Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets is the latest La Liga player that Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr are reportedly trying to sign this summer to accompany former Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo in Riyadh.
Several former teammates and adversaries of Ronaldo's have been rumoured with following him to the Middle East to further bolster the Saudi Pro League side. Real Madrid pair Karim Benzema and Luka Modric are just two of the latest names linked, but the club's manager Carlo Ancelotti played down that possibility earlier this month.
Ronaldo's current cast of teammates includes former Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina, who is out injured with a fractured elbow, and one-time Champions League-winning midfielder with Bayern Munich, Luiz Gustavo, but no one of the same stature as Busquets. The 34-year-old has, in fact, played more matches (38) against Ronaldo than any other opponent, so it would quite the change were the duo to line up alongside each other as teammates.
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Barcelona-based Spanish daily sports national newspaper Mundo Deportivo are reporting that this could well be the case. In the absence of an extension offered by the Catalan club, it is claimed that Al-Nassr have already made their intentions clear with a two-year contract offer which would pay the player £16 million per season.
Busquets has previously made clear a preference for the United States and singled out Miami, in particular, during an interview with Spanish radio station Cadena SER late last November, fuelling links to David Beckham's Major League Soccer franchise Inter Miami. At that time, the player also admitted he would like to have clarity and 'decide' by about February, though that has yet to transpire this month.
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