Cristiano Ronaldo Dangles the MLS Card

Real Madrid superstar sounds a little more open to the idea of bending his career like Beckham.

For North American professional soccer fans, it’s a tantalizing flip.

Just a few months after telling British talk show host Jonathan Ross that he didn’t see himself moving on to the U.S. or the Middle East to end his career, Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has dropped this bombshell in a GQ magazine “Body Issue” cover story:

“Maybe in the future will be a good chance for me to play there [in the U.S.].”

The interview would have been conducted around the same time as the Ross appearance.

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