Paris Saint-Germain may participate in the end-of-January match against a select group of players who play for Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal clubs.
Mbappe and Messi may soon face Cristiano Ronaldo on a soccer field. The 37-year-old Portuguese star, who signed for Saudi club Al-Nasr on Friday For two and a half seasons, with an impressive salary of 200 million euros, you must participate in a friendly match that will oppose Paris Saint-Germain on the perfect eleven for the Saudi Championship, which will confuse the players of Al-Hilal and the new club. Five times the Golden Ball.
According to journalist Abdullah Boulma, the French champions are scheduled to come to Saudi Arabia at the end of this month for a quick tour, with the match to be held on January 19. This meeting could be the last to see Messi and Ronaldo confront each other, the two soccer superstars who have shared the collective and individual rewards for more than ten years and who have dominated world football in the twenty-first century.
The arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia sparked hysteria in the country and hordes of fans grabbed the shirts of their favorite team emblazoned with the name of the Portuguese star and his iconic seventh number, without a team since the termination of his contract with Manchester United at the end of November, the five-time Champions League winner, who passed by Manchester United (2003-09 and 2021-22), Real Madrid (2009-18) and Juventus Turin (2018-21), he surprised everyone.
Al-Nasr was already feeling the effects: his social media following exploded within a few hours. On Instagram, they’ve gone from 800,000 to four million. And after signing his contract last week, Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to join his new teammates in the coming days and come under the leadership of the club’s French coach, Rudi Garcia.