Ronaldo brings Premier League superstar to Saudi Arabia

Carlo Garganese

• 23 Apr 2024 07:50 BST
• 3 min read

Cristiano Ronaldo is working on convincing Kevin de Bruyne to join him at Al Nassr next season.

Rudy Galetti reports that the Saudi Arabian side will step up their interest in the coming weeks and will hold talks with the Manchester City superstar.

Galetti adds that other Saudi teams could also join the race to sign De Bruyne, who is regarded as one of the greatest players in Premier League history.

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De Bruyne has been reported for several weeks now to be one of the prime targets for Saudi Pro League clubs this summer, alongside Liverpool's Mo Salah.

He is currently under contract with Man City until the summer of 2025 - but the side are expected to entertain offers exceeding £100 million for De Bruyne in the upcoming summer window.

Will De Bruyne leave Man City?

De Bruyne will turn 33 before the start of next season and would consider a move to Saudi Arabia having achieved everything and won everything there is to win with Man City.

If he left for the Middle East, he would join former Man City teammates in the league - Riyad Mahrez joined Al Ahli and Aymeric Laporte transferred to Al Nassr last summer.

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Ronaldo has played an active role in recruiting players to Al Nassr and the Saudi Pro League in general ever since arriving 18 months ago.

He joined Al Nassr on a free transfer in January 2023 and has since scored 56 goals in 62 games.

Ronaldo turned 39 in February but is still going strong and scoring at a ridiculous rate for both club and country.

The Al Nassr star also scored 54 goals in 2023, more than any other player in world football and two more than both Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe.

Earlier this month Ronaldo hit back to back hattricks for Al Nassr.

Ronaldo now has three hattricks this season in the Saudi Pro League, and 29 goals in total in the league. He is certain to finish the campaign as top scorer in the league.

But could he be linking up with Kevin de Bruyne next season?