Former world footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is continuing his recently stalled career in Saudi Arabia. The 37-year-old Portuguese, who at Manchester United was kicked out in November after his general settlement with the club, signed a contract with Al-Nassr until 2025.
“More than history is being made here. This is a commitment that will not only inspire our club to even greater success, but will also inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls, to be the best version of themselves be”, Al-Nassr explained on Instagram. Ronaldo posted the identical one statementsand presented his new yellow and blue jersey with the number 7.
First player, then World Cup ambassador?
Following his playing career, Ronaldo will probably act as ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is controversial because of its human rights violations, and will help it win the bid to host the 2030 World Cup finals (together with Egypt and Greece).
“I’m excited about a new football league in another country,” Ronaldo was quoted as saying he spoke of one “very inspiring vision” of the club: “Together we will team help you be more successful.”
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According to various media reports, Ronaldo should have an annual salary of 200 million euros including advertising revenue. There is also talk of a whopping hand money for the signature.
Ronaldo’s signature will not only inspire the club to achieve even greater success, “but also our league, our nation and the generations to come”, it said on the part of the club. The country’s sports minister, the critic sports washing in pure culture, announced that they would also buy top stars from other clubs.
Lionel Messi plays for Qatar-funded club Paris Saint Germainbut is already promoting Saudi Arabia in spots that were often shown during broadcasts of the World Cup.
Ronaldo should probably be presented on Saturday (December 31, 2022) when his new club – nine-time champions, most recently in 2019 – starts at Al-Kaleej. Whether Cristiano Ronaldo in the first game of the new year and his new career section in front of a maximum of 25,000 fans will face Al-Tai at Msool Park on January 5 is open.
Interview from 2015 catches up with Ronaldo
“I want to finish my career at the highest level, with dignity and with a good club”, Ronaldo said in an interview in 2015. Later he once blasphemed about the Spaniard Xavi, who plays in Qatar and has “no relevance” more. Now Ronaldo himself is drawn into a league that has so far received little international attention. In most European countries it is not even clear who holds the TV rights and who may show pictures of the 37-year-old in the future.
European Champion 2016
After Portugal’s World Cup elimination in the quarter-finals, Ronaldo kept fit at Real Madrid’s training ground before Christmas. The goalscorer had played for the “Royal” from 2009 to 2018 and during this period he scored 450 goals in 438 games, winning four including four Champions League-Titles contributed.
Other stations in his professional career were Sporting Lisbon, Juventus Turin and twice Manchester United. In 2016, Ronaldo won the European Football Championship with Portugal. His 118 international goals (in 196 games) are unmatched anywhere in the world.