Even without using it, Cristiano Ronaldo appeared on the microphones after the match at the Algarve stadium and faced the possibility that Al-Nassr might have already reached an agreement with Porto player Ottavio.
“It’s completely untrue. I’ve been challenged, but nothing has been finalized. Al-Nassr already had 10 or 15 players who said they were going there and nothing has been seen yet. We know we’re going to reinforce, that’s obvious,” the forward said, He also referred to hiring coach Luis Castro.
“We are making a good team, we have a Portuguese crew that makes us very happy. Of course I am happy with the arrival of Luis Castro,” he said.
Regarding the training that the Saudi national team is doing in the Algarve, Ronaldo believes that it was “very positive”. “Things were going well, we trained a lot, in great conditions. We were doing our preparation. The pre-season is always a difficult time, but it’s part of it, to keep fit and start the league in the best possible way,” he said, stressing that the Saudi championship It will be very interesting.
“We are concerned not only with Al-Hilal, led by Jorge Jesus, but with all the good teams that the Saudi league has. I already said six months ago that the league will grow. It will be very competitive, given the huge number of players. They have gone there.”
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