This is the second mission of the champion, Cristiano Ronaldo, to Saudi Arabia, for an additional 200 million euros, in addition to being a player of the Al-Nasr team.
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Cristiano Ronaldo (web)
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will not only play in Saudi Arabia for the Al-Nasr team, where he joined some time ago, but also a second mission awaits him.
How Ronaldo will receive more than 400 million euros during his stay in Saudi Arabia, including 200 million euros to be an ambassador for the Gulf Kingdom’s joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, a woman told AFP. source close to his new club.
The source indicated that “CR7” will receive more than 200 million euros in his sports contract until 2025 as a player for Al-Nassr, as well as 200 million euros to be ambassador of the joint Saudi dossier with Egypt and Greece to host the World Cup 2030.
The source said: “Ronaldo will receive €200m as a player for Al-Nassr (nicknamed in Saudi Arabia as ‘Al-Alamy’ because they were the first club to represent Asia in the Club World Cup in 2000). “
He added: “He will also be ambassador of the Saudi dossier for the 2030 World Cup, in exchange for another 200 million euros.”
The source also revealed that the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, helped finance the deal.
The source said, “Al-Nasr and other Saudi clubs don’t have huge funding for such a big deal.”
Interestingly, Al-Nasr team has won 9 Saudi League titles, the latest of which was in 2019, but has never won the AFC Champions League title, unlike Al-Hilal team, who won 4 titles, and the Jeddah team, which won two titles.
