Eric Bailly was encouraged by Cristiano Ronaldo to make a switch to Al-Nassr during the summer transfer window.
Al-Nassr is one of the Saudi clubs with which Eric Bailly is in the process of discussing a contract. The athlete from Ivory Coast has the opportunity to sign a contract worth 20 million pounds in the Middle East.
Midfielder Bailly is rumored to have had a conversation with Ronaldo, his former teammate at Manchester United, and received the recommendation to play in the Saudi Pro League. Ronaldo’s recommendation was for Bailly to join Al-Nassr.
It is anticipated that Bailly will leave Manchester United this summer due to the fact that coach Ten Hag has no place for him in his plans. The central defender, who is now 29 years old, has entered the final year of his contract, but Manchester United has the option to extend it for one more season. Bailly spent the previous season playing for Marseille on loan.
Bailly did not participate in any of the pre-season training that Man United undertook. Both he and Alex Telles were granted permission to remain in England while they searched for a new place to call home. The transfer of Telles to Al-Nassr has been finalized, and Bailly is widely anticipated to be the next player to leave Manchester United.
At the moment, Eric Bailly has a transfer value of approximately 5 million euros at most. When compared to the sum of 38 million euros that Manchester United spent in order to acquire him in 2016, this number represents a huge reduction.
Eric Bailly played in the Premier League on seventy different occasions during the course of his career and scored one goal. During the 2016–2017 season, he led Manchester United to victory in both the League Cup and the Europa League, giving him a total of two trophies.
During the previous campaign, Bailly participated in 23 games for Marseille, accruing a total of 855 minutes of playing time. Bailly was given the starting position for all five of Marseille’s Champions League group stage matches; nonetheless, the French team was eliminated early after finishing in last place.
