ᑕ❶ᑐ Cristiano Ronaldo joins Saudi team Al Nassr until 2025

Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi outfit Al Nassr in a deal that runs until 2025.

Ronaldo will accept it highest (Site notre bureau spécialisé) gross salary in history to over 177 million per.

The 37-year-old says he is « can’t wait to discover a new (Site notre bureau spécialisé) league in another country ».

Ronaldo added: « I’m lucky to have won everything I wanted to win in European (Site notre bureau spécialisé) and now I feel like the right time to share my experience in Asia. »

Al Nassr – new Saudi Pro League champion – a signing described as “history in the making”.

The club said it « inspires our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls, to be the best version of themselves ».

In the summer, Ronaldo turned down a 305 million euro deal joining another Saudi team – Al Hilal – because he was happy at United.

Earlier in November, the striker it is voiced in an interview With Piers Morgan for TalkTV in which he said he felt « betrayed » by United, disrespected manager Erik ten Hag and was kicked out of the club.

Ronaldo, who has scored 145 goals in 346 appearances for United, left Juventus to join the club from Old Trafford in August 2021 – 11 years after leaving to join Real Madrid.

He had just over seven months left on his £500,000 six-month contract with United, but his immediate exit was « mutually agreed ».

A day after leaving the club, he was banned for two national matches for dropping a phone from an Everton fan following United’s defeat at Goodison Park in April.

I serve the ban domestically with all new clubs – in England or abroad – although it does not apply at continental club level, such as the Champions League.

Ronaldo recently returned after playing for Portugal at the World Cup in Qatar, where he make history by becoming the first man to score at five different FIFA World Cups with his strike in his team’s first victory over Ghana.

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