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Cristiano Ronaldo Signs With Saudi Arabian Soccer Club Al Nassr
Cristiano Ronaldo has signed with a caller shot team.
It's official: Ronaldo volition beryllium suiting up for Al-Nassr FC successful Saudi Arabia aft announcing his departure from Manchester United successful November, his caller squad announced connected Twitter Dec. 30.
Signed done the summertime of 2025, the 37-year-old volition reportedly marque $75 cardinal per year, according to CBS Sports.
"I americium excited to acquisition a caller shot league successful a antithetic country," Ronaldo said successful a statement, according to ESPN. "The imaginativeness of what Al Nassr are doing and processing successful Saudi Arabia some successful presumption of men's and women's shot is precise inspiring. We tin spot from Saudi Arabia's caller show astatine the World Cup that this is simply a state with large shot ambitions and a batch of potential."
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner's determination comes aft a controversial TV interview with Piers Morgan in November, successful which he claimed that helium was being forced retired of Manchester United, saying helium felt "betrayed" by the club. Later successful the interview, helium said he felt arsenic though radical don't privation him there. "Not lone this year," helium added, "but past twelvemonth too."
And he's looking guardant to playing for a caller state and fanbase connected an wholly antithetic continent.
"I americium fortunate that I person won everything I acceptable retired to triumph successful European shot and consciousness present that this is the close infinitesimal to stock my acquisition successful Asia," his connection continued. "I americium looking guardant to joining my caller teammates and unneurotic with them assistance the Club to execute success."
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Al-Nassr is based successful Riyadh and plays in the Saudi Pro League, wherever they are 1 of the astir palmy teams.
"This is much than past successful the making," Al-Nassr president Musalli Almuammar said astir signing the 37-year-old forward. "This is simply a signing that volition not lone animate our nine to execute adjacent greater occurrence but animate our league, our federation and aboriginal generations, boys and girls to beryllium the champion mentation of themselves."
Last month, the Premier League announced Ronaldo was leaving Manchester United done a "mutual agreement."
"The nine acknowledgment him for his immense publication crossed 2 spells astatine Old Trafford, scoring 145 goals successful 346 appearances, and wishes him and his household good for the future," work a Nov. 22 squad statement. "Everyone astatine Manchester United remains focused connected continuing the team's advancement under Erik 10 Hag and moving unneurotic to present occurrence connected the pitch."
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