The Portuguese attacker signs a contract for two and a half seasons with the Saudi club and will earn a total of more than 200 million euros
Cristiano Ronaldo officially has a new destination. Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr has announced the signing of the Portuguese, who has been a free agent since parting ways with Manchester United on November 22, two days after the World Cup opened.
The Portuguese striker signs a contract with the Saudi club for two and a half seasons, until 2025. If he fully fulfills the signed commitment, he will defend his colors until he is 40 years old. Al-Nassr, currently runners-up in the Saudi league, will become the fifth team Cristiano joins, after Sporting de Portugal, Manchester United (in two legs), Real Madrid and Juventus.
Cristiano will earn almost 200 million euros for his entire contract with Al-Nassr, making him the highest paid athlete in the world. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner plays in a team led by Frenchman Rudi García and his new teammates include Spaniard Álvaro González, who joined the squad last August.
After his divorce with Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag, Cristiano leaves Europe, where he has not found a team. Thus, he begins a new phase in football at a much lower level, having won up to five European Cups (four with Real Madrid and one with United), becoming the all-time top scorer in the Champions League and establishing himself as one of the best players ever.
Cristiano will turn 38 in February and, once sacked from Manchester United, was dull at the World Cup, which saw Portugal knocked out by Morocco in the quarter-finals. Despite this, in his first game of the tournament, from a penalty, the Portuguese striker scored the opening goal in Portugal’s win against Ghana (3-2), to become the only footballer in history to score in five different planetary championships. .
Source: La Verdad
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