Al Nassr president Musalli al Muammar said on Tuesday that Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has asked to be treated like the rest of his teammates and that it is normal for his salary to be higher.
“Ronaldo asked during the negotiations to be treated like the rest of his teammates, in terms of prices and club regulations”he said during the presentation of the Portuguese player in reinforcement of Al Nassr.
The leader of the Saudi club stressed that it is “quite normal” that his salary is “the highest”, although he assumes “the agreement is commercially beneficial in terms of profitability”, adding that “many things will change in the coming days happening known”.
“The deal with Ronaldo is not limited to football, it will support Al Nassr’s academy, which is what we intend to do”he said.
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 , which has one match less.
Al Nassr has nine Saudi championship titles, the last of which came in 2018/19.
Source: DN
