"Al Nasr cancels its tour to China due to Ronaldo's injury

Saudi Arabia's Al Nasr has cancelled friendly matches scheduled for China due to an injury to Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Getty Images

The team announced on its social media that it would not be able to travel to China for the matches against Shanghai Shenhua and Hangzhou Greentown. Al Nasr's general manager Guido Fienga said that they did not want to cancel the games, but instead would reschedule them for other dates.

"I'm very sad because Al Nasr and I were looking forward to coming to China on tour. I've been coming to China since 2003/2004, so I feel at home here.

I am sad. I know you're sad too, especially those who love me, but we have to look at it on the positive side," Goal quoted the Portuguese as saying.

It should be noted that the match between Al Nasr and Lionel Messi's Miami Inter is scheduled for 1 February. The status of this match is currently uncertain.