It seems that the "honeymoon" between the Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo and his Saudi club Al-Nassr is facing a difficult test, as the "Don" topped the scene not for a cinematic purpose, but in the absence of controversy and as a result of which the team's training was interrupted on Tuesday morning.
Behind the scenes of the crisis: Mercato is weak and insatiable ambition
Behind the scenes of the absence, lies a state of "pent-up anger" that was blown up by the Portuguese newspaper "A Paula"; Ronaldo believes that the management of "Al-Alami" left the team alone on the battlefield, with a "timid" winter mercato that resulted in only two local deals, while the traditional rival Al-Hilal armed itself with a battalion of stars (7 international deals), which created a gap that the Portuguese captain saw as unacceptable to compete for the title.
The Field Scene: A Mysterious Absence and a Challenge Coming
• First absence: He started by excluding him from the match list "Riyadh" (which Mane decided with a clean goal).
• Training Rebellion: Refusal to attend the training session imposed by coach Jorge Jesus for substitutes and excluded players.
• Ambiguity is the master of the situation: Media people close to the Nasrawi House confirmed that Ronaldo's continued distancing puts the team's future in "Dark tunnel".
Killer timing
This shock comes at the worst possible time, as Al-Nasr is a few days away from the bone-breaking summit against Al-Ittihad next Friday, a position that will greatly determine the features of the struggle for the top of the league, on which Al-Hilal is a single point.
Will Jesus succeed in containing the leader's revolution, or have Ronaldo's "global" ambitions collided with the humble reality of the Mercato of victory?