Missed hammer transfer?
Bundesliga boss talks about Ronaldo offer
Updated on 11.02.2025 – 1:31 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Shortly after his 40th birthday, there is reports on an early contract extension by Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia. But it could have been different.
An end is far from in sight for Cristiano Ronaldo – despite his 40 years. Only recently it came out that the Portuguese superstar wants to extend his contract with the Saudi club Al-Nassr again until 2026, with an option to another season. In addition, Ronaldo wants to play the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada with Portugal in the summer of 2026.
What became known: Ronaldo could have landed in the Bundesliga instead of in Saudi Arabia. This is reported by Markus Krösche, Manager of Eintracht Frankfurt, in the “Bild” podcast “Phrasenmäher”. “Axel Hellmann was contacted at the time. He came to me in the office and said: ‘We can sign Ronaldo.’ I replied: ‘You want to fool me?! “, Said Krösche.
Hellmann is the board spokesman at Eintracht, the offer, including the financing plan, is said to have been struggled after the Frankfurt Europa League victory in 2022. “Honestly I didn’t read it. It was immediately clear to us: that doesn’t really make sense,” said Krösche. “With Fabio Paratici, the ex-manager of Juventus Turin, I talked about how much Ronaldo changed an association and that you have to book other hotels alone because attention is so much higher. Ronaldo would be too big for Eintracht been.”
Ronaldo in the Bundesliga? It would have been an absolute spectacle for football and fans in Germany.