Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia at the beginning of 2023 with the aim of forgetting its irregular second cycle with the Manchester United. However, a series of collective failures prevented him from winning an official title on Saudi soil, except for the Arab Club Championship, a competition not recognized by FIFA. His figure has prioritized exotic football and his 80 goals in 89 games have served to shine on this team in the face of what could be its last months in the nine-time champion of the Saudi Pro League.
The Portuguese journalist Pedro Almeida, specialized in football player transfers, surprised this Thursday with news of global impact, which linked a possible return of CR7 to the close-ups of Europe: “PSG and Cristiano Ronaldo are in tune”. It is worth remembering that the 39-year-old attacker ends his contract on the Asian continent on June 30 and has not yet renewed the contract. In this way, starting January 1 He is in a position to negotiate with any club to arrive free in the middle of the year.
The versions occur in the midst of Paris Saint-Germain’s search to reinforce the lead, since the portal RMC Sport announced that the capital’s leaders established talks with Victor Osimhenthe Napoli scorer who is on loan at Galatasaray in Türkiye. They characterized an offensive incorporation as a “priority”, even more so with the fact that they are looking for a way out for Randal Cole Muaniwithout continuity in the present period.
Coach Luis Enrique has referred to the potential arrival of footballers in the upcoming transfer market: “We are always open to improving the team, but I am lucky to coach a team with this quality, this ambition and this level. It is a pleasure for me.”
“Of course, if we can improve the team, we will try, but it is a difficult task because the best players are not available in winter. It’s also difficult in summer, but that’s all. Now it’s even more. “We always try to improve the team but we stay calm because we see how the team is developing,” he declared.
This is not the first time that PSG is looking for Cristiano Ronaldo. In mid-2018, the Animal could choose the club Ligue 1but chose to leave Real Madrid for Italy. This is how his former teammate at Manchester United, Patrice Evra, expressed it: “Did Cristiano ever want to come to PSG? Yes. This was before he signed with Juventus”.
A year earlier, they had arrived Neymar y Kylian Mbappé. In addition, he could also have been a teammate of Lionel Messi, who reinforced the Parisians in 2021. “He had options from Chelsea, Juventus, PSG, Arsenal… He said he would never go to Arsenal and was interested in the Parisian project“Evra added.
It would be a new challenge for Cristiano, who has never played in France. In fact, a few days ago he stressed again that it was more complicated to play in Saudi Arabia than in the Ligue 1. This earned him a mockery directed at him with a mention of Messi. Besides, Fair Ramiformer defender of Olympique de Marseille and world champion with France in 2018, criticized him: “If you put him in Ligue 1 for two years, they will eat him up”.
Months ago, Ronaldo had referred to his next steps as a professional player and had discouraged a departure from his current club in a conversation with the Portuguese television channel Now: “I don’t know if I will retire soon, in two or three years, but I will probably retire here in Al Nassr”. However, his former coach at the institution, Rudi Garciahe was convinced that he would return to Old Continent: “He is one of the best players in the world. He will not end his career in Al Nassr, he will return to Europe”.
For now, Al Nassr They will break their brief break for the end of the year next Thursday against Al Okhdood in the local league, in which they are fourth, 11 points behind the leader Al Ittihad. And they have already qualified for the round of 16 of the Asian Champions League.
In different tune, Paris Saint-Germain He is excited about tempting the Portuguese to hit the table, after the release of his emblem Kylian Mbappé al Real Madrid. This season, they lead Ligue 1 by 10 points over Olympique de Marseille and at the end of January they will fight for qualification to the next round of the Champions League.
