2022 ended with the signing of the Bomba de Cristiano Ronaldo to Al-Nassr from Saudi Arabia. “CR7” was officially launched on January 2nd in front of thousands of viewers at Msool Park. Although the Portuguese’s debut was set to take place this Friday, January 6 against Al Ta’ee, it has been revealed that this couldn’t happen because he has a penalty to serve dating back to his time as a Manchester United player. However, that’s not the only problem for the former Real Madrid member.
That was known Al-Nasr It has not yet registered the “bug” because they are breaking a rule of the Saudi Football Association. It turns out that Cristiano Ronaldo He is the ninth foreigner in the squad, breaking the eight-player mark.
“Al-Nassr didn’t register it because there is no vacancy for a foreign player. One of them has to go to Ronaldo to be registered, through a transfer or through an amicable termination of contract,” a club official told AFP to remain anonymous.
Cristiano Ronaldo will play in Al-Nassr of the Saudi Arabian League for 2 seasons. Photo: Composite GLR/ESPN
Al-Nasr It has foreigners of different nationalities, such as the Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina, the Brazilians Luiz Gustavo and Anderson Talisca or the Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar.
Who would leave Al-Nassr for Cristiano Ronaldo?
in the same line, Al-Nasr He would already be negotiating the departure of one of the foreign players. Arab media point out that the chosen one would be Uzbek midfielder Jalaluddin Masharipov, who – initially – refused to give him the number “7”. Cristiano Ronaldo.
“Negotiations for the sale of a player are ongoing but not at the final stage,” said another club official.