37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo says that his transfer to Saudi Arabia is not true. According to the football journalist, Ronaldo wants to wait for offers from clubs playing in the Champions League.
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo denies his rumored deal with Saudi Arabia.
– No, that’s not true, Ronaldo told reporters, among other things of the Portuguese Maisfutebol (you will switch to another service), of the Spanish Diario AS (you will switch to another service) and of a respected football journalist (you will switch to another service) Fabrizio Romano by.
According to the Spanish Marca, Ronaldo would move to Saudi Arabia in the ranks of the Al-Nassr club from the first day of January. According to the magazine, the 37-year-old striker’s annual income would be around 200 million euros, and according to Marca, he would then be the best-paid athlete in the world.
Football reporter Nicolo Schirano according to Ronaldo wants to wait for offers from European clubs playing in the Champions League before accepting a contract with Saudi Arabia.
According to Schira, it’s not about the money and the player-agent Jorge Mendes trying to find a solution in Europe.
Ronaldo was not in Portugal’s opener on Tuesday, when the team beat Switzerland 6-1. Replaced Ronaldo in the opener Goncalo Ramos scored a hat trick in the match. He had previously played only ten minutes in the World Cup.
Ronaldo only got on the field in the final moments of the match, just a quarter of an hour before the end of the game. At that time, Portugal already had a 5–1 lead.
The last time Ronaldo was left out of Portugal’s starting line-up was 14 years ago. At that time, it was all about rest, because Portugal had already secured their place in the European Championship in the playoffs.
This time, the background could have been Ronaldo’s behavior in the South Korea match. Ronaldo looked annoyed when he was substituted.
According to the Portuguese media, the pictures and videos taken in the game show that Ronaldo also used vulgar language coach Fernando Santos towards. Santos was asked about the photos at a press conference on Monday.
– I didn’t like them at all, Santos said and stated that the matter has been discussed within the team.
The fall of the Portuguese hero has not been easy anyway. The striker got sidetracked at Manchester United, and According to ESPN (you will be transferred to another service) ManU tried to offer Ronaldo a free transfer to other clubs throughout the fall. However, no club wanted to pay Ronaldo’s weekly salary of 571,000 euros.
Ronaldo gave a shocking interview in mid-November For Piers Morganafter which ManU announced that the striker was leaving the club.
In the interview, Ronaldo criticized the club’s owners and stated that the club had betrayed him. Ronaldo also stated that he will not rehabilitate the coach Erik ten Hagia.
According to the media, Ronaldo had already told the club earlier in the summer that he wanted to move elsewhere. One of the main reasons was said to be that Ronaldo wants to play in the Champions League, where ManU is not participating this season.