New twist: just now! 48 year-old Ronnie O’Sullivan” just publicly relocate” his snooker first plan retirement update” as he set a total different shocking sudden date” I want to go and do a few” Ronnie speaks all his mind..
Before quitting snooker, Ronnie O’Sullivan has stated that he only has three years left in the game. The 48-year-old is still without a final after a challenging start to the 2024–25 season.
Citing health concerns, he withdrew from the most recent British and Wuhan Opens. Following his “embarrassing” first-round exit at the English Open, in which he declared, “I’m absolutely useless,” O’Sullivan has not played. Disregard the Worlds.
I’m not even bothered to be honest with you, if I’m going to play rubbish I might as well play left-handed. Play left-handed and enjoy it, but be useless, or play right-handed, be useless and not enjoy it.”
He won his seventh world title in 2022, and says he can still compete with the best if he fully commits himself to the sport.
“I think I’ve got maybe, if I want it, three really good years,” O’Sullivan told BBC Radio 4.
“That depends on if I’m fully devoted to it and I’m kind of like ‘snooker is all I’m going to do for the next three years’. Which I can do.
“But it’s really hard to do when I’m sort of like: ‘I want to do a few days with Jimmy White as a pundit, I want to go and do a few exhibitions, I want to do a few shows,’ because they’re fun.
I can still perform, I can still be a top eight player doing that but to fully give yourself the best opportunities it’s about being totally on it, you know. It’s whether I’m prepared to do that.”
O’Sullivan said he will throw everything at the upcoming season, with last year’s disappointing Crucible exit to Stuart Bingham in the quarter-finals.
“I think I will [fully commit] this year, I think I’ve decided. Last year, the World Championships wasn’t a good tournament for me. I was really gutted at how I played.
Wasn’t disappointed I lost, you know, you lose. But the way I played, I wasn’t happy with that.
“I want to try and put that right and come back a different player next year.”
