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Ronaldo Portugal suspension: Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for 30 days and fined £215 after walking out of the Portugal national team camp. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner left the squad last month, on the eve of a Nations League fixture against Denmark, after being left as an unused substitute in the game before.
Ronaldo Portugal suspension: the terms
The sanction is a 30-day suspension plus a £215 fine. Ronaldo asked for it. In a lengthy letter setting out the circumstances that led to his departure, the 41-year-old requested that the Portuguese FA spare him any leniency.
The source report does not specify which fixtures the 30-day suspension covers, nor whether the fine represents the maximum available to the federation. Both points remain open.
The sequence around Jorge Jesus
- Ronaldo is left as an unused substitute in a Portugal match.
- He leaves the national team's training camp in Copenhagen on the eve of the Nations League fixture against Denmark.
- Ronaldo claims new head coach Jorge Jesus twice broke his word about the captain's role in the team.
- Jesus denies that any such agreement was made.
- Ronaldo publishes a letter detailing his version of events and asks to be punished without leniency.
- The Portuguese FA imposes a 30-day suspension and a £215 fine.
The dispute therefore rests on two incompatible accounts of one conversation: the player says a promise was given and broken twice, the coach says no promise existed. Neither position has been adjudicated publicly beyond the federation's decision to punish the walkout itself.
Portugal's next fixture against Denmark
Portugal's next match is against Denmark in the Nations League on November 14, according to the source report. Denmark is the same opponent Portugal faced on the eve of Ronaldo's departure from camp.
Two questions follow from the punishment and neither is answered in the source. First, whether the 30-day suspension runs through the November 14 fixture. Second, who leads the squad in the captain's absence, and on what basis Jorge Jesus makes that call.
What is established: the walkout drew a formal sanction, the player invited it, and the disagreement between captain and head coach is now a matter of record rather than an internal matter.
The original report is by skysports.com.
