When will Cristiano Ronaldo start in the Saudi league?

Al-Nassr, who introduced him to much fanfare on Tuesday, was originally scheduled to play against Al-Ta'ee on Thursday, a match postponed to Friday due to an "electrical failure", according to authorities.

But CR7 is not sure to be aligned, because his new club has exceeded its quota of foreign players.

The confidence was made to AFP by club officials, on condition of anonymity.

The Portuguese, whose contract until June 2025 is estimated at 200 million euros, is the ninth foreign player to join Al-Nassr, exceeding the maximum of eight allowed by the Saudi Football Federation.



“A foreign player must leave so that Ronaldo can be registered, either through a transfer or a termination of contract by mutual consent”, confides the same source.

Among Al-Nassr's foreign players are Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina, Brazilian midfielder Luiz Gustavo and Brazilian strikers Anderson Talisca and Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar.

Uzbek Masharipov on the way out?

According to Saudi media, Uzbek midfielder Jalaluddin Masharipov is most likely to make way for the 37-year-old five-time Ballon d'Or and five-time Champions League winner.

"Negotiations are ongoing on the sale of one of the players, but they have not entered the final stage yet," said another club official, confirming that the Portuguese player has still not been registered. Thursday afternoon.

And the two games of suspension in all that?

In addition, Al-Nassr officials did not want to comment on the sanction imposed in November on Ronaldo, while he was still playing at Manchester United.

The Portuguese had been suspended for two games after dropping a young fan's mobile phone after a loss to Everton on April 9.

This suspension, decided by the Disciplinary Committee of the English Federation (FA), will apply to the new club and to the championship, regardless of the country chosen by Ronaldo, the FA had specified.

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