{"id":12965,"date":"2023-01-13T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2023-01-13T11:57:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T11:57:05","slug":"al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi rumoured to be joining Al-Hilal with shirts spotted on sale at official shop\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12966\" title=\"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Lionel Messi After Cristiano Ronaldo Joins Rivals\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lionel Messi could end up joining Saudi Pro League alongside Cristiano Ronaldo<\/li>\n<li>Al-Hilal is alleged to have put a $430M contract to get Messi on board<\/li>\n<li>Messi is yet to extend his contract with PSG and becomes a free agent soon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Saudi Pro League<\/strong> has got a lot of media attention in the last few weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/cristiano-ronaldo-signing-with-al-nassr-will-raise-saudi-arabia-pro-league-profile\/\">Al-Nassr signed Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> for a reported deal estimated to be over $300 million per year. <\/p>\n<p>Al-Nassr said they were willing to spend big money on Ronaldo as they considered him to be &#8220;<em>the best player in the world<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<h2>Al-Hilal Offering Lionel Messi $430M Contract<\/h2>\n<p>Al-Nassr currently tops the points table at the Saudi Pro League while Al-Hilal is ranked in third place. Media reports claim that Al-Hilal is going after Lionel Messi and are willing to spend even more money than Al-Nassr to sign the 2022 World Cup winning captain.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/lionel-messi-confirms-goat-status-winning-the-greatest-world-cup-final\/\">Lionel Messi<\/a><\/strong> currently plays for Paris St Germain (PSG) in France and is yet to re-sign with PSG and renew his contract which is set to end during the summer. If Messi does not re-sign with PSG, he becomes a free agent and will be on the radar of a number of top teams, including his old team Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Messi will turn 36 in June 2023 and like Ronaldo is coming to the end of his career. <strong>Will Messi want to finish out his career by returning to Barcelona<\/strong> where he spent most of his career or will he prefer moving to the United States and playing for Major League Soccer (MLS).<\/p>\n<p>Al-Hilal is reported to be <strong>offering Messi a whopping $430 million contract<\/strong> for him to make the move to Saudi Arabia. It will also give Messi, a chance to compete with Ronaldo once again as the two best players in the world wind down their career.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CF-ncOWqVLM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Saudi Pro League Getting Lots Of Attention<\/h2>\n<p>Lionel Messi already has ties to Saudi Arabia as he signed a contract in 2022 to become their latest tourism ambassador and is reported to be getting $40 million on the deal. If Messi does join the Saudi Pro League alongside Ronaldo, it will give both the Saudi Pro League and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/saudi-arabia\/online-betting\">football in Saudi Arabia<\/a> massive media coverage.<\/p>\n<p>While top clubs such as PSG, Barcelona and Manchester United will be keen on getting Messi, none of them will be able to offer Messi a financial offer as attractive as Al-Hilal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Lionel Messi could end up joining Saudi Pro League alongside Cristiano Ronaldo Al-Hilal is alleged to have put a $430M contract to get Messi on board Messi is yet to extend his contract with PSG and becomes a free agent soon The Saudi Pro League has got a lot of media attention in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Media reports claim that Al-Hilal is going after Lionel Messi and are willing to spend even more money than Al-Nassr to sign the 2022 World Cup winning captain.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Media reports claim that Al-Hilal is going after Lionel Messi and are willing to spend even more money than Al-Nassr to sign the 2022 World Cup winning captain.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-13T13:28:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Landon Wheeler\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Landon Wheeler\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Landon Wheeler\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7735831f7fb7440b065c8376a41cf88d\"},\"headline\":\"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-13T13:28:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":408,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/\",\"name\":\"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-13T13:28:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7735831f7fb7440b065c8376a41cf88d\"},\"description\":\"Media reports claim that Al-Hilal is going after Lionel Messi and are willing to spend even more money than Al-Nassr to sign the 2022 World Cup winning captain.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg\",\"width\":380,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Lionel Messi rumoured to be joining Al-Hilal with shirts spotted on sale at official shop\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7735831f7fb7440b065c8376a41cf88d\",\"name\":\"Landon Wheeler\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/46a3d81b7d342ca0efc5534703b4ff788fb760adae2a0a1be536a2b1a075d464?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/46a3d81b7d342ca0efc5534703b4ff788fb760adae2a0a1be536a2b1a075d464?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/46a3d81b7d342ca0efc5534703b4ff788fb760adae2a0a1be536a2b1a075d464?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Landon Wheeler\"},\"description\":\"All things casino related are what interests Landon, and having been involved in that industry for the last thirty years and having actually worked in several different roles in the casino industry he is definitely very well placed to keep you in the know in regards to what is happening in the casino industry as a whole.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legitgambling.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/landon-wheeler\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals","description":"Media reports claim that Al-Hilal is going after Lionel Messi and are willing to spend even more money than Al-Nassr to sign the 2022 World Cup winning captain.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals","og_description":"Media reports claim that Al-Hilal is going after Lionel Messi and are willing to spend even more money than Al-Nassr to sign the 2022 World Cup winning captain.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/","article_published_time":"2023-01-13T13:28:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Landon Wheeler","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Landon Wheeler","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/"},"author":{"name":"Landon Wheeler","@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7735831f7fb7440b065c8376a41cf88d"},"headline":"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals","datePublished":"2023-01-13T13:28:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/"},"wordCount":408,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/","url":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/","name":"Al-Hilal Keen On Signing Messi After Ronaldo Joins Rivals","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-13T13:28:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7735831f7fb7440b065c8376a41cf88d"},"description":"Media reports claim that Al-Hilal is going after Lionel Messi and are willing to spend even more money than Al-Nassr to sign the 2022 World Cup winning captain.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/al-hilal-keen-on-signing-lionel-messi-after-cristiano-ronaldo-joins-rivals\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/lionel-messi-rumoured-to-be-joining-al-hilal-with-shirts-spotted-on-sale-at-official-shop.jpg","width":380,"height":250,"caption":"Lionel Messi rumoured to be joining Al-Hilal with shirts spotted on sale at official shop"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/","name":"","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7735831f7fb7440b065c8376a41cf88d","name":"Landon Wheeler","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46a3d81b7d342ca0efc5534703b4ff788fb760adae2a0a1be536a2b1a075d464?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46a3d81b7d342ca0efc5534703b4ff788fb760adae2a0a1be536a2b1a075d464?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46a3d81b7d342ca0efc5534703b4ff788fb760adae2a0a1be536a2b1a075d464?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"Landon Wheeler"},"description":"All things casino related are what interests Landon, and having been involved in that industry for the last thirty years and having actually worked in several different roles in the casino industry he is definitely very well placed to keep you in the know in regards to what is happening in the casino industry as a whole.","url":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/author\/landon-wheeler\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}