Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their second purpose in a Group B match of the Asian Champions League towards Al Rayyan at Al-Awwal Park, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 30, 2024. — Reuters
RIYADH: Portuguese soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo has agreed to increase his contract with Saudi membership Al Nassr for one more 12 months, protecting him on the membership till June 2026, in line with an official from the staff who spoke to AFP on Monday.
The official mentioned the edges have agreed on the renewable extension of Ronaldo’s contract, “but it has not been signed yet. An announcement will be made over the coming days”.
Ronaldo turned 40 final week, together with his present contract as a consequence of finish in June 2025.
The previous Manchester United, Actual Madrid, and Juventus star joined Al Nassr in January 2023 and has since scored 82 objectives in 90 matches.
In August, Ronaldo mentioned he would stick with Al Nassr by way of the tip of his skilled profession, which can be “soon or in two or three years”.
“But it’ll most likely happen with Al Nassr, in the team that makes me happy… and where I feel good.”
The Portuguese nice appeared to commerce an end-of-career payday for soccer obscurity when he moved to Riyadh’s Al Nassr two years in the past in a deal mentioned to be price $250 million.
However his affect grew to become clear when he was adopted by a parade of ageing superstars to the big-spending Saudi Professional League.
Saudi Arabia was then awarded the 2034 World Cup in December, the crowning glory for the oil-rich kingdom’s technique of revamping its picture by way of sports activities, tourism, and tradition.
When Ronaldo launched his YouTube channel in August, he gained a million subscribers in simply 90 minutes and 20 million inside 24 hours. He at present has 73.5 million.
Though World Cup glory has most likely eluded him, in contrast to his Argentine rival Lionel Messi, data nonetheless dangle in entrance of the five-time Ballon d’Or and Champions League winner.
Regardless of his prodigious kind as he closes in on 1,000 skilled objectives in official matches, Ronaldo is but to win a Saudi or continental trophy with Al Nassr, with the Arab Membership Champions Cup of 2023 his solely triumph with the membership.
