Yasser Al-Mashal, head of the Football Association, expected Saudi Arabia to offer to include star Cristiano Ronaldo during next January’s winter transfers. Al-Mishal spoke about his desire for Ronaldo to play in the Saudi Arabian league during an interview with the widely circulated newspaper The Athletic.
In Western reports throughout the last summer transfers, there was a connection between Al-Hilal club who made a huge offer to settle the deal and Ronaldo before he was subjected to a liquefaction ban for two transfer periods and time pressure conditions did not allow ” Al-Nasru to make an offer before the closing date of the last transfer period, according to these reports. Al-Mishal expected Saudi clubs to revive their interest in including Ronaldo in the upcoming winter transfers, noting that it would be useless to talk about the deal now as transfers are already closed. “But we would like a player like Cristiano Ronaldo to play in the Saudi Arabian league, which indicates that this deal will generate positive feedback and be great news for everyone.”
“I am sure that everyone knows the achievements and records of Cristiano Ronaldo, but as a player who is a role model, I think, why not? “Of course, I’m sure it will be a very expensive deal, but we see our clubs making higher revenues in the last couple of years. We have already seen some great players who used to play in the Premier League move to the Saudi Arabian League.
Al-Mishal said: “I love Cristiano Ronaldo as a player and would love to see him play in Saudi Arabia, but unfortunately that won’t happen until January.” In response to a question about whether a move in January seemed possible, and if it weren’t for Al Hilal who was not allowed to sign players in the next transfer period, Al-Mishal added: “Honestly, I don’t have an answer. If you are the president of the club, I can give you an answer. But my teammates are not required to join me in their negotiations. “It will not be an easy deal for a Saudi club or even for him, but we would like to see him or even some other great players of the same caliber.”
