Ighalo beats Ronaldo to Saudi League Team of the Season spot

Ighalo won the battle of former Reds vs Ronaldo

Ighalo beats Ronaldo to Saudi League Team of the Season spot

Faruq Ibrahim 16:45 - 09.06.2023

Odion Ighalo leads the line while Cristiano Ronaldo missed out on the Saudi Professional League Team of the Season.

The Saudi Professional Football League have released the team of the season, and Al-Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo was a conspicuous omission. 

Despite setting the league alight with 14 goals in 16 appearances since joining in January, the former Real Madrid star failed to take a place in the best 11 of the season. 

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Ronaldo's Al-Nassr lost the title to Al-Ittihad, earning Nuno Espirito Santos' men five spots on the team of the season. 

Although he had a brilliant second half of the season, the Portugal international failed to make the team ahead of Nigeria's Odion Ighalo, who led Al-Hilal to a third-place finish. 

The former Watford striker scored 19 times this season, finishing behind Anderson Talisca and Abderrazak Hamdellah in the top scorer's ranking, but his overall performance earned him a spot over the pair. 

Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo has reacted to rumours linking him with an exit from Al-Nassr, confirming his next career step.  

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