RIAD.- Saudi Arabia is trying to convince Cristiano Ronaldo If his adventure in the kingdom continues, but the negotiation is “difficult,” a source close to the spokesmen, which highlights the possibility of signing for Al Hilal, one of the participants in the next Club World Cup, told AFP Thursday.
The 40 -year -old Portuguese star announced at the beginning of the week at social networks the end of the “chapter” with her Saudi club To Nassrensuring, without giving more details, that his story “continued writing.”
“There is a difficult negotiation in the process to convince Ronaldo to stay and play” next season at the Saudi Pro League, a source from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), a sovereign fund strongly involved in national football, told the AFP on Thursday.
The Real Madrid legend has played for two and a half seasons in Al Nassr, after a transfer in December 2022 that symbolized the ambition of the kingdom in the world of football.
But his team is not classified to the Club World Cup (June 14 to July 13) that will be held in the United States and ‘Cr7’, still hungry for achieving records and adding titles to his record, could look for a transfer to one of the 32 participating teams.
“The main option is a transfer to Al Hilal, with the possibility of playing the Club World Cup,” said that same PIF source, also mentioning the Asian champion to Ahli.
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Meanwhile, the media around the world increase rumors about the future of Portuguese, linking it to several of the teams participating in the Club World Cup.
The International Federation (FIFA) has opened a special transfer window from June 1 to 10 with a view to the World Cup and its president Gianni Infantino does not hide his enthusiasm for the possibility of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo in this competition.
“If a club throws an eye on the situation and is interested in the idea of signing it … Who knows? There are still a few weeks, it would be fun,” he said.
The Spanish Fernando Hierro, sports director of Al Nassr, granted a press conference on Thursday in which he referred to the contractual situation of Portuguese.
“The people above are doing an extraordinary job, they are being pushed, work continues (…) He has a contract with us until June 30, will continue to work so that all parties, hopefully, understand each other,” he said.
