Cristiano Ronaldo is always in the news. His recent arrival to Saudi Arabian football has given him a huge boost in publicity for the country’s league, quickly bringing in other senior players. Moreover, his performance did not disappoint: in his first game with Nasr, he scored 14 goals and already won the Champions League, in which he played a decisive role.
The Portuguese footballer terminated his contract with Manchester United during the World Cup in Qatar and signed with the sponsoring club in January 2023. Chidiyaa company with ties to the entertainment industry that relies on Saudi Arabia’s sovereign funds, is what it is today He owns English club Newcastle.
Saudi Arabia aims to host 2030 World Cup and has just signed a deal with Leo Messi, who will become the country’s tourism ambassador. Cristiano’s arrival brought a revolution to Saudi football. The data of social networks are proof: Al-Nassr’s official Instagram followers increased from 900,000 to the current number of followers. 18.9 million.On the same social network there is also a profile opened by fans of the club, which basically uploads photos of the Portuguese and today The number of fans exceeded 20 million.
This is Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary in Saudi Arabia
Published Fabrizio RomanoCristiano Ronaldo’s agreement with Saudi Arabia runs until 2025, and Salary close to 200 million euros Includes advertising.
🚨 Al Nasr is about to sign Cristiano Ronaldo! Meetings are ongoing to review all contracts and organize documents. 🇵🇹🇸🇦 #ronaldo
As expected, the contract is valid until June 2025 – with an annual salary of nearly 200 million euros, including commercial transactions. pic.twitter.com/7eIgsJrv7R
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 30, 2022
In fact, American magazine ForbesCristiano is the highest-paid athlete in the world today: at 38 years old, he is in the final stages of his career and earns $136 millionThis is the highest-ever earnings for a football player, surpassing the $130 million earned by Leo Messi in Major League Soccer (MLS). Closely linked to both of them is Kylian Mbappé, who remains at PSG and earns €120 million despite clear interest from Real Madrid.
One of the motivations for participating in the Arab League is duty free: Players keep all the money they earn, an advantage that will help Cristiano grow personal wealthcan also be calculated by Forbes exist $490 million.
Annual monitoring of only three athletes in history Forbes They surpassed Ronaldo’s figure in just one season: Roger Federer, Tiger Woods and Conor McGregor (In 2021, he earned an estimated $158 million outside the UFC Octagon, primarily from sales of his whiskey brand, Correct number twelve).
Cristiano’s business outside football is also growing. In 2022, the hotel he bought in Madrid’s Gran Vía made its first net profit in the second quarter of its opening to the public: according to five daysSpain’s oldest economic newspaper has a net profit of €194,000This is a significant recovery compared to 2021, when the company recorded a loss of almost 1 million euros. Hotel revenue tripled to $9.6 million. If fees are subtracted, we arrive at the profit figure that players add to their accounts.
In Strictly speaking, news has emerged that Cristiano will not attend the next Ballon d’Or ceremony. Between 2008 and 2017, the footballer Awarded five times. He was first on the shortlist in 2004, when he was playing for Manchester United, and he and Messi started a neck-and-neck race for the award that lasted more than a decade, but now french football He had put it aside.
