On Friday December 30th, Cristiano Ronaldo signed a two 200-million-a-year deal with Saudi Arabia’s second placed club Al-Nassr. After becoming the highest player in the world of football (again), former Real Madrid player traveled with his family to Saudi Arabia on Monday, and today, he completed his medical at Al-Nassr medical center and held his first press conference. Shortly after, he was presented at the packed 30.000 stadium where he delivered a short speech and then singed balls around the pitch and kicked them into the crowd for lucky punters.Walks of the greatness 🐐💛 pic.twitter.com/7FzLZSchQ5— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) January 3, 2023 The whole town of Riyadh is in the state of euphoria with the arrival of Ronaldo, and his shirts and Saudi Arabia flags are all over the streets. The ‘Ronaldo’ factor was seen in the social media too. Al Nassr had around 860.00 supporters on Instagram, but when Ronaldo singed for them, the number rose to 7.860.000 and it’s still rising. And the Portuguese forward knows that his image will be very important in Saudi Arabia and is ready for the challenge.“I want to change the mentality of the new generation and had many opportunities in Europe, Brazil, US and Portugal tried to sign me but I have my word to this club. I know what I want and I know what I don’t want. I want to help many different points and the Al-Nassr’s woman’s team. I want to change the perspective of many people. It’s not easy to win any games today. The evolution of football is different and this isn’t the end of my career by moving to the Middle East. For me, I’m really happy to be here and I know the league is competitive. I’ve watched many games. I am so proud at making this big decision in my life and my career. My work in Europe is done. I played for all the most important clubs. I had many opportunities in Europe. Many clubs in Brazil, Australia, in the US and even Portugal. For me this is a good chance with my knowledge and experience to grow very important clubs. My family is happy and they support me. In Arabia they are very happy with my arrival and that of my family” said Ronaldo.Touchdown Riyadh 🤩@Cristiano #HalaRonaldo 💛 pic.twitter.com/ZUflrsBewX— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) January 3, 2023 In Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo’s coach will be a famous French manager Rudi Garcia. The Former Roma, Lille, Marseille and Lyon coach is now Al Nassr’s manager and he was more than happy to get such reinforcement. “Cristiano is one of the best in history. For me, for the country and for the club, it’s fantastic that someone of his stature can come here. I’ve seen great players throughout my life, but not like Cristiano. Coaching Cristiano It will be very simple because there is very little to explain to him. I really want to be able to share our experience. I am very happy to have Cristiano here. My goal is for Cristiano to be happy playing for Al Nassr and win trophies” said Garcia.He may have gone to Saudi Arabia, but he has a route back – to Newcastle?!Al-Nassr are playing against Al Ta’ee at home on Thursday at home, and it remains to be seen if Garcia will introduce Ronaldo to the home crowd then. The former Manchester United forward has not played since Portugal were knocked out of the World Cup by Morocco on December 10, so his lack of play-time will be the key factor in Garcia’s decision.##NAJAVA_MECA_6923490##
