2023 after leaving Manchester United.

On Monday the former Real Madrid and Juventus star scored in Al-Nassr’s 2-1 win against Qatari side Al-Rayyan in the AFC Champions League group stage.

“It is not important anymore whether I am the best or not, I no longer care about that,” the Portugal captain said after the match.

“It is good for a player to score goals, but for me it is better for the team to win.

“I am used to breaking records and I no longer look for them. The most important thing for me now is to enjoy and help Al-Nassr and my team-mates to win.”

The french ligue 1 champions were told to pay Mbappe missing bonuses as well as wages from the forward’s seven-year spell in Paris by the LFP, French professional football’s governing body, but have confirmed they will not follow the ruling.

Mbappe is thought to have contacted UEFA last month over the salary dispute.

The club statement reads:

“Given the limits of the legal scope of the committee to make a complete decision on this case, the case must now be contested before another jurisdiction, to which PSG will be happy to present all the facts in the months and years to come.”

Mbappe, joined Real Madrid earlier in the summer, after years of reported disputes with PSG.

Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola has revealed that winger Jeremy Doku has picked up a muscular injury ahead of his side’s Premier League tie with Liverpool on Sunday.

Guardiola didn’t include Doku in Man City’s match-day squad for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League last 16 win against FC Copenhagen on Wednesday night.

Man City will travel to Anfield this weekend for what could be the biggest game of their season, with the sides separated by just one point at the top of the Premier League table.

A win against the Reds would put them top and surely make them clear favourites for the title ahead of Liverpool and Arsenal, respectively.

But they may be without Doku, whose absence for the Copenhagen match was explained by Guardiola before kick-off:

“He had some muscular problems so we did not want to take the risk,” he said.

Doku missed eight matches last December with a muscle injury.