Esteve Calzada CEO said Cristiano Ronaldo to sign the short-term agreement, in order to play in the club world there was never a realistic proposal.
Al Hilaral was connected to Portuguese Superstar, which will soon be outside Al Nassr’s contract and was being played at the United States summer championship.
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The signing of Ronaldo was “counter-intuitive”
The Calzada, however, has accepted the signing of the File of the Al Hilral Pro League rival, although in despite public investment funds in Saudi Arabia – it was unlikely.
He said to BBC: “We don’t usually comment on the situations of the players, especially our name is always when a player or agent wants to negotiate with their club or trying to expel them.
“Transfer window has been very strange, it’s a very short time.
“You don’t want to think about this tournament you shouldn’t think about this next two or three years.
“As much as I respect Ronaldo as a giant player, as we all know it is definitely the greatest player in your biggest opponent to play with you.
“Even more when there is only three or four weeks.”
Al Hilaral is expected to be busy in the second transfer window
The first transfer window is now included for clubs involved in the Club World Cup and is second open.
And Al Hilaral will be busy that Victor Osimhen and Darwin Nunez has been linked to.
Calzada spoiled: “We wanted to see the team. But some players were ‘already on holiday’ thinking, some players demanded too much money, and we know that our team is very competitive.
“We will still enter the usual Tournament window with the biggest championships to see the team we can even strengthen.”
Al Hilal has started the Club World Cup campaign against Real Madrid on June 18, before RB Salzburg, four days later and the Stage of Pachuc ended on June 27th.
2025-06-17 09:40:00
