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Cristiano Ronaldo could be back in English football next season if Newcastle United qualifies for the Champions League, a new report has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attacker has agreed to move to Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia, a move that most fans consider to be the end of his illustrious playing career in the game.
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Ronaldo’s Manchester United contract was terminated early and he was keen to continue playing in European football, but his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan made clubs around the continent to avoid him like a plague.
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He has now agreed a lucrative two-year deal to play in the Middle East, but a report on Matchplug<\/a> reveals he has a clause in his deal that will see him play for the Saudi-backed Newcastle United if the Magpies end this season in the Champions League places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cristiano Ronaldo could be back in English football next season if Newcastle United qualifies for the Champions League, a new report has revealed. The attacker has agreed to move to Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia, a move that most fans consider to be the end of his illustrious playing career in the game. Ronaldo’s Manchester United contract was terminated early and he was keen to continue playing in European football, but his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan made clubs around the continent to avoid him like a plague. He has now agreed a lucrative two-year deal to play in the Middle East, but a report on Matchplug reveals he has a clause in his deal that will see him play for the Saudi-backed Newcastle United if the Magpies end this season in the Champions League places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,218,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","category-premier-league-football-news","category-transfers"],"yoast_head":"\nRonaldo could join Newcastle United next season - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/ronaldo-could-join-newcastle-united-next-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ronaldo could join Newcastle United next season - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cristiano Ronaldo could be back in English football next season if Newcastle United qualifies for the Champions League, a new report has revealed. 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