Anderson Talisca Celebrates with Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Nassr’s Internal Problem

Anderson Talisca celebrates with Cristiano Ronaldo (REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri)

The AFC Champions League (Asia) only allows five footballers who were born outside the continent to play in the tournament. Al Nassr has as a priority to complete this list the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the Senegalese Sadio Mané, the French Seko Fofana, the Croatian Marcelo Brozovic and the Brazilian Alex Telles, whose compatriot Anderson Talisca is the focus of an internal problem facing the international club competition as he is a locker room leader.

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Talisca arrived before the other figures and since his entry in 2021 he became a benchmark for the squad. In the event that Al Nassr lowers him from the list in good faith, the former Benfica striker could leave the Saudi team. If confirmed, it would be an internal impact for the team led by the Lusitanian Luis Castro. It should be remembered that there is also the Argentine Gonzalo Pity Martínez, who could return to River Plate.

It would be a case similar to that of the Portuguese Jota, who less than a month after his arrival for 32 million dollars (30 million euros), would be separated from Al Ittihad to be able to score another more renowned footballer, according to Sport. Another Spanish outlet, Marca, reports that the team where Karim Benzema, NGolo Kanté and Fabinho now play, would like to incorporate Mohamed Salah, today at Liverpool.

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This situation is due to the fact that Saudi football began a policy of recruiting international figures in order to promote the local league. With the growth of its championship, that would be one of the strongest cards for the Arab country to be able to organize the 2030 World Cup together with Greece and Egypt.

Al Nassr has just won the Arab Champions League (Photo by Yasser Bakhsh/Getty Images)

However, these problems with the Asian Champions League would come to an end in 2024 with the birth of a continental competition that would change the current regulations that limit “extra-Asian” footballers. The focus is not only on Saudi Arabia, but other Asian leagues can also be strengthened by hiring international stars who often come from Europe.

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CR7’s Al Nassr agreed to the AFC Champions League for having been runner-up in the Saudi Professional League last season whose second half had the presence of the Portuguese since he joined in January. But they have not yet entered the group zone and for that they will have to eliminate Shabab Al-Ahli from the United Arab Emirates, in the match that will be played this Tuesday at the KSU Stadium in Riyadh.

The Saudi cast comes to consecrate champion in the League of Arab Clubs in which Cristiano Ronaldo scored six goals in five games. At the start of the Saudi league, the Lusitanian striker was unable to play due to an injury and returned for the second date. Both were defeats against Al-Ettifaq (2-1) and Al-Taawoun FCAl-Taawoun (2-0).

If they overcome that phase against the Dubai team, Al Nassr will enter the group stage and will be one of the 32 best Asian teams that will compete for the continental tournament whose current champion is Urawa Red Diamonds from Japan.

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