Cristiano Ronaldo (37, Portugal), who became ‘invincible’, was reported to be imminent in Saudi Arabia.
Citing sources on the 26th (local time), CBS of the United States said, “Saudi Arabian club Al Nasr has scheduled a medical test to finalize the contract with Ronaldo.”
Ronaldo, who played for Manchester United (Man United) in the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL), has not yet found a team following terminating his contract with Manchester United during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar last month.
He had an interview criticizing Manchester United’s leadership and manager Eric Tenhach, and was virtually released following a conflict with the club.
Afterwards, the team mentioned as his next destination is Al Nass.
Reports regarding Ronaldo’s move to Al-Nassr emerged during the World Cup in Qatar, and earlier this month Eurosport said “Ronaldo has agreed to join Al-Nassr from 1 January 2023.
The term of the contract is two and a half years and an annual salary of 200 million euros (approximately 271.5 billion won).”
Ronaldo’s side is known to have denied this, but Spain’s Marca and others consistently predicted that he would head to the Saudi Arabia League.
CBS said, “Ronaldo’s agent, Jorge Mendes, mightn’t find a team that wanted Ronaldo in Europe, and the Saudi Arabian team became the front runner.” said.
“Al-Nasr wants to finalize the deal in time for the January transfer window.
The terms of the contract between Ronaldo and Al Nasr appear to have been agreed to a wide extent and it is up to Ronaldo to finalize the process.”
/yunhap news
