The transfer of the former Real Madrid player, top scorer in the history of the Champions League, is one of the most resounding in history by the staggering amount of salary, estimated at 200 million euros over two and a half years.
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The Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo, without a club since the termination of his contract with Manchester United in late November, has signed up for two and a half years, until June 2025, with Al-Nassr, announced The Saudi club Friday December 30.
“I am impatient to discover a new football championship in a different country,” said Ronaldo, quoted on The Twitter account of its new club and posing with its new jersey, yellow and blue, struck by its usual number 7. “The vision of Al-Nassr is Very inspiring and I am delighted to join my teammates, so that together we can help the team get more success, “continued the five -time golden ball and five -time winner of the Champions League, nicknamed” CR7 “.
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The transfer of the former Real Madrid player, top scorer in the history of the Champions League, is one of the most resounding in history by the staggering amount of salary, estimated at 200 million euros over two and a half years, and because it highlights a unknown Saudi Arabian championship. “It is the story that is being written. This transfer will not only inspire our club so that it wins even more success but it will inspire our championship, our country and the future generations of boys and Girls to give the best of themselves, “said Al-Nassr.
terminated contract” by mutual agreement “in November
37 years old, Ronaldo has one of the most beautiful list of world football with five golden balls, five coronations in the Champions League (2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018), titles of champion In Italy (2019, 2020) with Juventus Turin, Spain (2012, 2017) with Real Madrid and England (2007, 2008, 2009) with Manchester United. He is also the top scorer in the Champions League and the history of the Portuguese selection, with whom he won Euro-2016.
But Ronaldo, the most followed personality on the Instagram social network, remains on a disappointing experience in Manchester United, the club where he proved to be on the international scene between 2003 and 2009 and where he returned in August 2021 after Its passages to Real Madrid (2009-18) and Juventus (2018-21). Since last summer, Ronaldo has been trying to leave Manchester United and the arrival of Erik Ten Hag on the bench, which limited his playing time, has arranged anything.
In a harsh interview in November, just before the World Cup, he attacked his coaches, past and present, his leaders and his former team members, without an ounce of self -criticism on his own shortcomings. In the process, Manchester United announced the termination of his “mutual agreement” contract. During the last World Cup, its playing time was limited and Portugal was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Al-Nassr, trained since July by the French Rudi Garcia, won nine titles of champion of Saudi Arabia, the last in 2019.