Welcome to Row Z, The Athletic’s weekly column that shines a light on the bonkers side of the game.
From clubs to managers, players to organisations, every week we’ll bring you the absurdities, the greed, the contradictions, the preposterousness and the oddities of the sport we all love…
Siu or… sue? Ronaldo, Saudi and a morality debate
It’s not often you find yourself legitimately siding with a Saudi Arabian football club in a debate on morality.
But when a guy being paid £479,000 ($655,000) per day doesn’t really fancy turning up to work because he disagrees with how the company is being run, well, you perhaps find yourself having sympathetic thoughts towards Al Nassr.
Cristiano Ronaldo has missed two matches in a…