Portuguese celebrity Cristiano Ronaldo faces a wait to make his Al Nassr debut as a result of the Saudi membership have exceeded their quota for international gamers, membership sources instructed AFP on Thursday.
When he was unveiled with nice fanfare on Tuesday, the 37-year-old mentioned he was eager to play as quickly as doable, beginning with Thursday’s house sport in opposition to Al Ta’ee.
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But Ronaldo, whose deal is price an estimated 200 million euros to June 2025, is Al Nassr’s ninth international participant — yet one more than the eight allowed by Saudi soccer authorities.
“Al Nassr has not registered him but as a result of there isn’t a emptiness for a international participant,” one membership official, who didn’t wish to be named as a result of he was not authorised to talk to media, instructed AFP.
“A international participant should go away to register Ronaldo, both by promoting or by terminating the contract by mutual consent.”
Al Nassr’s international contingent contains Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina, Brazilian midfielder Luiz Gustavo and forwards Anderson Talisca of Brazil and Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon.
Ronaldo received’t have the ability to make his Al-Nassr debut simply but. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)Source: AFP
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Saudi stories mentioned Uzbek midfielder Jaloliddin Masharipov was almost definitely to make approach for the five-time Ballon d’Or winner and Champions League file scorer.
A second membership supply confirmed that Ronaldo was not registered as of Thursday afternoon native time.
“There are ongoing negotiations to promote one of many gamers, however they haven’t reached their last phases but,” he mentioned.
Both officers refused to verify whether or not Ronaldo nonetheless wanted to serve a two-match English Football Association ban from November for hitting a cell phone out of a teenage fan’s hand after Manchester United, his membership on the time, misplaced to Everton.
The Saudi Football Association referred questions concerning the match ban to Al Nassr.
Al Nassr’s 25,000-capacity stadium, Mrsool Park, is offered out for Thursday’s sport, because it was on Tuesday when Ronaldo was welcomed with fireworks and deafening cheers.
The Portuguese ahead mentioned then that he was on the lookout for a brand new problem by coming to Saudi Arabia, including that he had acquired gives from world wide.
“I’m a novel participant. It’s good to return right here, I broke all of the information there (in Europe) and I wish to break just a few information right here,” Ronaldo mentioned.
Amnesty International urged him to talk out about human rights points within the deeply conservative monarchy, calling his transfer a part of a “wider sample of sportswashing”, or utilizing sport to deflect criticism.
