A Saudi Arabian businessman is leading bidding to watch the latest chapter in Cristiano Ronaldo’s and Lionel Messi’s celebrated rivalry with a 10m riyals (£2.2m) offer for a ticket to next Thursday’s friendly.
The Saudi government’s entertainment arm said on Twitter that Mushref al-Ghamdi, general manager of the real estate group AqarOne, was the leader in an auction that ends on Tuesday. The “Beyond Imagination” ticket is for a match featuring a combined team from the Saudi clubs Al Nassr – who recently signed Ronaldo – and Al Hilal versus Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain.
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