Cristiano Ronaldo Bags 200m Euros Deal Signing Up for Club Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia

On Friday, Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Saudi Arabian Club Al Nassr, in a deal that is worth more than 200 million euros.

Written by: Arjita Gupta

Edited by: Anjali Kalan

Last Updated: February 24, 2023

On Friday, Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Saudi Arabian Club Al Nassr, in a deal that is worth more than 200 million euros. The contract lasts till June 2025. Ronaldo, the former Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus player expressed his excitement by saying that he cannot wait to start with the new football league that too in a different country. He also said that he finds the vision of the club very inspiring and wants to join his teammates soon and achieve greater success for his team.

Al Nassr has already won 9 Saudi Arabian league titles. The most recent win was in the year 2019. Holding in his hand, Ronaldo sported a blue and yellow shirt with the number seven, his favorite, on its back, on the Al Nassr Twitter feed. In an official tweet, Al Nassr said that it is beyond history in the making, and now that the football legend has joined the club, they believe he will inspire the team, the future generation, their nation, the boys and girls with a version that is their best.

Previously, Manchester United ended their contract with Cristiano after he gave a controversial TV interview, wherein he said that he had no respect for Erik ten Hag, the coach and that he felt betrayed by the club. It has been a year since the incident. However, in the circle of World Cup winners’ medals, he had performed well scoring a win again Ghana with a penalty goal. Ronaldo was then sidelined from the starting line-up by the end of the tournament.

One of the top-most-earning players in the realm of soccer, Cristiano’s contract with Al Nassr Club, will earn him a huge sum of money, much more than what Lionel Messi gets from Paris Saint-Germain.