Cristiano Ronaldo towards Saudi Arabia. Al Nassr offers 119 million a year

Lightning rains from Spain but involves Saudi Arabia and… Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo, the luxury free agent from the January transfer market, would finally have found the team to play for starting from January 1st. He has succumbed to the gilded courtships of Saudi Arabian sheikhs, ready to cover him with banknotes to Al-Nassr, according to the Spanish newspaper Marca. The proposal, moreover, is indecent: almost 200 million euros in total to see him play in one of the main clubs in the country, without national titles since 2019 and eager to be great again.

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There is talk of 119 million a year for two and a half years: with the bonuses, the Portuguese contract will be close to 200 million per season. A figure that will naturally make Cristiano Ronaldo the highest paid athlete in the world. After all, Al-Nassr is not acquiring players from the European leagues for the first time: the Saudi team includes space for David Ospina (ex Napoli goalkeeper), Luiz Gustavo (Brazilian, also played for Bayern), Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroonian, author of the goal that earned the historic victory against Brazil at the World Cup) and also Talisca, an old promise of Benfica, who later emigrated in search of dollars. Cristiano Ronaldo will also meet an old acquaintance of our football on the bench: the Al-Nassr coach is Rudi Garcia, ex Roma.