Saudi Arabia giants Al-Nasssr will be arriving in India on Monday for their AFC Champions League 2 match against FC Goa, scheduled to be played at the Fatorda Stadium on October 22, but they could be without their captain and talisman Cristiano Ronaldo. According local media reports, the Portuguese great has a clause in his contract with Al-Nassr which gives him the right to pick and choose the games that he will play outside of Saudi Arabia.

FC Goa and Al-Nassr had been drawn into the same group in the AFC Champions League 2, the second tier continental competition in Asian football. This meant that the two sides will face each other twice, once each in Margao and Riyadh. However, according to Saudi Arabia’s sports newspaper Al Riyadhiah, Ronaldo will not be part of the travelling squad

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