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Ronaldo makes De Bruyne DEMAND
Jacque Talbot
- Updated: 5 Oct 2024 14:34 BST
- 2 min read
Cristiano Ronaldo is urging the Al-Nassr hierarchy to sign Kevin De Bruyne, who is out of contract in the summer.
Manchester City's star is in his twilight years and has won all there is to be won at the Etihad. There is no doubt that, if he left now, it would be as a City legend.
He is the Premier League's highest earner, earning around € 400k per week. But the Saudi Pro League spells a new window of opportunity.
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The links have been there before, with the Belgian being considered as the country's next target to bring in.
And now the Express have relayed a report which says that Ronaldo is pushing for De Bruyne. The Al-Nassr striker, who has seven goals in eight club games this season, has demanded that De Bruyne be made a contract offer for June.
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The likes of Sadio Mane and even his former teammate Aymeric Laporte have joined Al-Nassr, but it could be that they are not done yet.
De Bruyne is now 33 years old and has succumbed to injuries more and more in recent seasons. Ronaldo is said to be pressing for De Bruyne to be offered a £1million-a-week - an offer that would be too good to refuse.
De Bruyne's final season?
The 33-year-old surprised some by his openness to leave City after nine years at the club following his interview in the summer with Belgian paper HLN.
"At my age you have to be open to everything. You're talking about incredible amounts of money in what may be the end of my career,” De Bruyne said.
“Sometimes you have to think about that. If I play there [Saudi Arabia] for two years, I will be able to earn an incredible amount of money. Before that, I had to play football for 15 years. I may not even reach that amount yet.
"Then you have to think about what that could mean next. But at the moment I haven't had to think about that yet."
