Bhubaneswar, Jan. 10 -- Roberto Martinez has replaced controversial Fernando Santos as the Portugal men's football team's new head coach. The new coach on Tuesday revealed his plans regarding superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in the team post the FIFA World Cup 2022 exit in the quarterfinal stages.

"My job is to give every player an opportunity and respect everyone who is already in the national team. From then on, Cristiano Ronaldo is one of them. It is a natural process, work and responsibility and of making important decisions for the team," said Martinez.

"Football decisions have to be taken on the field of play. I'm not an office decision-making coach. So, my starting point is to get to all the players and I want to get in touch with the...