The Spanish newspaper "Marca" confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo signed the contract with the Saudi club Al-Nasr last Friday in the Spanish capital, Madrid, after he despaired of receiving the call, which was his "last wish in football."
Al-Nasr Club announced its contract with the Portuguese star, who won the Golden Ball award 5 times, until 2025 on Friday, after he terminated his contract with Manchester United last November.
And the president of the Saudi club, Mosli Al Muammar, traveled to Madrid, where Ronaldo was staying, to sign the contract and announce it, although the agreement took place "in the middle of the Qatar World Cup," as Marca confirmed through its sources.
The world's greatest athlete 🌏
officially signs for # the global 🤩 # Ronaldo_Nasrawi pic.twitter.com/BBq469mAYh
– Al-Nasr Saudi Club (@AlNassrFC) December 30, 2022
Marca said that Ronaldo deliberately ended his relationship with Manchester United after he attacked the English club and its coach in a television interview, and the club came out to respond to it forcefully, and that the historic scorer for Real Madrid realized that his continuation in high-level European football was practically impossible, which prompted him to change his directions and goals with approval. On the offer of generous victory materially.
She added that the negotiations with Al-Nasr were conducted by Ricardo Regoff, a close friend of Ronaldo, and his official agent, Jorge Mendes, did not participate in them.
Marca indicated that the shock of Portugal's exit from the World Cup by defeat in the quarter-finals against Morocco and the unusual ill-treatment prompted Ronaldo to settle in Madrid in light of his lack of commitment to any team after his contract with United was terminated.
The newspaper confirmed that Ronaldo deliberately was in the Spanish capital, and also deliberately trained in the stadiums of his former team, Real Madrid, "Valdebebas", which he had long visited and toured for several days, hoping to receive a call that did not come and would never come. In the absence of unfounded rumors of the possibility of his return to the Royal.
Ronaldo's waiting for the call ended after he confirmed that his wish was impossible, and victory found a way out of his crises, as it would make him the highest-paid player in the world, which cannot be achieved in Europe or even the American League.