The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo will seek to continue writing his story in the soccer books with his official debut with his new team, Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional League, the highest soccer division in that country. In the run-up to the match, the club had already confirmed on its social networks that the 5-time Ballon d’Or would make its debut this Sunday.
Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Al Nassr after a far from easy mid-season with Manchester United, which after the arrival of Erik ten Hag as coach, the Portuguese lost prominence and was relegated to the bench.
As expected, his performance on the pitch in England was not the best and his relationship with his teammates and coach ended up breaking down when he spoke in an interview with Piers Morgan, a renowned British journalist.
From that moment on, United and Ronaldo broke off their relationship and Cristiano He arrived at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar hoping to make his problems forget with a good performance in the World Cup with Portugal.
However, the Portuguese team was eliminated in the quarterfinals at the hands of the revelation of the championship, Morocco, and Cristiano said goodbye to what was probably his last major tournament with Portugal.
After various rumors stating that the Portuguese star was looking for a team that would play in the Champions League, Cristiano surprised the world by announcing his signing for Al Nassr of the Saudi Arabian league, signing a historic contract where there is talk of a salary of 200 million euros per season, between payment received by the club and sponsorships.
Ronaldo already made his debut with Al Nassr, he did so in a friendly duel against PSG led by Lionel Messi, Mbappé and Neymar Junior and he did it by scoring a brace.
This Sunday, the five-time winner of the Champions League made his official debut in the match against Al-Ettifaq and will also do so as captain.
🗒 || Starting lineup,@AlNassrFC vs @Ettifaq pic.twitter.com/zmXDCrmwhZ
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) January 22, 2023
