Al Nassr Shake Up Their Squad With League Leaders Al Hilal Staying Silent on Transfer Deadline Day
With Al Hilal ahead of them by seven points in the title race, Al Nassr went into Deadline Day intending to shake things up. The firepower from Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates has not been enough to catch up with Al Hilal.
Fresh off their victory against Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami, Al Hilal was relatively quiet on the last day of the winter transfer window. Even with Neymar out, coach Marcelo Gallardo was under no pressure to sign any players with the January transfer window lacking quality.
The most high-profile transfer at Al Nassr on deadline day was David Ospina. The former Arsenal goalkeeper made 14 appearances and kept nine clean sheets for Al Nassr before a long injury layoff led the club to deregister him and create room for another foreign player. Now back in the squad, Ospina will be keen to make an impact and hope he gives the club enough reason to resign him in the summer when his contract expires.
Al Nassr also signed Australian national team player Aziz Behich on a half-season loan from Melbourne City. Behich has ten years of experience playing in Europe, appearing for teams like PSV Eindhoven, Dundee United, and Buraspor. The Australian will link with his new teammates after completing his national duties at the Asian Cup in Qatar.
