Cristiano Ronaldo is anticipated to be absent from Al-Nassr’s journey to Al-Akhdoud within the Saudi Professional League on Monday (19:00 BST) – and Aymeric Laporte is reportedly near leaving the membership a 12 months earlier than the previous Manchester Metropolis defender’s contract ends.
5-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo is the 23-goal prime scorer within the division however will miss the sport due to a “lack of readiness”, in line with Al-ryyadhwith heavily-followed account ByanNassr additionally naming Ronaldo and Laporte amongst six gamers who won’t be concerned.
The newspaper additionally reported that Laporte, who joined Al-Nassr from Metropolis for £23.6 million in August 2023, has been coaching individually due to “tensions” with supervisor Stefano Pioli and is contemplating a number of presents from golf equipment together with Marseille, who sealed Champions League qualification and at the least a top-three place in France on Saturday.
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Why isn’t Cristiano Ronaldo enjoying for Al Nassr?
Al-Nassr have little to play for after two consecutive defeats, beginning with the tip of their AFC Champions League marketing campaign courtesy of a 3-2 dwelling loss towards J League strugglers Kawasaki within the semi-finals on April 30.
Ronaldo had been rested for his or her earlier league sport at Damac, however the all-time document scorer for Actual Madrid didn’t instantly contribute to a aim towards Kawasaki or of their subsequent 3-2 dwelling defeat towards Al-Ittihad on Wednesday.
Al-Ittihad are 9 factors away from second-placed Al-Hilal and can’t be caught by fifth-placed Al-Nassr, who’re 14 factors behind them.
Jhon Duran – signed from Aston Villa for £65m in January – and two-time African Footballer of the Yr Sadio Mane are mentioned to be Pioli’s chosen beginning attackers towards second-bottom Al-Akhdoud, who’re 4 factors from security.
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Aymeric Laporte switch, stats
A Euro 2024 winner with Spain, Laporte has performed 69 instances and scored 9 targets for Al-Nassr, together with 5 targets in 30 appearances this season.
The Champions League and five-time Premier League winner with Metropolis netted within the 3-2 win over Damac however was not within the squad towards Al-Ittihad and didn’t begin any of Al-Nassr’s six Champions League matches this 12 months.
Cristiano Ronaldo targets
Ronaldo has gone greater than three-and-a-half hours and not using a league aim however continues to be the highest scorer within the Saudi Professional League with 23, {followed} by Al-Ittihad’s Karim Benzema – Madrid’s second-highest scorer of all time – on 21.
Al-Shabab’s Abderrazak Hamdallah additionally has 21, whereas Ivan Toney has 20 for Al-Ahli, the membership the England ahead joined from Brentford for £40m in August.
Now 40, Ronaldo’s solely league win since triumphing in LaLiga with Madrid in 2017 is the 2019/20 Italian title with Juventus.
