Exclusive: Ben Jacobs Takeover - It's wrong to call Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr transfer a fall from grace; he was very selective about who to join

Cristiano Ronaldo's surprise transfer to Al Nassr is more than it seems.

Much has been said about Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Al Nassr, and I wanted to dispel a few myths here because it’s a smarter move than many are giving him credit for.

Firstly, Jorge Mendes worked extremely hard to find Cristiano Ronaldo options - he spoke to almost every Champions League club to try to find a deal. It’s important to be clear here that it’s not that Ronaldo was rejected by all these teams, it’s just a difficult deal to do for a variety of reasons.