Just over a year ago, the owner of 5 Golden Balls agreed to leave MU in peace and signed a huge “pioneer” contract with Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr Club. At that time, this was a terrible explosion, shocking the world soccer industry.
Because few people expected a superstar like Ronaldoo to choose to move to this Gulf country to play football. However, by the summer of 2023, going to Saudi Arabia will become a trend with a series of stars leaving Europe to work as CR7’s colleagues here, such as Neymar, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Karim Benzema, Jordan Henderson or Riyad Mahrez. .
Ronaldo’s transfer was confirmed on December 30, 2022, about a month after his contract with MU ended following a disagreement with coach Erik ten Hag from a stormy interview on Talk TV. .
According to Marca, the Portuguese star has agreed a huge contract worth £177m per year with Al Nassr, equivalent to around £3,403,846 per week. And after playing for this club for about 60 weeks, Ronaldo has earned about 204,230,769 pounds!
In addition to the salary and bonus received from the host team, Ronaldo also received many advertising contracts and served as a brand ambassador. This is not a small amount of income and CR7 is “tired of counting money”.
“Cristiano Ronaldo’s professionalism and perseverance are an example for everyone. That is one of the reasons why he is like a magnet attracting many brands and brands. He is a golden star in the ambassador village,” a Nike representative emphasized about Ronaldo.
Of course, in addition to his excellent ability to make money, Ronaldo also has many shocking statements. Most recently, the Portuguese star announced that the Saudi Pro League is more competitive than France’s Ligue 1, causing an uproar in the online community.
Even many former stars like John Obi Mikel and Eden Hazard spoke out strongly against this view of CR7. “Maybe that’s just his personal opinion. Saudi Pro League has big stars but no big teams. Ligue 1 now may have few big stars but it has big teams,” Mikel emphasized.
While Hazard objected by saying that if a Ligue 1 representative played against a Saudi Arabian team, the French club would definitely win. “Ligue 1 is not as easy as people think. The level of football in France is very good. They have a lot of talent playing and I myself often watch Ligue 1 matches more than the Premier League,” the former Belgian star expressed his opinion.
