Cristiano Ronaldo's express request to Al-Nassr that would affect a Mexican team

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrating a goal with the Al-Nassr shirt in Saudi Arabia

07/04/2024, 10:01 PM +00:00

Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly one of the most influential players in the world. He is the person with the most followers on Instagram, exceeding 627 million. In addition, his numbers on the field throughout his career have made him a legend who, at 39 years of age is still active and hungry to continue reaping success at the professional level.

On that note, many criticized Ronaldo when he made the decision to join Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr in early 2023. Cristiano was coming from a terrible semester at Manchester United where he had conflicts with coach Erik ten Hag and ended 2022 with the sadness of having been eliminated from the World Cup and also being a substitute.

However, the 'Bicho' has found a new opportunity to continue to shine in the Middle East and his mere presence in Saudi Arabia has caused other big stars to decide to join other teams in the exotic league, such as Neymar and Karim Benzema. In that sense, we cannot deny that the Portuguese is the top star in Arab soccer and therefore, when he asks for something, his club does its best to give it to him.

Cristiano Ronaldo's most recent request to his club would have been the arrival of a new sporting director, who would come directly from Liga MX, particularly from Chivas. This is Fernando Hierro, who is a Real Madrid legend and currently holds the same position at the Mexican club, which is about to lose a key player in its project. According to Marca newspaper, the Portuguese would be one of the main responsible for the fact that the former Spanish defender is about to join Al-Nassr, as he coincided with him for two seasons in Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo already shared with Fernando Hierro

It should be recalled that during the period that Fernando Hierro and Cristiano Ronaldo coincided at the Spanish capital club, Real Madrid managed to add to its trophy cabinet 1 Copa del Rey , 1 Champions League, 1 European Super Cup and 1 Club World Cup.