⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions

[GbitG]

Contract to be valid until June 2025, as expected — salary close to €200m per year, with commercial deals included.
Now all that remains to be done is for the player to travel to Riyadh with the club's representatives in the next few hours to finalise the details that will allow him to join his new team as of January 1.

Cristiano Ronaldo's Saudi adventure is about to begin.


ref: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1608901363769171968?s=20&t=U6-SGHBRmxetORN8egvUow
https://twitter.com/StoolFootball/status/1608882028690411520?s=20&t=U6-SGHBRmxetORN8egvUow
https://www.marca.com/en/football/2022/12/30/63af303dca474179608b45b1.html

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[Avirunes]

But so far Fabrizio Romano as the pioneer of more accurate football news has not tweeted anything. Was he late in reporting this?

Maybe he still is calling his sources and confirming this up. Usually he is not this late but anyway will wait for him. Even if he denies this rumor, I will 100% believe him.

About Ronaldo, seems like he didn't had any choice but to go to Saudi Arabia and let his dream in playing in Europe hang for now. He is 37 now and reports are that he has signed for two seasons. So by the time his contract expires, he will be 39 and I hardly think any strong club in Europe will have any interest on him.

[izsara]

Maybe this is a profit condition for Barcelona, regardless of how much they are still profitable I think because Kessié was brought in for free. On the other hand, Kessié's departure is a more favorable condition for them, especially since they still have to reduce several players so that their team's salary is more stable and indeed Kessié is also on the transfer list this time.

Still Barcelona continues to sign really bad players for them,they just keep signing players and this is pointless from them. Kessie wasnt even given a right chance in the club and they already want to sell him. I dont know what the coaching staff is doing but this is awful. Only good thing is that they would profit a lot from this transfer.

Things like this are not too strange because talent scouts at Barcelona are always disappointing because this is not the first time they have failed in the last few seasons. Coutinho, Griezmann, Malcom, Andre Gomez and many more of the players they recruited ended in failure but indeed this time there was little profit they could take when compared to the transfer of other players although it is indeed possible that this was partly to pay his wages.

[Joca97]

Maybe this is a profit condition for Barcelona, regardless of how much they are still profitable I think because Kessié was brought in for free. On the other hand, Kessié's departure is a more favorable condition for them, especially since they still have to reduce several players so that their team's salary is more stable and indeed Kessié is also on the transfer list this time.

Still Barcelona continues to sign really bad players for them,they just keep signing players and this is pointless from them. Kessie wasnt even given a right chance in the club and they already want to sell him. I dont know what the coaching staff is doing but this is awful. Only good thing is that they would profit a lot from this transfer.

Things like this are not too strange because talent scouts at Barcelona are always disappointing because this is not the first time they have failed in the last few seasons. Coutinho, Griezmann, Malcom, Andre Gomez and many more of the players they recruited ended in failure but indeed this time there was little profit they could take when compared to the transfer of other players although it is indeed possible that this was partly to pay his wages.

Those players arent bad at all the coaches just dont know how to implement them in their team. We seen Grizmann playing really good at the world cup and for atletico madrid so i think this are mostly coaches mistakes or players just dont know how to play at their best in Barcelona.

[DanWalker]

But so far Fabrizio Romano as the pioneer of more accurate football news has not tweeted anything. Was he late in reporting this?

Maybe he still is calling his sources and confirming this up. Usually he is not this late but anyway will wait for him. Even if he denies this rumor, I will 100% believe him.

About Ronaldo, seems like he didn't had any choice but to go to Saudi Arabia and let his dream in playing in Europe hang for now. He is 37 now and reports are that he has signed for two seasons. So by the time his contract expires, he will be 39 and I hardly think any strong club in Europe will have any interest on him.

As of right now, I do not believe anything has been confirmed as of yet. In addition, there has been no news from Fabrizio Romano either. As a result, I am not going to believe any shady news that I come across on any shady link. By the way is the offer still on for Cristiano Ronaldo from the Saudi Arabian club? I think at this point it would be most appropriate for him to just join. This is because there is not a Champions League team that is showing any interest in Cristiano Ronaldo at the moment.

[alpamar99]

About Ronaldo, seems like he didn't had any choice but to go to Saudi Arabia and let his dream in playing in Europe hang for now. He is 37 now and reports are that he has signed for two seasons. So by the time his contract expires, he will be 39 and I hardly think any strong club in Europe will have any interest on him.

It seems that this has been confirmed now, even though he had previously denied this rumor, but now it is already busy that he has signed a contract with a Middle Eastern club with a duration of 2 years for a fantastic fee.
Other reports say that he will undergo medical tests in the coming days. it looks like this is the end of Ronaldo's drama after a lot of speculation circulating about him.

[coinlocket$]

Ronaldo is rumored to go to Saudi Arabia, his salary is rumored to be around 70m/year.

Not official yet but it can be imminent.

[trendcoin]

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I hopelessly waited until the last minute for Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Real Madrid, but I knew as time passed that this transfer was becoming impossible. Top-level teams did not want to see Cristiano Ronaldo in their squad and did not try to transfer him during the transfer period. Al Nasr's interest in him was not to be taken lightly either. Cristiano Ronaldo did the best he could...

It doesn't matter where the king goes, we will go there as well. :)

[coinlocket$]

And now it is really official.

CR7 to Saudi Arabia.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1608933825333297153


Quite surprising to me was an easy call to Sporting.

He will play again after 2025 he always said he wants to end his carrier in his 1st team.

[herurist]

And now it is really official.

CR7 to Saudi Arabia.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1608933825333297153


Quite surprising to me was an easy call to Sporting.

He will play again after 2025 he always said he wants to end his carrier in his 1st team.

With confirmation from Fabrizio, this makes it even clearer and it is certain that the Middle East League will get a lot of attention with Goat there.
I think it looks like I will now start looking for the schedule of Alnassr matches later Because I want to see how Ronaldo plays there.
Regardless of how the speculation is going on and the pros and cons in it, I will still support him in his career.

[kawetsriyanto]

I hopelessly waited until the last minute for Cristiano Ronaldo's return to Real Madrid, but I knew as time passed that this transfer was becoming impossible. Top-level teams did not want to see Cristiano Ronaldo in their squad and did not try to transfer him during the transfer period. Al Nasr's interest in him was not to be taken lightly either. Cristiano Ronaldo did the best he could...

It doesn't matter where the king goes, we will go there as well.

TBH, I also expect him to play in Real Madrid again, but it seems Real Madrid management doesn't want to try Ronaldo's reunion with his friends in Real Madrid squad. I am sure Ronaldo still has his great ability as a top striker and he is also still a disciplined player. However, Real Madrid has their own plan, they may plan to sign another big player. If they sign Mbappe, Ronaldo may have no place in the squad because of too many top strikers. Another reason is probably the salary. Ronaldo's salary seems too big for Real Madrid, they don't want to pay big money for an old player like Ronaldo. So, Ronaldo has no chance in Real Madrid now, it is much better to accept a big offer from Al Nassr.

Hopefully, Ronaldo can get his glorious days back in the Arabic league!!

[FanEagle]

Barcelona has been targeting some free players other than kante. Even when kante signed by barcelona and kante has no chance to perform caused by there was no ETA for when kante will be recovering from his injury. I meant chelsea was letting him to leave from the club caused by chelsea didn't wanna try to waste more time waiting for kante to recover. Any time will be very important to the club. Kante has been contributing a lot for chelsea.
Barcelona has so many limitation due to the financial condition but i didn't know why there are so many players linked to the barcelona just like moukoko which has been targeting by some big clubs in EPL

I still do not agree that it would be a smart decision to get Kante when he is at this age, it just doesn't make sense to spend this much money on a player. They have a good core and they could use that good core to build around that team with players around the same age bracket as well. Basically the oldest player they should get should be 26 years old, that way they would be allowing the team to grow together.

If you keep getting older players like Lewandowski or in this case a talk about Kante, it is easy to realize they won't be getting players that would be helping them in the long run when their younger talent grows older and more veteran with some talent.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Many people were so sure that he was never going to sign to go to Saudi because of his desire to play in Champions league and in the bigger leagues, Ronaldo has taken the money (enough to tempt any player) and with that his retirement is sure.

Ronaldo will be highly respected in Saudi Arabia, and moving to that new club will give him enough time to play, maybe to regain his lost form.

What does he still have to prove in Europe, he has achieved it all and now it's time to retire. When it comes to the champions league, he'll always be the greatest to even play it. Ronaldo going to Al Nassr doesn't totally have to do with the money. He needs a club that respect him and give him enough playing time. The guys loves to play the game and that he'll do at Al Nassr. Atleast now he'll have piece of mind and be free from the European media that feeds on him daily.

When Messi talk bad against Barcelona in the past via granting an interview, he was praised by the media for exposing the club wrong doings but when Ronaldo does the same, the media comes for him. I think Ronaldo needed this break from the media always painting him as the villain even when he puts all his energy into entertaining us. I'm happy for him, and wish him all the best at Al Nassr.

[baeva]

And now it is really official.

CR7 to Saudi Arabia.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1608933825333297153


Quite surprising to me was an easy call to Sporting.

He will play again after 2025 he always said he wants to end his carrier in his 1st team.

It's sad really... A few hours before the announcement of the transfer there were rumors in the media that these negotiations were stopped, because they began to receive offers from clubs that are currently playing in the Champions League (which is 16 teams at least), but he still chose Saudi Arabia... I think as long as he plays there he will be forgotten about as a star

[rdluffy]

And now it is really official.

CR7 to Saudi Arabia.

Quite surprising to me was an easy call to Sporting.

He will play again after 2025 he always said he wants to end his carrier in his 1st team.

Wow, so it's done 
I know, every media is talking about Arabia but I always thought Ronaldo would prefer to stay in a mid level team, or even get back to Sporting to try another champions league.
I think he prefers the money this time instead of a competitive team to pursue another championships.

Unfortunately I think we can say goodbye to Ronaldo playing memorable matches in a team, maybe we'll se him in Euro 2024, but neven again in a Champions League.
When the contract ends in 2025 he's going to be 40 years.

[bitcampaign]

And now it is really official.

CR7 to Saudi Arabia.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1608933825333297153


Quite surprising to me was an easy call to Sporting.

He will play again after 2025 he always said he wants to end his carrier in his 1st team.

I think maybe there is the best place for a goat ronaldo maybe he will really be appreciated there than at other clubs, I will watch his first game there considering of course he will be a football legend in the next few years

[abhiseshakana]

And now it is really official.

CR7 to Saudi Arabia.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1608933825333297153


Quite surprising to me was an easy call to Sporting.

He will play again after 2025 he always said he wants to end his carrier in his 1st team.

It's sad really... A few hours before the announcement of the transfer there were rumors in the media that these negotiations were stopped, because they began to receive offers from clubs that are currently playing in the Champions League (which is 16 teams at least), but he still chose Saudi Arabia... I think as long as he plays there he will be forgotten about as a star

So in the end Ronaldo decided to choose money over his ambitions. It's a bit surprising, considering that he should still be able to compete in Europe, and we all know that he still has the desire to play in the Champions League. With this decision he has made, he automatically chooses to retire in Saudi Arabia .

[Velvet78]

Then it is the end of the career of a legend after signing for Al-Nassr. Because I don't think he would even think of returning to Europe before his retirement anymore. He is already very old and he would reach the age of 40 or so there as well. Even if he wants to return to Europe in a couple of years to fight in the Champions League I don't think there would be any team interested in him at all just as now.

He is going to earn around 75 million dollars a year at Al-Nassr. This is really insane.  

[Rockstarguy]

And now it is really official.

CR7 to Saudi Arabia.



Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1608933825333297153


Quite surprising to me was an easy call to Sporting.

He will play again after 2025 he always said he wants to end his carrier in his 1st team.

With confirmation from Fabrizio, this makes it even clearer and it is certain that the Middle East League will get a lot of attention with Goat there.
I think it looks like I will now start looking for the schedule of Alnassr matches later Because I want to see how Ronaldo plays there.
Regardless of how the speculation is going on and the pros and cons in it, I will still support him in his career.

People feels Ronaldo going to Saudi Arabia to play will makes is career drop but that's not true.  After Ronaldo signed the deals with his new club, the club is having increase of followers.  This means that Ronaldo going to Saudi Arabia it is an advantage to the club, Ronaldo is a legend to lots of fans, he will be still recognised by fans. Al nassr  is about to turn a big club by having a great player like Ronaldo,  this signing might lead to the signing of more legendary players.

[asriloni]

I think maybe there is the best place for a goat ronaldo maybe he will really be appreciated there than at other clubs, I will watch his first game there considering of course he will be a football legend in the next few years

Not the best place but ronaldo consider there's no guarantee if he will be getting a new club or not until the end of january. Ronaldo didn't wanna try to take the risk anymore. Ronaldo was also having a mission to make yunani and egypt to be the next host for world cup. That's why ronaldo agreed with the proposal that already offered to him. We will not see ronaldo played in the EU again. That's very sad to see that as we are losing goat but he has been choosing the right decision for his future.
His salary is insane compared with another world class players. Messi is too far below him with his new salary. He might be the a player with the biggest salary in the world.