Cristiano Ronaldo may be reunited with a former Manchester United team-mate who started fighting at the training ground.
After a 0-1 loss to Al Wehda in the semi-finals of the King's Cup of Champions on Monday, Ronaldo returned to Al Nassr's scoreboard on Friday night in a 4-0 win over Al Raed.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner took just four minutes to open the scoring and bring his total to 12 in 15 games for Al Nassr.
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However, he was frustrated after being denied a penalty in the second half and continued to throw his arms in the air in disbelief.
Recently, Ronaldo has looked extremely disgruntled at Al Nassr's recent win, but his mood may improve upon news that one of his former colleagues could join him in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia. Al Nassr is closely linked with a move for Alex Telles, who is seen as redundant compared to the requirements at United.
The Brazilian defender was signed from Porto for £15m in 2020 but has spent this season on loan at Sevilla, which knocked United out of the Europa League in the quarter-finals.
His move to Andalucia comes after Telles sparked a brawl on the training ground with team-mate Hannibal Mejbri in May, following Brighton's 4-0 draw.
Ralf Rangnick was in charge at the time and it is believed he ended training early because he was so upset about the fight.
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Telles has made 32 appearances for Sevilla but has mostly played in second place behind Marcos Acuna and the club do not want to sign him permanently. However, Diario AS reports that Al Nassr is keen to sign the former Inter Milan defender and will have no problem paying a hefty transfer fee and salary.
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Manchester United's owners, the Glazer family, have announced that they are looking for strategic alternatives to the club, which could include a sale or new investment, following criticism from Cristiano Ronaldo about the lack of investment in the team.
Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Elliott Management are said to be interested in buying Manchester United. Sheikh Jassim has offered a world record price of more than £5 billion, while Ratcliffe's bid would be just over 50% of United's stake, leaving the Glazers with a minority stake of around 20%.
Manchester United's debt is £741 million, of which £227.7 million is due as unpaid transfer fees, bringing the total amount owed to less than £1 billion. The Glazers bought the club in 2005 and most Manchester United fans have been calling on them to sell the club in recent years.
Following Ronaldo's controversial exit from Manchester United in November 2022, where he openly criticized the owners of the club for their lack of investment in an interview, the owners of the club, the Glazers, announced that the club are ready to explore strategic alternatives for the club.
The announcement was confirmed in a club statement which reads:
“As part of this process, the Board will consider all strategic alternatives, including new investment into the club, a sale, or other transactions involving the Company.”
“This will include an assessment of several initiatives to strengthen the club, including stadium and infrastructure redevelopment, and expansion of the club's commercial operations on a global scale, each in the context of enhancing the long-term success of the club's men's, women's and academy teams, and bringing benefits to fans and other stakeholders.”
The Glazers family have held a stake in Manchester United since 2003, where they started with a shareholding of 3.17%. In 2005, they completed the full acquisition of the club.
The majority of Manchester United fans opposed their takeover after they realized the level of debt the club will be in after being debt-free for years.
The debt taken on by the Glazers to finance the takeover was split between the club and the family; between £265 million and £275 million was secured against Manchester United's assets, putting the club into debt for the first time since James Gibson saved them in 1931. The club's debt has grown ever since.
According to The Athletic, the football club's debt now stands at £741m with £227.7m in unpaid transfer fees, bringing the total amount owed to just under £1bn.
After being taken over in 2005, the club continued to thrive under Sir Alex Ferguson, which made the club's fans fall in love with the club once again. However, after Ferguson retired in 2013, the club lost its winning identity.
In an effort to find a replacement for Ferguson and the right person to continue the club's winning tradition, the club have hired and fired around seven first-team and interim coaches in the decade since. there. Due to bad luck, United supporters' concern and frustration with the Glazers over the past decade has peaked, with the majority of United fans eager to see the Glazers sell the club, the next process. management becomes quite long. and continued in recent weeks.
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It is the latest round of bidding for the club that could end a five-month takeover saga after the Glazers announced their willingness to explore strategic alternatives for the club, including selling the club.
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