When he enters the field on December 6 (8 p.m.) to face Switzerland in the round of 16 of the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo will have one less worry.
The Portuguese will no longer be unemployed.
According to Madrid daily Marca, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner has found a club.
From January 1, 2024, the former Manchester striker will join the Saudi club Al-Nassr based in Riyadh.
According to Marca, Ronaldo has signed a two and a half year contract which will therefore run until 2025. At that time, the former Juve player will be 40 years old.
Two days before the start of the World Cup in Qatar, Ronaldo and Manchester United his previous club had ended their relationship.
Often pushed to the bench, the Portuguese had liberally criticized the management of the Mancunian club and he was no longer in the odor of sanctity in the north of England.
Once this contract was broken, the Portuguese star had the choice of negotiating with any club on the planet.
Only, despite a few touches, particularly on the side of Bayern Munich, quickly denied by the German club, no European club wanted to hire the 30-year-old.
💣🚨 ¡¡Cristiano, caso cerrado!!
https://t.co/il5bLECe5E Informa @jfelixdiaz
— MARCA (@marca) December 5, 2022
It is therefore in Saudi Arabia that one of the greatest players of all time will end his rich career.
Also according to Marca, Ronaldo will become the highest paid athlete in the world for the next 30 months.
He will receive a salary of 200M€ per season.
He will receive a salary of 100M€ plus as much in bonuses and various advertising contracts.
Such a sum means nothing taken as such.
It becomes more concrete if it is related to a daily income.
Until June 2025, Cristiano Ronaldo of around 550,000 euros gross… per day.
In Ryad, Ronaldo will not be able to win a new Ballon d'Or, impossible.
A club with a modest record, Al-Nassr has not been Arabian champion since 2019. He has been under the orders since this summer of the former coach of Lyon and Marseille, the Frenchman Rudi Garcia.
Cristiano Ronaldo will have former OM Spaniard Alvaro Gonzalez as teammates there and Franco-Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina, who passed through Nice between 2008 and 2014.
