Cristiano Ronaldo has shot down speculation that he is set to join Saudi club Al Nassr in January on a deal worth €200 million per season ($210 million), telling reporters that the claims are “not true.”
Ronaldo, 37, is currently without a club after leaving Manchester United last month on the back of a bombshell interview with UK TV personality Piers Morgan.
Spanish outlet Marca reported this week that Ronaldo had decided upon his future and would join Saudi side Al Nassr from January 1.
The forward was said to have agreed a two-and-half-year deal which would net him a signing-on fee of almost €100 million before an annual salary of close to €200 million.
But speaking after Portugal’s 6-1 win over Switzerland in the last 16 of the World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday – where he was dropped to the substitutes’ bench – Ronaldo denied the speculation.
“No,
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