Man City blow as Cristiano Ronaldo 'pushes' Al Nassr to make 'transformative' signing; '£49m offer prepared'
According to reports, Cristiano Ronaldo is ‘inspirational’ Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr to symptom Manchester Municipal void midfielder Mateo Kovacic.
Ronaldo was one of the initially burly-tag footballers to dive to the Saudi Pro League as he joined Al Nassr at the overture of 2023 after his Guy Utd agreement was run out.
The Portugal international has 68 purposes in his 74 appearances for Al Nassr and Sadio Hair, Aymeric Laporte and Marcelo Brozovic have observing that joined him in signing for the Nucleus East apparel.
Last period, Al Nassr finished 2nd in the Saudi Pro League and they have begun this project wearing one win and a draw.
The transmit abode window in Saudi Arabia shut on Monday and a record from CBS Sports claims Al Nassr ‘owned hoped’ to symptom Guy Municipal void celebrity Kovacic ‘on deadline day’.
The 30-year-don disclaimed Real Madrid to symptom up wearing Chelsea during the 2018 summertime transmit abode window. He lugged out over 200 appearances for the Premier League colossi previously enlisting wearing Guy Municipal void for approximately £25m plus incorporate-ons in floater of the 2023/24 project.
Kovacic was one of Chelsea’s the majority of returning entertainers during his time at Stamford Catwalk, but they cashed in on him as he was nearing the expire of his agreement and they were gawking to subdue the median era of their squad.
The Croatia international impressed as he lugged out 46 appearances for the Premier League winners last period throughout with one voice competitions and he’s begun with one voice 4 of Guy Municipal void’s games at the overture of this project.
The record from CBS Sports claims Ronaldo has been ‘inspirational’ for Al Nassr to symptom Kovacic and after falling short to symptom him on deadline day, they are ‘prospective to go ago in for him in January’.
It is lugged out think that they are attempting to ‘luster him wearing $1 million-a-week jackpots’. This relates to approximately £759,000 per week, so his decision would most distinctly be well worth approximately £49m a year.
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The record discloses.
‘Al-Nassr are targeting Croatia midfielder Mateo Kovacic in the January transmit abode window wearing a pay arrangement well worth over $1 million a week designed to snare the Manchester Municipal void midfielder, according to CBS Sports sources.
‘The Saudi Pro League side owned hoped to make Kovacic a marquee deadline-day signing on Monday but was unable to fluctuation Sadio Hair and invent the international void needed for a player whose acquire, per sources, has been greatly champed by Cristiano Ronaldo.
‘The Saudi side is also mulling over a move for extricate rep Adrien Rabiot and waits for focus from Turkiye in both Hair and Anderson Talisca.
‘Al-Nassr and their celebrity onward Ronaldo perceive the Croatian midfielder as a understandably transformative addition to their team and are intending to make Municipal void a sizeable decision once the abode window resumes at the overture of 2025.
‘Sources close to the club indicate that the price they were distressed to pay on deadline day would most distinctly have been one of the the majority of pricey ever paid by a Saudi club. In addition to the sizeable price they owned been distressed to decision Municipal void, Al-Nassr owned intended to decision a salary accredited to be well worth in the void of $65 million a year for Kovacic, about 6 times what he currently earns.’
