The Saudi Arabian Football Federation fined Ronaldo after indecent celebration with Al Shabab fans. The Portuguese star was suspended for 1 match and paid a fine of £6,000 (nearly 200 million VND). However, this number is nothing for CR7.
According to calculations by Dailymail (UK), it only took Ronaldo 15 minutes to earn back this money. Ronaldo’s total income is 218 million pounds a year, of which 175 million pounds is salary at Al Nassr and the rest comes from advertising money with Nike, Herbalife, Armani, Tag Heuer, DAZN and PokerStars. Not to mention, this striker has income from his own brand called CR7.
Thus, on average, Ronaldo earns nearly 600,000 pounds per day, and 414 pounds per minute (more than 13 million VND). Fans on social networks joked that this superstar only needed to “sit and play” for 15 minutes to earn enough money to pay the fine.
Ronaldo is the highest-earning athlete in 2023.
According to Dailymail, Ronaldo is the athlete ranked first in the world on the list of highest-paid sports athletes in 2023. He is far ahead of the second person, golfer Jon Rahm (161 million pounds).
The next positions belong to Lionel Messi (soccer – 103 million pounds), LeBron James (basketball – 99.8 million pounds), Kylian Mbappe (soccer – 99.2 million pounds), Neymar (soccer – 96 million pounds). million pounds).
Ronaldo served a penalty from the Saudi Arabian Football Federation in the match between Al Nassr and Al Hazem. He sat in the stands watching his teammates compete. Al Nassr was held to a draw at the bottom of the table with a score of 4-4.
This draw greatly affects the championship ambitions of Ronaldo and his teammates. They are 6 points behind leader Al Hilal but have played one more match.
The Saudi Arabian National Championship has 12 rounds left. If Al Hilal increases the gap to 9 points, Al Nassr’s task will be very difficult.
In addition to the national championship, Ronaldo still has another goal, the AFC Champions League. Al Nassr is in the quarterfinals. Their opponent is Al Ain. If they continue, Al Nassr will meet an opponent from the Saudi Pro League, Al Hilal or Al Ittihad, in the semi-finals.
