This Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo made a blunder during his presentation as Al Nassr reinforcement when he stated that he had moved to South Africa instead of saying Saudi Arabia.
“Coming to South Africa is not the end of my career,” he said at the press conference, as he was presented at the club in Riyadh, where thousands of fans celebrated his signing – a deal worth around €200 million .
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Ronaldo, 37, who has played his entire career in Europe, made the blunder after speaking about the offers he said had poured in from around the world following his departure from Manchester United.
“I’ve had a lot of offers in Europe, a lot in Brazil, Australia, the United States, even Portugal,” said the Portuguese striker, who arrived Monday evening in the capital of Saudi Arabia, one of the richest oil states.
Ronaldo received a thunderous reception in a packed 25,000 capacity Mrsool Park, which exploded with applause and fireworks as the player appeared in the yellow and blue Al Nassr kit.
Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, is moving to Saudi football after terminating his contract with Manchester United, which he represented for the second time in 2021/22 and 2022/23 after a first spell (2003/2009).
Before starting the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo, who grew up at Sporting and represented Real Madrid (2009/2018) and Juventus (2018/2022) between his two spells with the English, believed he felt “betrayed” and disrespected felt in the “red devils”, with which he scored 145 goals in 346 games.
With 194 games for the Portuguese main team and 118 goals, he adds 451 goals for Real Madrid, in ‘only’ 438 games, and five for Sporting, in 31 games.
Currently led by the Frenchman Rudi Garcia and with the Brazilian Talisca (ex-Benfica) and the Cameroonian Aboubakar (ex-FC Porto), Al Nassr occupies first place in the Saudi League after 11 rounds with 26 points, one more than Al Shabab , who have one match less.
Al Nassr has nine Saudi championship titles, the last of which came in 2018/19.
Source: DN
