Cristiano Ronaldo personally urges Al-Nassr to bring in Manchester United target Adrien Rabiot
Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly urged Al-Nassr to sign midfielder Adrien Rabiot, who was previously linked to Manchester United.
Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted Al-Nassr to sign former Juventus star Adrien Rabiot. (via X)
Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly urged Al-Nassr to sign Frenchman Adrien Rabiot, who has been without a club since departing Juventus at the end of last season. The 29-year-old was previously linked to Manchester United, but failed to secure a transfer.
The Saudi PL side is preparing an offer worth €20 million to sign Rabiot. Nassr is reportedly working upon Ronaldo’s insistence to sign the former PSG star, who has been a free agent since June. It would mark a reunion for the two, who last played together during the Portuguese’s time at Juventus. Rabiot last played for France at the 2024 Euros, and is on the search for a new club after a potential move to Manchester United failed to materialize. United instead opted to sign midfielder Manuel Ugarte from PSG.
The Frenchman would be a brilliant addition to the Al-Nassr midfield, which already features the likes of Marcelo Brozovic and Otavio. Having scored five goals and provided three assists last season, the versatile Adrien Rabiot would also help the club in their Saudi PL title push. However, a potential hurdle to the Frenchman’s arrival in Riyadh remains the Saudi PL’s foreign player rules. The league has capped the number of foreign stars per team to just ten, complicating the French star’s signature.
🚨 Al-Nassr are making a big play to sign Adrien Rabiot as a free agent! 💛💙
— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) September 4, 2024
A €20m-a-year contract is on the table. 💰
Cristiano Ronaldo is personally pushing for his arrival.
(Source: Corriere Dello Sport) pic.twitter.com/SEKjEDbldg
Moreover, in case of a transfer, Rabiot would follow the same path as fellow Frenchman and Euro 2024 star, N’Golo Kante. His signature would mark Al-Nassr’s fifth major summer signing, after Leipzig’s Mohamed Simakan, goalkeeper Bento and Brazilian forwards Angelo and Wesley.
Adrien Rabiot, Memphis Depay among the most expensive free agents still available this summer
The summer transfer window of most of Europe’s top leagues have closed, with many of the players having secured significant transfers. However, a few top players are yet to find a new club, and are still available as free agents.
Among them, the most prominent ones are Keylor Navas, Adrien Rabiot, Joel Matip, Andre Gomes, Memphis Depay and Anthony Martial. Ex-PSG and Juventus star Adrien Rabiot is the most expensive free agent. Another player available as a free agent is former Real Madrid legend and four-time UCL winner, Sergio Ramos, who left Sevilla at the end of the previous season.
Apart from them, a few other big names who still remain as free agents include former Monaco skipper Wissam Ben Yedder, Dele Alli, former Bayern Munich star Eric Maxim-Choupo Moting and midfielder Miralem Pjanic.
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