Already with the Qatar 2022 World Cup started, Cristiano Ronaldo officially stopped being a Manchester United player after terminating his contract. And in the middle of the national team tournament, everything indicates that the Portuguese has already got a team: it will be Al Nassr, according to information released by the newspaper Marca on Monday.
“The contract that unites the Portuguese footballer with the Saudi team will last two seasons”revealed the aforementioned media about ‘CR7’, who is preparing in the Portugal team to face Switzerland this Tuesday, December 6, for the round of 16 of the World Cup.
The price of Cristiano Ronaldo’s token will be just under 100 million euros. According to the aforementioned source, with advertising revenue and everything, the 37-year-old striker will earn 200 million euros per season, which will make him the highest paid on the planet.
If the signing is made official, the Portuguese attacker will be a rival of the Peruvians André Carrillo (Al Hilal), Christian Cueva (Al Fateh), Alex Valera (Al Fateh) and Christofer Gonzales (Al Adalah) in the Saudi league, which went into recess for the World Cup in mid-October and will restart in the fortnight of December.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s story at Manchester United came to an end, a few days after making some explosive statements during an interview given a few days before the World Cup. He harshly criticized coach Erik ten Hag and the club’s owners.
In his career, the athlete, in addition to the ‘Red Devils’, has also been part of Sporting de Lisboa in his country, the Spanish Real Madrid and the Italian Juventus.
Source: Elcomercio
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