The Saudi Pro League is star rich enough to compete with European club football like Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Neymar, N’Golo Kante, Roberto Firmino and Henderson. Cristiano Ronaldo joined Saudi Pro League club Al Nasr FC in January 2023.
However, other leading players reached the Saudi Pro League through the 2023-2024 pre-season transfer. Brazilian superstar Neymar, who joined Al Hilal FC this month, said that Cristiano Ronaldo started this trend and all the credit goes to him.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nasser FC and former ISL champions Mumbai City FC are likely to be in the same group in the AFC Champions League group stage. With that, big stars including Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane will arrive in Mumbai for the away match.
If it is Al Ittihad FC, Karim Benzema, Ngolo Kante and Fabinho will arrive in Mumbai. However, only when the AFC Champions League group stage teams are decided through the draw will it be completely clear whether Cristiano Ronaldo and his team, Karim Benzema and his team or Neymar and his team will make it to Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Saudi Pro League clubs are in trouble over the number of foreign players in the AFC Champions League. The Saudi Pro League is as star-rich as European clubs. A number of superstars from each club flew in the 2023 – 2024 pre-season transfer.
According to the AFC Champions League rules, only a maximum of six foreign players can be included in the squad. A player in itself must be from an AFC member country. Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Zico Fofana, Marcelo Brosovic and Alex Telles are Al Nasser FC’s five foreign presences for the AFC Champions League.
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