"I won't say this can't be my future," said Ronaldo, "but it doesn't suit me at the moment. I don't like playing with my back towards goal, I prefer to face it.

"I like to play in attack, as a second forward working off a target man. But for the national team, I will play anywhere."

Ronaldo also insisted he was a team player: "People can have their opinion, but more me it's not true that I play for myself. You only have to look at the number of assists I have."

He added: "I know people expect a great performance from me in every game. People have criticised me for the match against Poland, but I played well, scored once and I'm in good shape to do better next time."