Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will play his first match for Al-Nasr Saudi Arabia on January 22 after his new club managed to register him in their squad, a club official told Agence on Saturday. France-Presse.
Al-Nasr, known in Saudi Arabia as “Al-Alamy”, managed to add Ronaldo, who was unveiled to the public on Tuesday, to his list, after Cameroonian striker Vincent Abu Bakr’s contract, linked to a move to Manchester United, was resolved by mutual agreement.
Al-Nasr has the right to register only eight foreign players on his roster, which is the maximum allowed by the regulations governing the Saudi League.
And the five-time best player in the world made himself available to play the winning match at his stadium in front of Al-Ettifaq on January 22, after ending his two-match suspension.
It is a fine handed to him for smashing a mobile phone which he snatched from the hands of a child Everton fan after the match his former club Manchester United lost last April.
The official, who preferred not to be named, said: “Al-Nasr terminated Vincent Abu Bakr’s contract by mutual consent and received all his financial dues,” referring to Al-Nasr’s pre-match Ronaldo registration. against Al-Taei on Friday.
“So now he has served a penalty match and will serve the second against Al-Shabab” on 14 January, he added.
The source did not confirm reports that Abu Bakr, 30, was about to sign with Manchester United, and only indicated that the Cameroonian striker had become “a free player and could negotiate with any club”.
Ronaldo, 37, has joined Al-Nassr in an imaginary deal estimated at over €200m, which has focused heavily on the Saudi League.
The biggest contract in the Gulf comes as the wealthy Gulf kingdom invests millions of dollars staging global sporting events like Formula One and the Dakar Rally to change its conservative image around the world. This is part of an unprecedented campaign to achieve great social openness.
Saudi Arabia is considering filing a joint file with Egypt and Greece to host the 2030 World Cup, according to officials.
Saudi Arabia will host the Asian Winter Games in 2029 in the gigantic futuristic city of Neom, and then, five years later, the capital, Riyadh, will host the Asian Games in 2034. It is also bidding to host the men’s AFC Asian Cup and female.
