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Cristiano Ronaldo 'tricked' into Man United exit as Real Madrid return floated amid Al-Nassr woes

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Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo's megabucks move to the Middle East hasn't hit the heights he or his new employers had expected - but he's been touted for a sensational return to Real Madrid by an ex-Barcelona legend.

Al-Nassr had hoped that shelling out a world record outlay of £173 million per season would propel them towards a first Saudi Pro League title in four years.

It hasn't quite panned out that way though for the team in blue and yellow as they currently sit three points off leaders Al-Itti had with just five league games remaining.

By his own impeccable standards, a return of 12 league goals in 15 games in Riyadh hasn't been enough to yield the big upturn in results that was expected.

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