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Cristiano Ronaldo misses Portugal training ahead of World Cup clash with South Korea ‘amid Saudi Arabia transfer offer’


CRISTIANO RONALDO missed Portugal training today ahead of their final group game amid speculation over a record-breaking move to Saudi Arabia.

The 37-year-old has reportedly been offered the chance to become the highest-paid sportsperson of all time by Al-Nassr.

Cristiano Ronaldo sat out training with Portugal todayCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun

The superstar is a free agent after leaving Manchester United last week.

But SunSport understands Ronaldo is still keen to play Champions League football and has not agreed the offer of a two-and-a-half year contract worth £173 million-a-year, despite reports in Marca.

However, his current focus is on trying to fire Portugal to World Cup glory.

A brace from Bruno Fernandes sealed a 2-0 win over Uruguay, even though Ronaldo tried to claim the first, and booked their spot in the last-16 with a game to spare.

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They still have South Korea to play on Friday – which could see Fernando Santos rest some of his players.

And perhaps that is why the Real Madrid legend failed to train alongside his team-mates earlier.

Portuguese supporters have little to fear regarding their talisman as Abola claims he has no physical problems.

And he was instead doing individual training in the gym.

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He was not the only one to miss out on Portugal’s penultimate session.

Porto midfielder Otavio only went through some recovery work.

While injured PSG pair Danilo Pereira and Nuno Mendes are still recovering from their respective knocks.


Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk


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