A year ago
Cristiano Ronaldo faces a harsh reality check as Real Madrid responds to his transfer request.
Cristiano Ronaldo is rumored to want to leave Al-Nassr after only four months in Saudi Arabia because he and his partner Georgina Rodriguez want to return to Madrid, where they met.
Cristiano Ronaldo is eager to leave Al-Nassr, but it has been said that his attempts to return to Real Madrid in a bid to return to the Spanish capital have been refused.
Al-Nassr's lead at the top of Saudi Arabia's elite division has dwindled in recent weeks, following Ronaldo's sensational January signing to the club. They are presently three points behind league leaders Al-Ittihad, who have a game in hand.
The advent of the Portuguese superstar, who signed a world record contract of £173 million per year, raised the stakes in Riyadh. Ronaldo has scored 12 league goals in 15 games for his new club, but this has coincided with a drop in results as Al-Nassr fell out of first place and was knocked out of the Saudi Arabian Cup.
Ronaldo has only scored once in his past four games for the Saudi Arabian club and has failed to score in six of his last nine. His goal return has decreased, which has coupled with the team's ability to find solutions around it.
According to El Nacional, the Portuguese superstar is desperate to leave Riyadh after only four months. Furthermore, he and his partner Georgina Rodriguez want to return to Madrid, where they met.
Ronaldo's initial preference was to return to Real Madrid, where he scored 450 goals in 438 first-team games, but this was denied by club president Florentino Perez, who believes the striker will not enhance the club's sporting objective.
nevertheless has been reported that Perez has offered Ronaldo an ambassadorial role at the club when he retires, which the player has yet to decide. Ronaldo was also offered to Atletico Madrid by manager Diego Simeone, but the club opted against the move due to strong feelings among the club's fan base.
Ronaldo departed Manchester United in November after an explosive interview with Piers Morgan, which led in his mutual departure from Old Trafford. It is thought that the athlete and the organization agreed that he would not be paid for the remaining seven months of his contract.
That came after Ronaldo was dropped from Erik ten Hag's preferred starting lineup, with the veteran refusing to accept his diminished status within the squad.