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Riyadh resumes training victoriously, 7 foreign players return to the team, Ronaldo postpones to join the training camp by one week

6:22pm, 18 July 2025Football

According to Saudi Riyadh Sports News, Riyadh Victory Club has recently started preparations for the new season. On Thursday, the first team welcomed the first joint training of seven foreign players. However, the highly-watched Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo did not appear on the training ground, and the club's technical team has agreed to return to the team during the Austrian training camp.

It is reported that Portuguese Joje Jesus, who was just appointed as Riyadh victory coach on Monday, came to supervise the training. The players conducted annual physical examinations in three batches, the first batch underwent physical examinations on Thursday, and the other two batches of players were scheduled for Friday and Saturday. In the evening, acting vice chairman Sultan Alsheikh met with head coach Jesus and his players. Jesus then summoned the entire team and led them to a relaxing training class, including diverse physical training, running and physical tests.

In this training, Brazilian player Mattus Pinto, Spanish player Laporte, Croatian player Brozovic, Portuguese player Otavio, Senegalese player Mane, as well as two Brazilian players Wesley Gasafa and Angelo Gabriel were all involved. But Ronaldo, as the team captain and offensive core, and defender Simakan missed this training. The club also announced that the technical team has approved Ronaldo, Simakan and six Saudi internationals to join the team's training camp in Austria on July 25.

source:7m vn cn

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