“We will wait and see how things develop until the end of the year.. As you will have understood, this is a negotiation of enormous importance, not only for the club, but for the country and for world football, and it must be carried out by the higher authorities,” said Cristiano Ronaldo from Marcelo Salazar, sports director of Al Nassrin an interview for the sports portal Flash Score.
The soap opera for Cristiano Ronaldo’s next goal seems to be coming to an end. Only one last signing remains between Al Nassr and the Portuguese champion, so much so that Cristiano lands in the Saudi Arabian League. His attempts to stay in Europe this time were unsuccessful.
The Portuguese-Brazilian Marcelo Salazar defended his team and the level of Saudi football, before the avalanche of opinions on the gray end of Ronaldo. “I’ve been here for five years and all the players I’ve talked to have been very positively surprised when they got here, especially for the league level. which has a high sporting level”, he assured.
The operation between Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Nassr was not dealt with by Jorge Mendes, the Portuguese’s regular agent. Ricardo Regufe is the footballer’s new trusted manand the The distance between Cristiano and Mendes is already an open secret. ‘Ricky’, as Regufe is called, leads the contacts between the Portuguese and the Saudis.
The interest of Al Nasser from the legend of Manchester United and Real Madrid comes from a long time ago. In the summer of 2021 there were behind his signing after Cristiano’s farewell from Juve, but the Portuguese wanted to continue performing in top-level football, and ended up at United.
A Portuguese sporting director with a background in futsal
Marcelo Salazar, sports director of Al Nassr, also has a past as an athlete. He was a professional futsal player and represented the Portuguese team on 51 occasions. He was born in Brazil, but went national. He has competed in several Spanish teams, such as DKV Seguros Zaragoza, Gestesa Guadalajara and OID Talavera.
The future and the end of Cristiano Ronaldo in football seems clear: he will retire to Saudi Arabia. A multimillion-dollar contract and the impossibility of joining a European team motivated his decision, which he should become official in the coming weeks.
