Al-Nassr, by contrast, face more than two weeks without a competitive fixture. Their Saudi Roshn League campaign kicks off on 15 August against Al-Fateh.\n<\/p>\n
Ronaldo wasn’t the only one missing from Al-Nassr’s camp. Compatriot Joao Felix joined him, along with Senegal’s Sadio Mane, who exited the World Cup with his national team in the round of 32, and Abdulelah Al-Amri, despite Saudi Arabia’s group-stage exit.\n<\/p>\n
Saudi press reports point to new Al-Nassr boss Ange Postecoglou as the man behind the decision. The Australian handed the players extra rest after the World Cup to stave off fatigue before the new season begins.\n<\/p>\n
Postecoglou stays in constant contact with the group, according to those reports. He has asked them to undergo physical tests and measurements, follow a tailored programme of moderate effort, and report the results to him daily so he can gauge their readiness.\n<\/p>\n
All four are expected to link up with the camp within the next few hours, gearing up for a season in which Al-Nassr want to retain the Roshn League title and be crowned champions of the AFC Champions League Elite for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Al-Nassr, by contrast, face more than two weeks without a competitive fixture. Their Saudi Roshn League campaign kicks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[120655,4101,145863,6919,5429,10133,123,125,124,6235,60166,111353,9611],"class_list":["post-357328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-al-nassr-fc","tag-argentina","tag-c-ronaldo","tag-features","tag-inter-miami-cf","tag-l-messi","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-mls-next-pro","tag-portugal","tag-saudi-pro-league","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}