Cristiano Ronaldo will not play in the league match against Al Ta-ee tomorrow.
The Saudi team Al-Nassr has not yet registered the Portuguese champion but according to a source from Riyadh, who requested anonymity, the club would have exceeded the number of foreigners that can be registered and therefore the debut of Cr7 will have to wait .
In the Saudi championship each team can have up to eight , now – with the new signing – Rudi Garcia 's team has nine and before being able to field the multiple Ballon d'Or winner he must give up one. Since the Colombian goalkeeper Ospina , the Brazilians Luiz Gustavo and Talisca and the Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar are considered “non-transferable”, the choice will be between one of the other four.
The most quoted would be the Uzbek midfielder Jalaluddin Masharipov who, curiously, is also the one who up to now has worn the yellow and blue team's number 7 shirt , which will now pass on Ronaldo's shoulders. "There are ongoing negotiations for the sale of one of our foreigners - said the source of Al-Nassr -, but they are not yet in the final phase".
Once the registration is concluded, there will be a new problem ready for Al-Nassr: the two-match ban relating to when CR7 dropped a fan's mobile phone , with a slap , as he left the pitch after Manchester United's defeat against 'Everton. The provision is valid globally , therefore also in the Saudi championship.
(Unioneonline/vf)
