LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia is hoping to lure a swathe of world-famous footballers including Luka Modric and Hugo Lloris, a source close to the negotiations has told AFP, after snagging Cristiano Ronaldo and launching bids for Lionel Messi and Karim Benzema. “More than 10” seasoned players including N’Golo Kante and Roberto Firmino have been…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Al-Hilal are set to offer Lionel Messi a mouth-watering contract worth up to £288million-a-year. The 35-year-old has just under six months left on his current deal at Paris Saint-Germain and could be set to leave the Ligue 1 side this summer. Messi has scored an impressive 13 goals and chipped in with…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Saudi real estate mogul won a ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi face off in a friendly after bidding $2.6 million at auction, an official said Tuesday. The match on Thursday in Riyadh is set to pit Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain against a select side made up of players from…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo‘s first match since joining Al-Nassr has reportedly drawn ‘over two million’ fans into queueing up online for tickets to watch the Portuguese superstar in action. The 37-year-old will once again have to watch from the stands this weekend for Al-Nassr’s match against Al Shabab as he serves a two-match…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain will play a friendly against a select side made up of players from Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club Al Nassr and their Saudi rivals Al Hilal in Riyadh on January 19, the French champions announced on Monday. Qatar-owned PSG will travel to Doha on January 17 before moving…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cristiano Ronaldo has been banned from making his Al-Nassr debut against Al-Ta’ee on Thursday. The 37-year-old was due to play his first game for his new club at Mrsool Park in the Saudi Pro League, after he was unveiled as an Al-Nassr player earlier in the week. Ronaldo was set to receive…
LAGOS JANUARY RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo made a slip of the tongue over his megabucks new deal on Tuesday when he seemed to say he had moved to South Africa rather than Saudi Arabia, home of his latest club Al Nassr. “It’s not the end of my career to come to South Africa,” he…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in Riyadh ahead of his grand unveiling before thousands of fans at Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr club on Tuesday, after sealing a shock move estimated at more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old, a five-time winner of the Ballon d’Or, touched down in the capital late on…