Cristiano Ronaldo’s future at Al Nassr is the subject of controversy. The 38-year-old Portuguese star has been encouraged to return to his former club Real Madrid if he leaves Saudi Arabia.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez previously insisted Cristiano Ronaldo would return to the Bernabeu one day, although he himself scoffed at the idea in 2022.
Ronaldo left the Bernabeu in 2018, joining Juventus in a club record deal and spent three years in Turin before returning to his former club Manchester United. Rumors of Ronaldo’s return to Real Madrid have also appeared since he left Old Trafford.
Ronaldo is the captain of Al Nassr. PHOTO: GETTY
However, this veteran is currently in Saudi Arabia playing for Al Nassr when he signed a 2.5-year contract with a world record salary of 173 million pounds a year. Just over 4 months after joining Al Nassr, the international media raised rumors that Ronaldo wanted to return to Real Madrid.
The future of Cristiano Ronaldo is unknown, but we can predict it somewhat based on what Real Madrid president Florentino Perez once shared.
“Cristiano Ronaldo is still the heart of all Madridistas,” Florentino Perez told El Chiringuito (Spain) newspaper in 2018, “If I met Ronaldo today, I would hug him tight. Ronaldo is superfluous. worthy successor of Alfredo Di Stefano.
“One day Cristiano Ronaldo will return to Real Madrid,” added president Florentino Perez. However, 4 years have passed, the position of the respected president of Real Madrid has been completely different.
Perez is no longer interested in bringing Ronaldo back to Real Madrid to play. PHOTO: MIRROR
When a fan expressed his desire to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to Los Blancos, Florentino Perez laughed at the idea when bluntly said: “Cristiano Ronaldo? Again? At 38 years old?”.
In 2022, Real Madrid is said to have ignored numerous calls from Jorge Mendes, who at the time was still Ronaldo’s agent. In the end, despite claiming he received many offers in Europe, Ronaldo chose to go to Asia to play for Al Nassr as the team’s captain.
Cristiano Ronaldo said at the Al Nassr launch: “I’ve won everything, I’ve played at the most important clubs and for me now it’s a new challenge in Asia.
I’m a unique player, I beat all the records in Europe. Now, I want to beat a few records here. This contract is unique, because I am unique, so this is normal.”
Ronaldo wants to create many records in Asia. PHOTO: GETTY
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 12 goals in the Saudi Pro League since joining Al Nassr. However, Al Nassr dropped from the top of the table to second place, 3 points behind the leader of the group Al Ittihad. Al Nassr was also eliminated from two Saudi Arabian cup competitions from the semi-finals, including the King Cup and the Super Cup.
Recently, it was reported that, instead of bringing Ronaldo back to play, Florentino Perez asked Ronaldo to be the ambassador of Real Madrid after he retired. Ronaldo has not yet responded to Perez about this offer.
Yesterday (June 6), Barcelona and Brazil legend Rivaldo encouraged Ronaldo to return to Madrid and he bluntly stated that Ronaldo was cheated in the deal to Al Nassr because of the huge salary.
Ronaldo won 5 Champions League in his career, including 4 at Real Madrid and 1 at MU. PHOTO: GETTY
Rivaldo told Diario AS (Spain): “I understand that sometimes players are fooled by the big contract they sign in Saudi Arabia. But then life there is further away and the football matches of you may not always be as easy as you expect.
Cristiano Ronaldo may be going through a period of frustration and even contemplation. So maybe the money Ronaldo received made up for his unhappy life at the moment.
It would be good for Cristiano Ronaldo and for football to see him return to Real Madrid to finish his career. Of course, fans have to understand that they can’t ask for the same from Ronaldo when he was 25 or 26 years old. But Ronaldo can still help the club achieve more.”
