Cristiano Ronaldo, the face of the Saudi Pro League, did not feature in Al Nassr’s clash with Al Riyadh in protest against the club’s owners, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), a report has claimed.
The 40-year-old, who is thought to get paid £488,000 ($666,300) a day to play for Al Nassr, was not in Jorge Jesus’s squad for Monday’s clash. Local reports originally claimed an injury was keeping Ronaldo sidelined, but Fabrizio Romano revealed the Portugal international’s absence is not due to “any physical issue nor to workload or fitness management.”
