https://dailypost.ng/2025/07/20/no-player-should-be-given-absolute-power-al-sheikh-slams-al-nassr-over-ronaldo/
Ronaldo is known from the early days of his career to have had some level of influence on his clubs and national team. He sometimes influences the players and coaches that the club management hires. This is also the case in Al Nassr. It is believed that he was behind the sacking of coach Stefano Pioli and the replacement with Jorge Jesus. He also used his reputation to influence the sacking of the club's CEO Majed Jamaan Al-Sorour and he also made sure the club replaced him with his close friend Jose Semedo.
Former Saudi Arabian Football Federation Spokesman, Mohammed Al-Sheikh, has frowned at this excess power given to the Portuguese captain. Al-Sheikh appreciates Ronaldo's positive contributions to the SPL but he thinks that his powers should have limits.
I wonder what he's suggesting? Ronaldo is the most influential sportsman in the world and it's an objective reality that he has a lot of influence. No player can be above the club, but no club can be above the League... and Ronaldo's influence is so great that it can be compared to the League. It was he who "legitimized" the transfer to the SPL of players who had not yet retired and were in demand in Europe. Ronaldo remains the SPL's most important asset and you can't fix that just because "it's the right thing to do".