The reason Cristiano Ronaldo did not play in Saudi Arabia and it was not for money

Cristiano Ronaldo was unable to leave Manchester United in this transfer market, the Portuguese soccer player searched for a new club together with his representative Jorge Mendes, but they were unsuccessful. Now CR7 has to finish his one-year contract with the Red Devils.

One of those great club offers came from Saudi Arabia, it was that of El Al Hilal, one of the most important teams in the country, they presented him with an offer to play for two seasons and with a salary of 242 million euros. Despite this large amount of money, Cristiano rejected it.

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The president of Al-Hilal, Fahad ben Nafel, has explained on the YouTube channel Thamanya, the real reason why Cristiano Ronaldo could not get to play for his club.

This was the real reason

“Yes, we negotiated with Cristiano Ronaldo. The problem was never about money. Al-Hilal is capable of signing the stars of the world, the problem was in the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport that prevented us from signing players. We did not stop negotiating with soccer players despite the sanction and we tried to delay entering the final stage of the negotiations until the sanction was lifte. That was not possible”, words from the president.