Saudi Al-Nasr Football Club have announced the signing of veteran Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic from European runners-up Italian club Inter to join Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo at the capital until 2026.
And al-Nasr wrote on his accounts on social networking sites on Monday, “All eyes are on him, but he chose victory. Brozovic Nasravi.”
“The deal, with its variables, is 21 million euros,” a club source told AFP.
The source added, “Brosovic remained committed to the club’s plans and aspirations and there is no doubt that Ronaldo’s presence at Al-Nasr Club played a key role in his arrival.”
“Don’t worry, I’m here, I chose victory,” Brosovic, 30, said in a video clip released by Al-Nasr.
After arriving from Dinamo Zagreb, the pivot player has carried Italian Inter colors since 2015 and won the Italian league title (2021) twice, and finished as runners-up in the Champions League last month.
And with his country’s national team bearing its colors in 87 internationals, he finished second in the 2018 World Cup in Russia and third in the Qatar 2022 edition.
The Saudi league is witnessing a hectic season of transfers as several clubs have been linked with talks with players and coaches of world-class stars to join Ronaldo, who joined Al-Nasser earlier this year. The contract until June 2025 is valued at €440 million, and Frenchmen Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante join him. To defend the colors of league champions Ittihad Jeddah.
Senegal’s defense hearth Kalidou Koulibaly and Portuguese midfielder Robin Neves have also joined the ranks of Al-Hilal, while Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has joined Al-Ahli on their return to the Elite League.
Al-Etifaq Club announced on Monday that they have signed former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard to coach their team.
Earlier this month, the Public Investment Fund, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds with more than $620 billion in assets, bought 75 percent of the Al-Hilal, Al-Nasr, Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahly clubs. Country.
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