Nothing could sum up a Ronaldo hissy fit more than this source-quoted line in the BBC\u2019s report<\/a> on the matter: \u201cHe\u2019s just competitive and doesn\u2019t like other clubs getting stronger.\u201d Oh boo hoo!<\/p>\n Al Nassr \u2014 just as Portugal have a weird habit of doing \u2014 won both games in Ronaldo\u2019s absence, although reports suggest he is now prepared to end his absence and actually kick a ball for his team again. Maybe the club have bought him his 42nd car<\/a> (not that he\u2019s counting).<\/p>\n Anyway, in the nine days since he stopped playing, Ronaldo has earned a cool \u00a34.3m. He can throw that on his \u00a31bn pile and start his own football club if he hates the one that\u2019s made him a billionaire so much.<\/p>\n Whatever\u2019s happened behind the scenes, there were two things that would surely have ended this fiasco: 1) remind him he might not reach the 1,000 goals record \u2014 one he definitely doesn\u2019t care about \u2014 if he\u2019s not playing anymore, or 2) the threat of legal action, which might take some of his fortune away. Altogether now: \u201cSsssuuuueeeee.\u201d<\/p>\n A new club every 3.25 months\u2026<\/p>\n Talking of talented-yet-unmanageable Al Nassr strikers with an ego the size of a continent, it was a big day for Jhon \u201cremember him\u201d Duran on Monday, with the Colombian striker sealing a move to Zenit Saint Petersburg.<\/p>\n Hang on, wasn\u2019t Duran the guy who moved to Generic Saudi Arabian Team last year for \u00a364.5m? Yes, that\u2019s right.<\/p>\n Although actually, wasn\u2019t Duran the guy who went on loan to Turkish side Fenerbahce, also last year? Yep, correct. It\u2019s all gone a bit weird for the Colombian, who clearly hasn\u2019t been told that prolific South American strikers usually head to Saudi, Turkey and Russia at the end of their careers, not the start.<\/p>\n Jhon Duran is a Zenit player! <\/p>\n The Colombian striker joins us on loan from Al-Nassr until the end of the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n Welcome to Russia Jhon! pic.twitter.com\/mrw9et22N0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FC Zenit in English\u2728 (@fczenit_en) February 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n His Zenit unveiling featured Duran as a Men in Black character, presumably because he wants us to look into the device and forget the past 12 months of his increasingly unhinged career.<\/p>\n Aston Villa, Al Nassr, Fenerbahce (loan) and now Zenit (loan) since the start of 2025 makes it six clubs in his professional career so far for the 22-year-old. Yep, 22-year-old.<\/p>\n We can\u2019t work out what the issue is. The guy who publicly flirted with Bayern Munich and West Ham United while at Villa, reportedly lived in Bahrain when at Saudi (taking an 80-minute flight to training) despite them paying him more than \u20ac10m (\u00a38.7m, $11.9m) a year net and is thought to have a penchant for repeatedly turning up late to training seems like a model pro to us.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a shame really because there\u2019s clearly a ridiculously talented player there; his goals-per-minute records at Villa (one every 113 minutes) and Al Nassr (one every 128 minutes) are excellent.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for Duran, it\u2019s his teams-per-year record (one every 3.25 months) since January 2025 that feels more relevant.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a bit of a fall from grace for a striker once heralded as potentially one of the best in the world by his former Villa team-mate Emiliano Martinez.<\/p>\n Anyway, Duran \u2014 so good they named him once \u2014 joins Zenit in time for their big upcoming matches against Baltika and Orenburg. We won\u2019t be watching.<\/p>\n Romero\u2019s rashness a shock to Frank<\/p>\n Tottenham Hotspur defender Cristian Romero: serial red-card merchant, Premier League suspension king and all-round agent of chaos.Tottenham Hotspur head coach Thomas Frank, who appointed the Argentine as captain at the start of the season: unaware.<\/p>\n \n The sight of Cristian Romero being shown a red card did not come as a shock to most people (James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Here\u2019s an exchange<\/a> between Frank and Football London\u2019s Spurs reporter Alasdair Gold after Romero\u2019s latest red (his fourth in the Premier League since joining the club in 2021, or six in all competitions, the most of any Premier League player during this period) for attempting to scythe Casemiro\u2019s foot in two during their defeat at Manchester United on Saturday.<\/p>\n Frank: \u201cIf you look at how many red cards he has had, it\u2019s not like he had that many throughout his career. You play with passion and aggression and there\u2019s a fine line when you do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Gold: \u201cHe\u2019s got the most in the Premier League since he arrived at the club\u2026 .\u201d<\/p>\n Frank: \u201cAt the club?\u201d<\/p>\n Gold: \u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n Frank: \u201cYeah, but not in Premier League?\u201d<\/p>\n Gold: \u201cOf Premier League players I think.\u201d<\/p>\n Frank: \u201cOf Premier League players? OK, I didn\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n Oh Thomas.<\/p>\n Watford are Still at it<\/p>\n If you\u2019re wondering what Watford are up to these days, well, you can probably guess.<\/p>\n They\u2019re onto their third manager of the season, their 10th in four-and-a-bit years and their 20th since the start of the 2014-15 season.<\/p>\n The new guy is Still. Nope, not Will Still, formerly of Southampton and Lens fame, but \u2018Ed\u2019 Still, his\u00a0non-union Mexican equivalent older brother. Is this a bit like when the BBC put that bloke on air<\/a> because he was also called Guy?<\/p>\n Possibly. We mean no disrespect to the Daniel Baldwin of the Still family, but the fact is his last managerial role was in 2023, when Belgian side Kortrijk sacked him after eight games in charge and no victories.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2260369291-scaled.jpg\")
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