"We need him back ASAP", "One last dance" - Real Madrid fans urge club to re-sign Cristiano Ronaldo after recent performances for Al-Nassr

Real Madrid fans are urging their club to bring Cristiano Ronaldo back to the Santiago Bernabeu amid his stellar form for Al-Nassr.

Ronaldo, 38, has been turning back the years in the Saudi Pro League with inspired performances. He has bagged five goals in three league appearances and has also registered two assists.

The Portuguese icon's latest man-of-the-match performance came in Al-Nassr's 4-0 thrashing of Al-Shabab on Tuesday (August 29). The Real Madrid icon bagged a brace and also assisted Sadio Mane as the duo continue to wreak havoc in Saudi Arabia.

Cristiano Ronaldo has now taken his tally to 19 goals and five assists in 23 games across competitions since joining Al-Alami in January. His arrival has led to an influx of European talent heading across the globe to the Saudi Pro League.

World-class players like Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante (Al-Ittihad), Neymar (Al-Hilal) Roberto Firmino and Riyad Mahrez (Al Ahli) have also arrived in the cash-rich league.

However, it's Ronaldo who is continuing to show why he's regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Some of his performances hold similarities to that at Real Madrid.

Los Blancos' all-time record goalscorer (450 goals in 438 games) spent nine years at the Bernabeu where he became a legend of the sport. He won the UEFA Champions League four times to add to one he had already won with Manchester United.

Cristiano Ronaldo also won the Ballon d'Or four times while with the La Liga giants. He left somewhat unceremoniously in 2018 after his relationship with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez had broken down.

However, the Portugal captain was back at Madrid's Valdebebas training complex in January to work on his fitness before moving to Al-Nassr. Some Los Blancos fans are pinning for his return to the club now.

The Bernabeu faithful are calling for their iconic attacker to make a sensational return amid his superb current from. One tweeted that his club need him, perhaps alluding to Vinicius Junior's long-term injury:

"Not even joking right now. We need him back ASAP."

Another fan made their feelings clear over a potential return:

"One last dance."

Here's how Real Madrid fans on Twitter urged their club to lure the irrepressible Portuguese forward back to the Spanish capital:

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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez played down potential Cristiano Ronaldo reunion last year

The pair's relationship broke down during Ronaldo's final season at Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo looked increasingly likely to leave Manchester United last summer amid the side's woeful form. They finished sixth in the Premier League, meaning the Portuguese great would sit out a UEFA Champions League campaign.

Hence, plenty of European giants were touted as potential suitors for Ronaldo, including Real Madrid. Perez had promised in 2018 that the iconic forward would one day return to the Bernabeu (via The Mirror):

"Cristiano has remained at the heart of all Madridistas. One day, he'll return to Real Madrid."

However, Perez backtracked those comments in the summer of 2022. He laughed while responding to a question regarding Ronaldo's potential return:

"Cristiano? Again? At 38?"

Cristiano Ronaldo and Perez's relationship at Madrid ended tumultuously, as the Al-Nassr frontman felt that the president's attitude towards him had changed. He said in 2018:

"I felt it inside the club, especially from the president, that they no longer considered me the same way that they did in the start."

It appears that a potential return for the legendary forward isn't on the cards, going by Perez's comments. Ronaldo has also said that his European club career is over following his move to the Saudi Pro League.