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LEAKED: Cristiano Ronaldo gets astonishing Al-Nassr new contract
Robin Bairner
- Updated: 15 Jan 2025 13:15 GMT
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Cristiano Ronaldo will continue to play with Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr after a new contract with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner was agreed this week.
Ronaldo’s deal with Al-Nassr was due to expire at the end of June, but widespread reports indicate that the all-time great has decided to prolong his stay in Saudi Arabia amid his chase to score 1000 career goals.
His current deal offers him the biggest annual salary in sport, with the 39-year-old taking home a pay packet of a reputed €200 million that has fuelled a luxurious lifestyle, which saw him buy a customised private jet for €50m late last year.
Marca reports that Ronaldo will be paid €183m during his one-year extension, which equates to €15.25m per month, €3.8m a week or €550,000 per day. This will maintain his status as football’s best-paid player, although there have been claims that Mohamed Salah could be about to take over that spot.
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Ronaldo to own 5% of Al-Nassr
Ronaldo will be handed an additional sweetener should he remain with Al-Nassr: he will become a part owner of the club.
“The club's leaders, in an attempt to demonstrate their admiration and level of satisfaction with what CR7 has done since his arrival in Riyadh, have offered or given him five percent of the ownership of the club,” Marca states.
Ronaldo’s deal will mirror that agreed by David Beckham when he moved to LA Galaxy from Real Madrid in 2007.
The iconic England international struck a deal with MLS that would allow him to buy an expansion team for just $23 million after he retired, which he did in purchasing Inter Miami – now, ironically, home of Ronaldo’s great rival Lionel Messi, who has recently been linked with an incredible return to Barcelona.
Cristiano will join current Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe as a part-owner of a club, though the current Merengues star is under fire with French Ligue 2 side Caen, whose fans believe he is using the team as a plaything.
Ronaldo is unlikely to have such concerns when he reaffirms his commitment to Al-Nassr with a new one-year deal.
