Cristiano Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Ronaldo

Juventus have lost the title in Italy. They were knocked out of the Champions League early on. The football community also slated them for their attempts to break away and form the European Super League with another eleven clubs. Quite an eventful campaign in which many things went awry.

But there are some aspects of the Bianconeri year that were just as you'd expect. Cristiano Ronaldo was the best goalscorer of Serie A with 29 goals and has continued to perform at the highest level. The former Real Madrid and Manchester United forward continued to do what he's always done – defy critics and keep putting the ball into the back of the net.

Ronaldo, are you going to listen to your mother and return to Sporting Clube de Portugal?

He seems to have added another skill to his rich resume: he's started to write. Well, alright, he may not be up to the standards of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Biko Zulu or Ken Walibora. Still, it's interesting to see a footballer write anything other than the usual short exclamations like "Come on", "Good result", or "Chill time" on their Instagram posts.

Cristiano, who is followed by 290 million people on Instagram, wrote a long post to reflect on the season that's just ended.

The life and career of any top player are made of ups and downs. Year after year, we face fantastic teams with extraordinary players and ambitious goals, so we always have to give our best to keep ourselves at excellence levels.

This year we couldn't win Serie A, congratulations to Inter for the well-deserved title. However, I have to value everything that we achieved this season at Juventus, both in collective and individual terms. The Italian Super Cup, the Italian Cup and the Serie A Top Scorer trophy fill me with happiness, mainly due to the difficulty they carry with them, in a country where nothing is easy to win.

With these achievements, I reached a goal that I had set myself since the first day I arrived in Italy: to win the Championship, the Cup and the Super Cup, and also to be Best Player and Top Scorer in this great football country filled with tremendous players, giant clubs and a very own football culture.

I've already said that I don't chase records, records chase me. For those who don't understand what I mean by this, it's very simple: football is a collective game, but it is through individual overcoming that we help our teams achieve their goals. It is always looking for more and more on the field, working more and more off the field, that records eventually emerge and collective titles become inevitable, some being the natural consequence of the other.

So, I'm very proud with this fact that has been widely replicated in recent days: Champion in England, Spain and Italy; Cup winner in England, Spain and Italy; Super Cup winner in England, Spain and Italy; Best Player in England, Spain and Italy; Best Scorer in England, Spain and Italy; Over 100 goals for a club in England, Spain and Italy. Nothing compares to the feeling of knowing that I've left my mark in the countries where I've played, and that I gave joy to the fans of the clubs I represented. This is what I work for, this is what moves me, and this is what I'll always keep chasing for until the last day.

Thanks to everyone who took part in this journey! We stand together!

Ronaldo, Juve's top-earning star, is contracted until next summer though the club's chief football officer, Fabio Paratici, has already said a new deal is 'not on the agenda'. The 36-year-old has been linked with a host of clubs in recent weeks, including emotional returns to either his boyhood club Sporting Lisbon or an Old Trafford swansong with Manchester United. French giants Paris Saint-Germain have also been mooted, with Ronaldo said to be considered as a stopgap replacement for wanted star Kylian Mbappe. Despite Juventus securing a Champions League place and millions of dollars that come with it, Ronaldo may prove too expensive for the Italian club to hang onto.

Fans criticised the long post for various reasons – but none for Ronaldo's poor writing style.