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Al Hilal fire back at Al Nassr Ronaldo deal: Get your Messi shirts right here!

Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal have have jokingly started selling shirts with Lionel Messi on the back.

Al-Hilal, who are huge rivals of Cristiano Ronaldo's new team Al-Nassr, are making the most out of the situation.

Per The Mirror, Al-Hilal are now selling Messi 10 shirts on their official club shop as a nod to their Riyadh rivals.

Ronaldo has secured his deal with Al-Nassr, signing on the dotted line after not receiving any major offers from European teams.

After the signing, Al-Nassr boss Rudi Garcia joked with reporters after his side's win over Al-Khaleej: "First I wanted to bring Messi from Doha."

There is no date set for Ronaldo's first game with his new club at present.

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