Might Cristiano Ronaldo make a sensational switch to permit him to look on the 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup?
Rumours have emerged that Al Hilal plan to permit Neymar to go away the membership in January 2025 after which change him with Cristiano Ronaldo.
This transfer would then permit Ronaldo to play towards Lionel Messi and different stars on the 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup as Al Hilal certified by profitable the 2021 AFC Champions League.
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Nevertheless, Al Hilal CEO Esteve Calzada has poured chilly water on these rumours. “That appears like science fiction,” Calzada mentioned.
GiveMeSport report, through Fabrizio Romano on X, that he then added: “CR7 isn’t our participant so it is troublesome to touch upon that. He is not a free agent now, it isn’t good to speak about that.”
Whereas it’s true that Cristiano Ronaldo isn’t a free agent, his contract does expire in June 2025 and an early exit couldn’t be dominated out.
Al-Nassr would have little motivation to make any transfer that noticed their high striker be a part of what’s already the most effective facet within the Saudi Professional League.
Nevertheless, Cristiano Ronaldo would have all of the motivation to make the transfer. Not solely are Al Hilal a significantly better crew than Al-Nassr, however they’re enjoying within the Membership World Cup in the summertime.
Ronaldo vs Messi once more
Ronaldo is the highest scorer in Membership World Cup historical past with seven objectives, a file he would love to increase, particularly as a result of Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez are each simply behind him on 5 objectives.
And each males will likely be enjoying on the 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup.
Their membership, Inter Miami, certified within the “host” slot as winners of the MLS Supporters Defend. It was an odd determination however followers seen as a cynical one as a result of FIFA wished all of the media consideration and sponsorship pursuits that Lionel Messi brings with him.
Now think about they have been so as to add Cristiano Ronaldo to that?
Inter Miami have been drawn in Group A alongside Palmeiras, Porto and Al Ahly. So there’s definitely an opportunity that Messi or Suarez might rating the objectives wanted to surpass Ronaldo’s purpose file of seven.
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As if that wasn’t sufficient, Al Hilal are in Group H together with Purple Bull Salzburg, Pachuca and Actual Madrid.
So not solely would we get to run again the goalscoring arms race between Messi and Ronaldo, however we’d additionally get Ronaldo vs. Actual Madrid.
That will be music to FIFA’s ears, particularly as their qualification course of implies that the 2 greatest groups on the earth proper now (Barcelona and Liverpool) will not even be on the Membership World Cup. Whoops!
Irrespective of how tantalising FIFA and their advertising and marketing division would discover all of this, nonetheless, Esteve Calzada has made it clear that any such deal is unlikely at this stage.
