Sergio Ramos set for awkward Cristiano Ronaldo reunion after his Lionel Messi comments

Sergio Ramos is a free agent after leaving Paris Saint-Germain and has been linked with a summer switch to Saudi Arabia and a possible reunion with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sergio Ramos is weighing up an offer to be reunited with former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo – just months after claiming Lionel Messi was the "best player football has ever produced."

Ramos has become a free agent after leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of his contract. Now aged 37, the veteran central defender is closing in on 1,000 first-team appearances across his senior career for club and country.

The talismanic central defender endured a difficult 12 months of injury niggles during his first season in the French capital, coinciding with dropping out of the Spanish squad and struggling for regular football.

However, he did enjoy a resurgence of form and fortune at the Parc des Princes this campaign – even if it was not enough for him to be included in Spain’s World Cup squad – as he made 45 appearances across all competition, 32 more than the previous term.

Yet Ramos was not offered a new contract in Paris as they reshape their squad this summer, with Milan Skriniar arriving from Inter while Lucas Hernandez is set to join from Bayern Munich as part of a squad overhaul at the Ligue 1 champions.

Ramos has several options on the table with Saudi clubs Al-Ahli and Al-Nassr among those linked to his signature. The latter would see him link up once again with Ronaldo, whom he played alongside for nine seasons at Real Madrid – before the Portuguese superstar departed in 2018.

There are few concrete reports of authority on the future of Ramos but there Ronaldo's January move to Saudi Arabia has sparked a host of ageing footballers holding talks with its league's leading clubs amid major government investment. Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante are leading the exodus of players from European football to the league this summer.