Cristiano Ronaldo's SPL rivals enter race to sign PL star previously linked with Al-Nassr move - Reports
Al-Ittihad are reportedly looking to sign Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson, whose move to Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr apparently collapsed. The Brazilian has been at the Etihad since the 2017-18 season.
The six-time Premier League winner is contracted with City till 2026, but recent reports have linked him with an exit from the club. Ronaldo's Al-Nassr agreed terms with Ederson - as per transfer guru Fabrizio Romano - but the deal didn't come through.
Pep Guardiola's side value the Brazilian shot-stopper at €50-60 million, with Al-Ittihad 'trying' to secure his services, but the move is expected to be a complicated one.
Ederson has been a key first-team player at the Etihad since his arrival from Benfica in the summer of 2017. In 332 appearances across competitions, the 30-year-old has kept an impressive 155 clean sheets.
That includes 117 shutouts in 250 outings in the league across seven seasons, with Guardiola's side winning the title in six of those campaigns - including the last four - both unprecedented in English football history.
How Al-Nassr captain Cristiano Ronaldo fared in his last international tournament?
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo endured a surprisingly disappointing campaign at Euro 2024. He went scoreless in five games - with A Selecao crashing out in the quarter-final following a shootout loss to France.
It marked the first time the Al-Nassr captain went through a major tournament without scoring in 11 appearances across the Euros and FIFA World Cup, having gone scoreless in nine major-tournament outings.
Ronaldo did provide an assist in the 3-0 group-stage win over Turkey, which made him the joint assist-provider in Euros history, along with Czech Republic legend Karol Poborsky.
Earlier, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner became the first player to appear in six editions of the competition. However, he couldn't become the first to score in as many editions, notably missing an extra-time penalty in the 3-0 Round-of-16 shootout win over Slovenia following a goalless 120 minutes.
However, he scored in the ensuing shootout and also in the next shootout - a 5-3 loss to France - to become the oldest player to score in an Euro shootout and the first to do so in four shootouts.