Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr contract is ending: Will the star footballer go away and the place will he go?

Cristiano Ronaldo has been the face of Al-Nassr ever since he
signed with the Saudi Professional League membership in December 2022
after his second spell with Manchester United didn’t precisely finish on good phrases. The 40-year-old ahead, who has additionally had stints with Actual Madrid and Juventus in a stellar profession spanning greater than twenty years, additionally occurs to be the
highest-paid athlete on the earth
, incomes greater than €200 million yearly.

Nonetheless, each Ronaldo and the Al-Nassr administration have a serious determination to make within the subsequent few days with the Portuguese celebrity’s contract set to run out on 30 June, which means the membership may have just a little over a month to decide on Ronaldo’s future on the membership.

Will Ronaldo lengthen his keep at Al-Nassr?

Ronaldo was reported to have
verbally agreed to an extension of his contract
earlier this 12 months that will have had him keep on the membership until the summer time of 2026, with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner reportedly even being supplied a minority stake within the membership that will have allowed him to take part within the membership’s decision-making course of.

Ronaldo, nevertheless, has since
expressed unhappiness over the membership’s lack of trophies
together with their failure to qualify for the subsequent season of AFC Champions League Elite, in addition to the upcoming FIFA Membership World Cup. Not solely that, he has additionally demanded the removing of coach Stefano Pioli, sporting director Fernando Hierro together with practically half of the squad.

9-time Saudi top-flight champions Al-Nassr have gained only one trophy since Ronaldo’s arrival – the 2023 Arab Membership Champions Cup – and it’s comprehensible for the endurance of a person who’s a five-time UEFA Champions League winner to be carrying skinny.

Al-Nassr thus face an enormous dilemma in having to launch so many people, together with those that are a part of the staff’s administration, to be able to maintain the largest signing in Saudi soccer historical past blissful.

**Brazil or Morocco? The place is CR7 headed to subsequent?
**

Whereas Ronaldo’s presence has revolutionised Saudi soccer and has vastly boosted the Gulf Kingdom’s sporting ambitions, his days in capital Riyadh as a participant will doubtless have come to an finish. Based on Spanish newspaper Marca, Ronaldo has obtained a proposal from a Brazilian membership, although the report didn’t point out which one.

What makes this much more fascinating is the truth that the Brazilian membership will likely be taking part within the
FIFA Membership World Cup
that takes place in the US within the months of June and July.

4 Brazilian golf equipment will likely be collaborating within the Membership World Cup – Palmeiras, Flamengo, Fluminense and Botafogo. And Ronaldo’s curiosity in signing with one among these 4 golf equipment is to make sure he’s a part of the motion within the match that’s set for its largest version ever, with
32 groups set to be a part of the motion
.

With Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami additionally a part of the motion by receiving the host nation slot, Ronaldo may simply get to fulfill his fierce rival on the sphere probably for the final time of their careers. CR7 is a four-time Membership World Cup champion – thrice with Madrid and as soon as with United. The upcoming match, nevertheless, will likely be a match of a unique scale fully. And FIFA are additionally mentioned to be eager on getting each Ronaldo and Messi on board for the upcoming occasion.

Ronaldo, nevertheless, doesn’t essentially have to maneuver to Brazil to satisfy his dream of taking part in within the expanded Membership World Cup. Marca has additionally reported that Moroccan membership Wydad Casablanca, who’ve certified for the World Cup on the idea of getting gained the 2021-22 CAF Champions League, are additionally believed to have reached out to the legendary participant.

What prompted speculations of Ronaldo’s doable transfer to the 22-time top-flight champions was a brief clip shared by the membership on their social media channels that featured the Portuguese membership adopted by a handshake, hinting at a serious signing sooner or later.

🇵🇹🤝🏼⏳#DimaWydad pic.twitter.com/f9AIo3s9eo

— Wydad Athletic Membership (@WACofficiel) Might 21, 2025

Whereas Ronaldo is believed to have reached out to the Moroccan membership, an official supply advised Reuters that the membership isn’t in formal talks to signal him from Al-Nassr but. “It was only a pleasant dialog between Wydad’s president and an agent near Ronaldo, with out formal negotiations,” the supply advised the information company.

It stays to be seen whether or not the transfer to Brazil or Morocco is a short-term deal to be able to fulfill his want of taking part in within the FIFA World Cup, or whether or not Ronaldo finally ends up signing an extended contract.

He was additionally linked to Sporting CP, the main Portuguese membership whose academy he’s a product of and from the place he started his senior profession. And whereas such a transfer gained’t have him going through Messi within the Membership World Cup, it might find yourself being one thing of a fairytale end to a storied profession.