Cristiano Ronaldo is available on a free transfer, something really incredible on the market. Bayern Munich stated in the last 24 hours that they would not be signing Ronaldo. Newcastle are also not planning on going for Ronaldo, so we have to see what happens.
Ronaldo is 100% focused on the World Cup with Portugal.
But, things are happening behind the scenes with the situation of Ronaldo and his agent Jorge Mendes. I can now confirm what has been reported that Al Nassr have made a crazy proposal to sign Ronaldo.
The proposal is a concrete, written offer until June 2025. Two and a half year deal for Ronaldo is going to be discussed. It’s now up to Ronaldo to decide the potential length of the contract.
It’s true, the proposal is around €200m per season. This is not a new proposal. Al Nassr made an important bid for Ronaldo during the summer transfer window, but he refused the offer. They were interested before his contract was terminated with Manchester United.
Now, Al Nassr are back, with Ronaldo now a free agent. The offer isn’t just offering him a salary of €200m a year. Part of this offer is sponsors, merchandise agreements etc.
It is not yet a done deal or agreed by Ronaldo as I’m told that people close to the 37-year-old are trying to understand the full details around the sponsorship and image rights.
Ronaldo isn’t just a fantastic player but he has many contracts outside of football so his lawyers are weighing up whether everything matches together. Ronaldo will discuss this proposal after the World Cup and decide once the tournament is over.
It’s also important to see if a European or Champions League club join the race to try and hijack the deal.
But yes, Al Nassr want Ronaldo and they know they have a chance after offering a crazy proposal. We will now wait to hear about Ronaldo’s decision.
What next for Cristiano Ronaldo?
What are your thoughts on this crazy offer from Al Nassr for Ronaldo? Do you think he should accept, or would you like to see him playing in Europe or the Champions League for one more season? Let me know in the comments and ask me any questions and I’ll try to answer as many as possible in tomorrow’s newsletter!
Reading what we have about Ronaldo he has lots of money and doesn’t need more money. He’s more interested in his legacy and smashing records he wants to be remembered as the greatest player ever. So I’d suggest a CL club would be his preference however he would probably smash new signing and earning records with this deal so he would still be creating some history towards his legacy. We shall see, I just think unless he’s playing and can be guaranteed playing time he wouldn’t be interested he wants to keep playing every week but a CL team would not be able to provide him that assurance.
Agreed, after looking at the teams that are left in CL, the teams are stacked. I mean does CR7 have to play 60-75 mins per game? No, he would probably be most effective at 35-45 mins, 50 mins TOPS!
I always thought Bayern Munich would be a great place for CR7 but their team is stacked.
Possible teams I think CR7 could land, not knowing the teams financial status or overall team chemistry but just from a positional standpoint;
Inter Milan
Napoli
Porto
Eintracht Frankfurt
Borussia Dortmund
Barring key injuries, etc.... Ronaldo has a chance to land with a CL competing team in January.
Thoughts?
Fantastic stuff as always, Fabrizio!
Fabrizio, I don’t about this! Cristiano made his name in Europe. I just don’t see how he leaves Europe for a league that isn’t competitive or is in the bright lights of the EPL, La Liga, Champions League, etc. He stated that he wants to compete in CL play.
Ultimately, these are “feelers” to set his market per say. His agent is the best in world, there are teams in the EPL who are competing in the CL that don’t want to be mentioned. It’s all strategy in my opinion. HE STAYS IN EUROPE, PERIOD!
CR7 should has git enough money. He should just be chasing class right now.
I think Chelsea should take him on a free for 6 months.
Fabz, honestly I wish he could land a UCL team but not in England obviously but the idea of making another league shine even if its for a year sounds good, as of now he's not really after the money but just to play and win, maybe he can try Juventus for another season and who knows ??