Cristiano Ronaldo, who “broke” with friendly media ahead of last week’s World Cup in exchange for a “gentle break” with Manchester United, could not wait for a call from his former club Real Madrid and end did not choose to stay in Europe, and did not accept the invitations of many MLS clubs, resolutely joined the Saudi Arabian League powerhouse Al-Nassr as a free agent, which surprised the Asian fans and brought the number of followers of the new club’s social account from the original 900,000 suddenly broke through the 10 million mark, which shows that C Ronaldo is still very attractive.
Leaving aside the rumored annual salary of up to 200 million euros and a number of emperor-like treatment factors, what is the attraction of the local league, so much so that C Ronaldo, who was once second only to the “ball king” Messi and won 5 Golden Globes , willing to give up his thoughts in the interview 7 years ago, condescend to participate?
The Saudi Arabia Professional League was founded in 1975. The participating teams increased from 12 to 14 in the 2010/11 season, and then increased to the current 16 in the 2018/19 season. Ainas, played by C Ronaldo, is the first leader, dominated 9 times (the last trophy dates back to the 2018/19 season), second only to Hilal, who won 18 league titles. include Ittihad, Aishabi, Jeddah Al Ali and so on.
In recent years, the Middle East leagues have spent a lot of money. Stars like Shawi, Cindy Kassuna and James Lodigus have subsequently established themselves in the Qatar League. Of course, there’s not much to give up. Between them , Hilal has relied on the two stars who have joined the “age of the game”, former Italy international midfielder Chiao Wengao, and former French international center Buddy Fite Gomes, to guide him from the 2019 and 2019 seasons. In 2021 he will win the AFC Champions League twice.
In this championship, the most starred team is Ainas, which already has the goalkeeper of the Colombian national team Ospina, who played with Arsenal and Napoli, Cameroon, who played for many years in Porto, the national center Abu Cayo and the ‘former Brazilian national football defense Zhong Gu Dahe, who has played in the Bundesliga for many years, has the strength to compete for the championship.
Although Anas are more optimistic about regaining the championship after being joined by C Ronaldo, the local league adopts a double round-robin system and the remaining 18 rounds are still full of variables. However, the teams that took the top 3 places in the league (Ainas finished 3rd last year) and won the King’s Cup will all be eligible for the AFC Champions League, which means C Ronaldo is very likely whether it is in the AFC Champions League. League for the first time in the coming days Debut in the AFC Champions League. If the Hong Kong Super League and Ainas win the East Asian and West Asian championships respectively in the future, local players will have the opportunity to meet Ronaldo in official matches.
Under the C Ronaldo effect, the entire Saudi Arabian league has attracted a lot of attention around the world, and the commercial benefits generated are not less than Beckham joining the MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy; if Saudi Arabia can finally bid for the 2030 World Cup in the week of the cup finals the “big contract” given to C Ronaldo is worth the money, let’s see if their wishful thinking can finally kick off.
