Cristiano Ronaldo is set to play and start for Al Nassr against Al Hilal due to his participation in team training. Ronaldo was seen training with the team ahead of the match against Al Hilal.

FC Barcelona announced the signing of a new player in the January transfer window on Tuesday afternoon, but then swiftly deleted all trace of having doing so.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s reaction to Al Nassr’s 3-1 defeat to Al Hilal in the SPL went viral after he suggested his team had been "robbed."

Al Nassr have lost their last three games, condemning Ronaldo to the worst start of any calendar year throughout his entire senior career. Never before has the 40-year-old suffered as many as three straight defeats to begin a new year.

Al Hilal is on an 18-game winning streak across all competitions and is first in the Saudi Pro League with 35 points. Al Hilal is the only team in the league to be unbeaten, and their record is 11 wins and two draws after 13 league games played.

The Parisian goal scorer is Jonathan Ikoné, the French international trained at PSG. This season, Ikoné has scored four goals, all of them in the Coupe de France. For its part, PFC has scored only four goals in the Coupe de France.

Ronaldo was on the bench at this point having been replaced by Jorge Jesus in the 83rd minute and the camera panned to the five-time Ballon d'Or winner. But instead of looking dejected, Ronaldo produced a cryptic gesture where he was spinning his hand and fingers, looking directly at the camera and smiling at the camera as he did.

Cristiano Ronaldo is facing another trophyless season at Al Nassr after his team threw away a one-goal lead in their 3-1 loss to title rivals Al Hilal. The Portugal international put his side ahead shortly before half time but a second half to forget may have again ended their hopes of winning the league title.