Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract with the Saudi Arabian football league was confirmed on Friday. Information about the monetary value of the contract varies.
Matti Lehtisaari,
STT Sports
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo the transfer to al-Nassr, who plays in the Saudi Arabian football league, has been confirmed. Ronaldo’s new club announced the matter On Twitter (you will switch to another service) on Friday.
– This agreement inspires not only our club to achieve even greater success, but our entire league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls, to be the best versions of themselves, the club glowed in its publication.
At the same time, the club published two pictures in which the 37-year-old Ronaldo appears with a yellow and blue jersey bearing his name and number seven.
Ronaldo’s contract runs until 2025, but information about the monetary value of the contract varies. US channel CBS Sport (switch to another service) says that Ronaldo’s annual salary would be 70 million euros.
The Spanish magazine Marca already reported earlier that Ronaldo would earn a total of no less than 200 million euros per season in Saudi Arabia. Ronaldo would become the highest paid footballer in the world.
Even critical comments
Sportingly, Ronaldo takes a significant step back in Saudi Arabia. It is known that few of the big European clubs were willing to attach Ronaldo to their ranks after his spell at Manchester United ended in a controversial atmosphere.
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Ronaldo’s long-rumored departure to Saudi Arabia has attracted criticism because of the country’s human rights situation. The country can use Ronaldo as an ambassador to get the World Cup hosting.
Marca previously reported that Ronaldo would be Saudi Arabia’s ambassador after his player contract, helping the country win the 2030 men’s World Cup final tournament.
Ronaldo played in the World Cup finals in Qatar for the Portuguese national team. The big surprise of the tournament, Morocco, knocked Portugal out of the quarterfinals. At the same time, it was estimated that Ronaldo lost perhaps his last chance to win the world championship.
The next men’s World Cup will be played in 2026 in the USA, Canada and Mexico. Ronaldo will be 41 years old when the Games come.
The host of the 2030 Games is to be decided in 2024. Saudi Arabia is applying for hosting together with Egypt and Greece.