Brazilian club Portuguesa are set to launch a shock move to secure the services of former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo.
The former United number seven joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr in 2023 after leaving Old Trafford in November 2022 after an explosive interview with Piers Morgan, where he criticised then manager Erik ten Hag and the owners of the club.
The 40 year old has played 100 matches for the Saudi side, scoring 89 goals in the process.
He has only won one trophy during his time in the Middle East however, clinching the Arab Club Champions Cup in 2023.
Ronaldo has been tipped to sign a new contract at Al-Nassr as he still has designs of playing in the 2026 World Cup for Portugal.
Nonetheless, Alex Bourgeois, president of Brazilian club Portuguesa, has claimed that his club will sensationally try and tempt the Portuguese legend to Brazil.
Speaking to CNN (via talkSPORT) the president claimed that the club have already tried to lure fellow former United star Nani and that they aim to “restore” the pride of the Portuguese community in Brazil.
“We are behind and we will try for 2026, for the 2026 Paulistão, to bring in a great Portuguese!”
Commenting on Ronaldo specifically he asserted, “he’s the greatest Portuguese of all time, he’s the greatest personality in the world today.”
The president believes that the specific goal of his football club to unite Portuguese people gives them a unique selling point in the race for the all-time leading international goalscorer.
“It would be great, but I can imagine how many people don’t offer anything related to Portugal to Cristiano Ronaldo, right?”
“But it’s obvious that he’s a great Portuguese, and obviously, at some point, we’re going to have to try to talk.”
He went on to explain that the role of the club is to try and “build a bridge” between Brazil and Portugal through the club.
The team are currently in the Paulista A1 division in Brazil, which is the top-flight professional state football league in the state of São Paulo.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
