Cristiano Ronaldo warned against joining Man City

Cristiano Ronaldo has been warned against joining Manchester City, with the statement indicating that it is “not worth it” following reports linking the Al-Nassr forward to the Premier League side.

Ronaldo has been considered the “perfect” replacement to fill the void left by injured City forward Erling Haaland at the Club World Cup.

The prospect of the Portugal star joining Pep Guardiola’s side emerged after Erling Haaland suffered an injury that put his hopes of playing at the Club World Cup this summer in doubt.

The reigning Premier League champions would be able to sign the 40-year-old on a short-term deal to fill in for Haaland should he be ruled out for FIFA’s maiden competition in June.

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to renew his contract at Al Nassr at the end of the season

This won’t be the first time Ronaldo has been linked to City, having flirted with joining the club before United swooped in to convince him to have a second spell at Old Trafford.

A move this time around is unlikely in Louis Saha’s opinion, as the former United forward spoke out against his old team-mate playing in an “absolutely unnecessary” competition.

Ex-Man Utd team-mate Saha, however, gives an honest take on ‘painful’ proposed transfer to arch-rivals Man City.

“I don’t think it makes sense. It’s a tough question.

“It’s painful to think of Ronaldo at City. But also, I don’t think Ronaldo needs it, it wouldn’t be worth the message it would send,” he said to Mega Dice.

“Going to Man City for what? What is this new competition? For me, I don’t respect it.

“This competition for me is absolutely unnecessary. Almost like something strange based on the fight that they had with the Super League.

” I just don’t understand it. Going there for Cristiano doesn’t make sense for me because the competition is not worth it.”