Farewell seemed to be written. After a cryptic message on social networks (“this chapter is closed”) Posted following the defeat against Al-Fateh, Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to turn the page. The expiring contract, the spotlights were robbed on an imminent outing. But in the shadows, the dice are secretly rebatus.
Fernando Hierro, sports director of Al Nassr, launched an unexpected counter-offensive.
“We still negotiate its renewal”,
he revealed, refusing to act the start of the star. For the former Madrid, CR7 remains “a historic phenomenon” and a pillar of the “Saudi national project”. Despite a season without trophy (3rd place in the league), the club is betting on a final baroud of honor to remember it.
Ronaldo-Al Nassr: The Relaunched Soap
However, the figures argue for a glorious outing: 35 goals in 41 matches at 40 years old. Performances that attract vultures – MLS, Brazil or Türkiye -, especially after the statements of Gianni Infantino. The president of FIFA openly mentioned a transfer to a qualified club for the Club World Cup, fueling rumors on Botafogo or other suitors.
Al Nassr tries everything to keep Ronaldo
But Ronaldo sets clear conditions: solid sports guarantees. He demands a competitive team, capable of targeting the Saudi title and offering it a setting worthy of its legend. However, Al Nassr, eliminated in the cup and distant in the league, struggles to convince. Despite Hierro's efforts, the sports project seems fragile to seduce a competitor born.
Saudi “retropedlary” is therefore impossible. To keep CR7, the club will have to deploy a crazy imagination: massive recruitments, ambitious promises, and perhaps a miraculous check-book. But faced with the fresh air call of a last world challenge, the scale is still leaning towards farewell. The door is only half-closed …
