On the last day of 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo shocked the football world when he joined Al Nassr Club, ending a two-decade journey of playing at the top of Europe.
From a professional perspective, moving to Asia would be a step backwards in CR7’s career but in return signing Al Nassr makes him the highest paid footballer in the world.
Ronaldo becomes the highest paid player in history after signing a record contract with Al Nassr
At this time, Ronaldo lovers are looking forward to seeing CR7’s first steps at the new tournament, in a new shirt. However, for a few reasons such as a two-match suspension from the time he was with Man Utd or the regulation on the number of foreign soldiers, it is likely that Ronaldo will have to wait until January 23 to play his first match for Al. Nassr meets Al Ettifaq in the Pro League.
While waiting for the historic debut for the Saudi Arabian football field, the wealthy owner from the Middle East recently had a special gift to welcome the Portuguese legend even though he had previously debuting in front of 25,000 fans at Mrsool Park.
Accordingly, the image of Cristiano Ronaldo wearing a new shirt was shown on the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa located in Dubai, UAE. However, this is said to be just one of the perks that CR7 will enjoy during his time at Al Nassr.
Image of Ronaldo appeared on the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa
Specifically, while Ronaldo finds a satisfactory new home in Saudi Arabia, he and his family will be arranged to live in two separate floors at the luxury Four Seasons Riyadh hotel. According to Daily Mail, the total cost of accommodation here will be up to 300,000 / month.
Not stopping there, the Saudi government is even said to be willing to temporarily put aside the country’s strict laws and regulations for the sake of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Under Saudi Arabia’s marriage law, unmarried couples are not allowed to live together. Although his girlfriend Georgina is already the mother of Ronaldo’s children, the couple has not yet held a wedding. However, the Mirror says the couple will be allowed to live together without any problems.
Messi and Ronaldo rematch created unprecedented viral in Al Nassr
On the eve of the extremely awaited friendly match between Saudi Arabia All Star and PSG, an unprecedented viral in the Saudi sports village has appeared.
Earlier this week, superstar Cristiano Ronaldo officially joined Al Nassr club with a two-year contract. Although highly anticipated by the people of Saudi Arabia, the Portuguese striker has not yet been able to make his official debut due to a two-match suspension.
However, recently, coach Rudi Garcia has confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will officially debut this national football fan in a friendly match with PSG club scheduled to take place on January 19.
“Yes, it’s sad to say that Ronaldo’s first official match will not be in our colors. It will be a mix of Al Nassr and Al Hilal in a clɑsh with great players. great of PSG”. – Captain Al Nassr reveɑled to L’Equipe newspaper.
When playing in La Liga, Ronaldo and Messi always focused attention on the bigger El Clasico matches than ever before.
Immediately, this information made the country in West Asia explodе. According to figures from the Daily Express, there were more than 2 million people scrambling to book tickets to watch this match as soon as it went on sale. – An unprecedented number in Saudi Arabia.
It should be known that the confrontɑtion between Saudi Pro League’s All Star and PSG will take place at Mrsool Park Stadium – Where only has a capacity of nearly 70,000 seats. Thus, we can simply calculate that the rate of competition to own tickets to see Messi and Ronaldo rematch will be extremely high – Only 1 person can buy tickets for about 30 people.
More specifically, in this sale, only one “super VIP” seat was auctioned for up to £2.2 million. It is known that in addition to sitting in a special row to watch the above match, the owner of this ticket will also be given a special access to the dressing room to meet both superstars Ronaldo and Messi.
Statistics show that Ronaldo and Messi have met a total of 36 times in their careers in all competitions, including 18 in La Liga, 6 in the Champions League, 5 in the King’s Cup, 5 in the Spanish Super Cup and 2 in international friendship. However, El Pulga has a better record with 16 victories, Ronaldo won 11, the rest is 9 draws. Notably, the two are quite balanced in terms of goals when CR7 has 21 goals, and Messi is 22.