Al Nassr: Cristiano Ronaldo’s classy gesture to Sadio Mané after his AFCON 2025 title
Having just been crowned at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, the Senegalese striker Sadio Mané was warmly welcomed in Riyadh, where Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates hailed his triumphant return.
Having just been crowned at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal, the Senegalese striker Sadio Mané was warmly welcomed in Riyadh, where Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates hailed his triumphant return.
Back at their clubs after Senegal’s triumph at the Africa Cup of Nations, several Lions were warmly greeted. While Moussa Niakhaté returned to Lyon to applause, attention also turned to Sadio Mané, back at Al-Nassr, where his status as a national icon was celebrated.
In Riyadh, the Saudi club made sure to mark the occasion. In a video released on Friday on its social networks, Al-Nassr shared images of a locker room in celebration to salute the return of the 33-year-old Senegalese hero, newly crowned with a continental title. The man of victory, Sadio Mané, joins the training of his club Al-Nassr, and his teammates celebrate him, the club posted.
A highlight of this sequence: the meeting with Cristiano Ronaldo. The five-time Ballon d’Or personally offered a cake to Mané to symbolize his triumph with the Lions of Teranga. On the training center’s lawn, the 40-year-old Portuguese even joined in by cutting a slice that the former Liverpool player tasted, amid smiles and applause from their teammates. A moment of conviviality that illustrates Sadio Mané’s aura, respected well beyond Senegal’s borders, and his successful integration within Al-Nassr’s squad after his continental achievement.
