Al Nassr is a professional football club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The club recently came into the spotlight after Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo agreed to a transfer to the Saudi Arab league. After an eventful end to 2022, the 37-year-old striker is set to make, what might be the last pitstop of his career.
Al Nassr was one of the many clubs who were linked with the striker after Ronaldo‘s horrific end to his Manchester United days. Fast forward a few weeks, and he might have already signed a contract with the club. And why wouldn’t he? The club offered him an alluring $75 million per season salary for two years with an option to extend.
Al Nassr plays in the Pro League and is currently 2nd in the table. It is one of the most glorious and historic clubs in Saudi Arabia. Renowned French coach Rudi Garcia has been managing the club since the start of this season. Al Nassr has won the domestic title nine times and has a dominant history in Arab football.
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The football club was founded by Zeid Bin Mutlag in 1955 and only went professional in 1960. The club has a presidential system and is often administered by Saudi princes and sheiks. Abdul Rahman bin Saud Al Saud was the club’s first-ever president. Masli Al-Muamr currently occupies the position. The board elected Al-Muamr in 2017.
Cristiano Ronaldo would be another football legend coming to Al Nassr, following the footsteps of players like Vincent Aboubakar and Hristo Stoichkov. After signing this deal, Ronaldo would be set to become the highest-paid athlete in the world.
Sporting Kansas City were really trying to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. SKC held a meeting before Morgan interview then one more with concrete talks about the prospects of CR7 playing in Kansas City commercially 🇵🇹🇺🇸 #MLS
Salary package was huge but Ronaldo decided for Al Nassr move. pic.twitter.com/W3SEuZVyI2
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 31, 2022The Saudi Arabian club is one of the most decorated clubs in Asia. They have a stacked trophy cabinet with nine league titles, three Crown Prince Cups, and two Saudi Super Cups. They have also been crowned as the Asian Cup winners and Asian Super Cup winners twice.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr contract details
As per multiple reports, the legendary CR7 has agreed on personal terms with Al Nassr for a staggering contract. The Portuguese would be playing in the Pro League in the concluding years of his career, as he has signed a two-year contract with the club.
Rumors say Cristiano Ronaldo did not insist on a transfer fee after deciding to move to Saudi Arabia. The 37-year-old is being offered a huge yearly salary of $75 million with additional advertisement and sponsorship deals. Ronaldo will earn €200M/year, which is €16.67M/month, €3.888M/week • €555,555/da, €23,150/hour, €386/ minute, €6.5/second. He will also serve as an ambassador of the country’s 2030 World Cup bid.
It will be hard to see the European sensation away from top-flight football. Although, it has been evident that Cristiano Ronaldo’s form on the pitch has been diminishing due to his age. He had a dreadful season with Manchester United, where Erik Ten Hag benched the veteran striker quite often. Do you think this move would help Asian football grow more?
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