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’m sure everyone knows the achievements and records of Cristiano Ronaldo, but as a player who is a role model, I think: “Why not?”. We have already seen some great players who used to play in the Premier League move to the Saudi Arabian League.
And Al-Mishal said: “I love Cristiano Ronaldo as a player and would like him to play in Saudi Arabia, but unfortunately it will not happen until January.”
In response to a question about whether a January transfer seems possible and were it not for Al Hilal who has been banned from signing players in the upcoming transfer period, Al-Mishal added: “Honestly, I don’t have an answer. I’m the president of the club, I can give you an answer. “I would like to see him or even some other top players of the same level.”