Cristiano Ronaldo Signs For Saudi Arabian Club Al Nassr

The Saudi Arabian club announced that Cristiano Ronaldo had signed with Al Nassr on Friday in a deal that is believed to be worth more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old signed a contract that keeps him in the game until June 2025. The former Manchester United, Real Madrid, and Juventus player stated, "I can't wait to discover a new football league in a different country." On the Al Nassr Twitter feed, the Portuguese star was shown holding a blue and yellow shirt with his favorite number seven printed on the back.

Cristiano Ronaldo on Friday signed for Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia, the club announced, in a deal believed to be worth more than 200 million euros. The 37-year-old penned a contract which will take him to June 2025. "I can't wait to discover a new football league in a different country," said the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus player. The Portuguese star was pictured on the Al Nassr Twitter feed holding a blue and yellow shirt with his favoured number seven printed on the back.

"The vision with which Al Nassr operates is very inspiring, and I am delighted to join my teammates, so that together we can help the team achieve greater success," he added.

Al Nassr have won nine Saudi Arabian league titles, the last in 2019.

"This is more than history in the making. This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves. Welcome @cristiano to your new home @alnassr_fc," tweeted the Saudis.

After a year in which he was benched for Portugal and left behind by Manchester United, Ronaldo will travel to the Gulf.

After the veteran forward gave an explosive TV interview in which he claimed he felt "betrayed" by the club and had no respect for coach Erik ten Hag, United parted ways with the Portuguese star.

While Ronaldo was representing Portugal at the World Cup, United terminated his contract.

Ronaldo's bid to win the World Cup got off to a good start when he became the first player to score in five international competitions when he converted a penalty kick in their victory over Ghana.

But Portugal tore Switzerland to shreds in their last-16 match, and he was left out of the starting lineup.

He started on the bench when Portugal lost to Morocco in the quarterfinals and finished the tournament in tears.

Ronaldo has long been one of football's highest-paid players. Although the Turin club's accounts are being investigated for possibly under-reporting what they paid players, his salary at Juventus was reportedly 31 million euros.

Even though he took a pay cut to join United, his basic annual salary, before bonuses, was estimated to be between 15 and 28 million euros, he was still one of Europe's highest-paid players.

As his relationship with Joined soured, Ronaldo was connected to a series of Champions Association competitors including Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Napoli.

It was also rumored that he would return to his first club, Sporting Lisbon. There was talk of joining Inter Miami, which David Beckham, a former United teammate, owned in part, in the Major League Soccer (MLS). None of those deals were made.

United decided that because of his declining contribution and growing public dissatisfaction, he was a costly luxury they no longer required.

Ronaldo has won five Champions League titles (2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018), league titles in Italy (2019, 2020) with Juventus, in Spain (2012, 2017) with Real Madrid and in England (2007, 2008, 2009) with United.

He is also the top scorer in the Champions League and with the Portuguese national team with whom he won Euro 2016.