It was definitely going to happen. This is just the start. Why would they stop at just 1 place? 4 sounds like a decent number?
It is difficult to see where Saudi Arabia fits into Union of European Football Associations so you must be right about brown envelopes... and about a club from a small nation (UEFA definition being any nation outside the cartel of 5) being shafted for the place.
Some dafty on here mentioned this during the summer
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Ffs not even Champions and they are getting an invite to the Champions league,,UEFA 'considering inviting' Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr to Champions League next season
Chris Byfield
Published 17:32, 14 November 2023 GMT
| Last updated 17:31, 14 November 2023 GMT
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UEFA are considering inviting Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr to the Champions League next season, reports in Saudi Arabia have claimed.
Last week, Ronaldo scored his 13th Saudi Pro League goal of the campaign as Al Nassr beat Al Wehda 3-1 to close to within four points of table-toppers Al Hilal.
While the five-time Ballon d’Or winner has been in electric form this term, his performances have been away from the glare of a large contingent of European supporters.
That may not be the case for long, however. According to Saudi journalist AlHarbi44 on X, formally Twitter, UEFA are considering inviting Al Nassr to the 2024/2025 edition of the Champions League.
As per the journalist, the reasoning for this is that Al Nassr are considered among the “three most famous clubs in the world” and have “great popularity” among European supporters.
Indeed, Ronaldo is arguably the most impressive performer in Champions League history and would welcome Al Nassr’s involvement in the competition.
The Portugal international, who was the first man to win the Champions League on five occasions, has also made more competition appearances and scored more goals (140) than any other player in the tournament.
That is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Ronaldo’s records in Europe’s premier competition.
Having been named Champions League top scorer on seven occasions, Ronaldo has also scored 67 goals in the knockout stages of the tournament, netted in three finals and is the only player to have scored in 11 Champions League games in succession.
Next season the Champions League group stage will be scrapped and instead, 36 teams will be in one big league table.
The top eight of the final table will go directly through to the round of 16, while those positioned ninth to 24th will enter a playoff to earn the other eight places in the round of 16. Positions 25 to 36 are eliminated from Europe.
Topics: Football, UEFA, Champions League, Al Nassr, Cristiano Ronaldo
Chris Byfield
Published 19:04, 04 November 2023 GMT
| Last updated 20:09, 04 November 2023 GMT
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A load of bollox if you ask me.
, who ever heard of that..
..... O wait.... Cancel that 
I had to laugh at that bit, 'three most famous clubs in the world' and have 'great popularity' among European supporters.Ffs not even Champions and they are getting an invite to the Champions league,,
www.uefa.com
I'm guessing the three most famous clubs in the world are Celtic, Forfar Athletic and Al Nassr?
Maybe why lawell and board are scared to upset uefa!!!excuse to lob us out the competition..pyrotechnics,flags,banners,,any auld excuse
Like imatim earlier Espirito , I don't doubt your word at all but ive not seen anything that says this will happen, could you post a link if possible please?
www.theguardian.com
It was in a lot of websites earlier today I noticed that the BBC have now pulled it It looks like it all started from a single Tweet on X and all the churnalists ran with it as they do these days. See this link on Football365 for more infoLike imatim earlier Espirito , I don't doubt your word at all but ive not seen anything that says this will happen, could you post a link if possible please?
All I can find is a 2month old article from the guardian I believe, where ECA chairperson Nasser al-Khelaifi nationality Qatari (,Peter Lawwell one of his sidekicks) said no plans for it in August
No plans to let Saudi Arabian clubs into Champions League, insists ECA chair
Nasser al-Khelaifi said he ‘does not see’ a pathway for clubs from the big-spending Saudi Pro League to compete in the Champions League
www.football365.com
Not a chance of it being "us", Lubo. More like "me and DD".
