Al Nassr anticipates Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival in Saudi Arabia this week, and are allegedly considering signing PSG defender Sergio Ramos.
Ronaldo’s contract with Manchester United was terminated last month as a result of his shocking conversation with Piers Morgan, and he is now close to finalizing a lucrative move to the Middle East.
With Ronaldo’s arrival on the horizon, the Saudi team is considering a number of European players, including N’Golo Kante of Chelsea.
However, it appears the club has now switched its focus to Sergio Ramos, one of Ronaldo’s former teammates.
According to Reports, Al-Nassr club officials are looking into the possibility of recruiting former Madrid defender Ramos while they wait for Ronaldo to arrive.
The club president and sports director of Al-Nassr are allegedly preparing a trip to Madrid where they hope to advance a potential Ramos transfer.
In any case, the club’s top aim continues to be recruiting Cristiano Ronaldo, and they anticipate that he will formally relocate to Saudi Arabia on January 1.
Al-Nassr is certain that Ronaldo will join them, so they have organized a medical exam, as well as reserved lodging for the forward and his advisors, in advance of the transfer.
If Ronaldo accepts Al-Nassr’s offer, he will get £62 million ($75 million) annually, but with image rights and other endorsements, his income may grow to over £173 million annually.
The Portugal international turned down a move to Saudi Arabia last summer, but now appears poised to make the change after receiving no firm interest from Europe’s top teams.
One of the most successful clubs in Saudi Arabia is Al-Nassr, which has won the nation’s top division nine times, the most recent of which was in 2019.
Ronaldo’s professional career would officially come to an end if he joined the Saudi club, at least during the off-season.
Al-Nassr may not have won the league in either 2020 or 2021, but they did succeed in winning the Saudi Super Cup.
The club, however, has found it difficult to stand out on the international stage, despite participating in the Club World Cup in the 1999-2000 season.
In their group matchup that year, they faced Real Madrid, who scored three goals—Nicholas Anelka and Raul—to defeat them 3-1.
The former Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina, Brazilian midfielder Luiz Gustavo, and Cameroonian attacker Vincent Aboubakar are now on the roster for the Saudi giants.
Al Nassr
A football team from Saudi Arabia, Al Nassr Football Club is situated in Riyadh. The club, founded in 1955, holds its home games at Mrsool Park. Yellow and blue are the colors of their home.
One of Saudi Arabia’s most prosperous clubs, Al Nassr has won an estimated 27 titles across all levels of football.
The team has won nine Premier League championships at the domestic level, along with six King’s Cups, three Crown Prince’s Cups, three Federation Cups, and two Saudi Super Cups.
At the international level, they have won two GCC Champions Leagues and achieved the remarkable accomplishment of winning both the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup and the Asian Super Cup in 1998, completing a historic Asian double.
Who is Al Nassr’s manager?
Ronaldo’s ability to flourish at a club depends greatly on its manager, as was made very clear at Manchester United when he and Ten Hag clashed.
Rudi Garcia is the manager of Al Nassr; he took over in June of this year when Pedro Emanuel stepped down.
Garcia’s playing career wasn’t particularly successful, but he has subsequently established himself as a successful manager, leading Lille, Roma, Marseille, and Lyon.
When he won Ligue 1 in 2011 for Lille, that was his biggest accomplishment. After that, he had a few spells of moderate success, but he was left jobless after Lyon’s unsuccessful 2020–21 season.
He was hired by Al Nassr a year later and has had a successful first year in Saudi Arabia, winning six of his first eight matches.
What is Al Nassr’s net worth?
Al Nassr is one of the wealthiest teams in the world, as evidenced by the fact that they have the resources to pay Ronaldo the biggest salary of all time.
In 1960, Saudi prince Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud assumed leadership of the team and managed their transformation from an amateur team to one of the biggest in the country, sponsoring their ascent to the top.
Money is not an issue for them. Even though Al Saud has passed away in 2004, they have continued to get financial support from Saudi royalty ever since.
