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Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr have had an underwhelming run of friendly games, winning only one of their last eight friendlies. The canary yellow outfit lost 1-0 in their last fixture with Segunda Division side Almeria.
Now, reports suggest that Ronaldo's club have offered their marquee player Sadio Mane to league rivals Al-Iitihad. However, Al-Iitihad have put forward some conditions that need to be fulfilled for the Senegalese's transfer.
Firstly, Al-Nassr need to pay a huge chunk of Mane's salary. According to Capology, the 32-year-old earns €40 million as base salary with additional bonuses, as per his contract for Al-Nassr, which expires in 2026.
The conditions also state that a local player from Al-Nassr will be transferred to Al-Ittihad, wile Luiz Felipe from Al-Iitihad will have to be shifted from his current club to the canary yellow outfit or any other club.
Mane joined Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. in 2023 from Bayern Munich. In one season, the Senegalese forward played 46 games, scoring 19 goals and creating 11. Fans have been vocal about their opinion on the transfer report. Some of the more popular ones are as follows:
"@AlNassrFC_EN does your management think? Wtf is this circus of a club!" commented one fan on X.
"Joke of a club," agreed another.
"WTF AL NASSR!!! Sell Mané and keep TALISCA??? The club is a Joke..." another fan wrote on X.
Some of the other reactions are as follows:
"Omo al nassr are yet to do anything tangible this window…," opined one fan.
"If we let mane go without replacement, then the downfall of the team continues. That is how fofana was loan with no proper man to take his role," inferred another fan on X.
"What a useless deal. This broke club probably doesn’t even have enough funds to replace him if they let him go. Just keep Mané and pray for the best," commented another fan.
One fan on X also talked about the conditions and opined that it's better to keep the player and use his services than agree to the conditions.
"Why can't we get a transfer fee? A deal like that where we're on the hook for the lion's share of the player's wages is better than keeping Mane and hoping to God he gets back on top," wrote the fan.
Cristiano Ronaldo wants Manchester United's Antony to join Al-Nassr
With Sadio Mane reported to depart, Al-Nassr would want to bolster their frontline. According to El Nacional, Cristiano Ronaldo wants Manchester United's Antony in the Al-Nassr frontline.
Al-Nassr have signed only goalkeeper Bento in this summer transfer window and will look to reinforce their frontline after Talisca and Sadio Mane's underwhelming performances last season.
Despite Cristiano Ronaldo's record-breaking form in front of goal, Al-Nassr failed to win any significant trophy last season. Ronaldo played with Antony for a few months at the start of the 2022-23 season before his contract was mutually terminated by the Old Trafford club.
Antony scored just thrice and provided two assists in 38 appearances for the Red Devils last season. However, his contract expires in the summer of 2027, and Manchester United will presumably not let him go for cheap, given he was brought for a reported fee of €95 million from Ajax in 2022.
