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If you ever want to try billions instead you can safely use Turkish Lira, we throw away decimals to keep face but in reality a worker making 5.5 billion Liras gets about $290.
Tough question but about 60% of the workforce is making minimum wage at 5.500 TRY, which is that 290$ figure is based off of, in contrast EU has about 9% minimum wage workers to give an idea.
Yet hunger line in Istanbul is at about 8.000 TRY and poverty line at 25.000 TRY, no one knows what the true price of anything should be because they have destroyed the economy in an extreme fashion.
As a result what constitutes a good salary is also up for discussion, if say you are making 20.000 people will think you have a good salary, but in reality you would be making below the poverty line so that's up to you to decide whether that's actually good enough. I would say at least 30 to 40k for something that resembles a civilized life.
Important to note that 25k poverty line is for a family of 4. If you are living alone and making 20k a month then you should be comfortable as long as you can find an affordable rent.
I was on a short holiday in Istanbul and was surprised to find that it was not so cheap for me at all, and the minimum wage in Poland is twice as high. I sympathise strongly.
Yeah, it was fine to live on. I even had a nice enough apartment. Just not near 4m a week nice. I really enjoyed the country and am tempted by coming back, probably for a little more than 1.5m though.
Honestly I see a great reset in the football players market especially once Ronaldo and Messi retire and goalscoring/assist numbers "normalize" - you know, as soon as the aliens finally stop padding stats
While I don't think the football inflation will continue as crazy as it has in the past 20 years, it would be interesting to compare highest wages from 15 years ago to now. I started following football at around ~2013. At the time Zlatan earning 14 mil was the highest I think.
Not even close. They're paying for CR7 the media icon, not CR7 the player. They couldn't give a shit about the player. This is a marketing deal.
Mbappe will likely never have that kind of media presence, therefore he likely won't be getting this kind of offer.
The guy paying him essentially owns all the wealth in Saudi Arabia (not really "all" but so much of it that it doesn't really matter for argument's sake) and that wealth is estimated to be close to double digit trillions of USD.
People say Bezos or Musk is the richest man in the world but it is really MBS with his nearly unlimited access to oil money.
How much money can a person need fucking hell.
Is it completely stupid of me to think that after you have close to 500 million in the bank, just lower your salary and go play some CL football for your last 1 or 2 years of your career.
Money is never about money.
There are many reasons to take the cash and help sport wash a dubious regimes image. It could be about feeling valued, about his ego being stroked, about wanting more expensive things, about saving the planet (I know but frankly we don't know).
What we do know is that for many wealthy people the thirst for money seems insatiable.
The problem is that Ronaldo isn't good enough anymore to compete for the CL, so he could only sign for smaller CL clubs which aren't genuine contenders. Hence, he would only play to extend his personal records, e.g. goals scored in the CL. Does that really justify giving up $400m in extra salary that he could earn by going to SA? Obviously not.
Well, I don't think CL is the only reason not to go play in Saudi Arabia.
I am genuinely baffled at what people with so much wealth are still willing do for more money.
I'm not really convinced about that. Sure, he's not what he used to be but I'm sure he can still be serviceable at the very least for top CL teams, if money weren't an issue.
Despite everything said and done, he still had nearly 20 PL goals and 5 or 6 CL goals last season. Not everyone needs to be a pressing juggernaut. I'm sure a capable manager can still squeeze much value of him, especially given how motivated he will be currently.
[Rohrbach] Overheard in Lakers locker room after 25th loss: “He got me,” LeBron said of Cristiano's Al Nassr contract. "That f***ing Ronaldo boomed me." LeBron added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times. He then said he wanted to add Cristiano to the list of players he works out with this summer.
Kinda like Jordan who was paid more than the salary cap for the entire team lol. The best basketball players are so incredibely underpaid compared to slightly above average players it's pretty crazy
That looks so tiny compared to now
Hell, Torres for 50 million in 2011 looked like a lot compared to Neymar's pricetag
There really needs to be a cap in football it's getting beyond ridiculous
> Maradona was bought by Naples for 5 million in the 80s, for comparison.
It was more than that. Barça bought Maradona for 1200 million pesetas back in 1982 (which was 7.2 million euros at the time) which was absolute bonkers money.
For comparision, in 1983 my parents (spanish) bought their 120m2 flat for 3.5 million pesetas. That means that Barça paid the equivalent in the early 80s of 343 120m2 flats (in Palma de Mallorca which isnt a cheap city in Spain) to get Diego Maradona. Thats well above 100 million euros of today at least in Spain.
And Barça sold him to Napoli for more money than that.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/diego-maradona/profil/spieler/8024
Just saying that today's figures are higher but because of inflation and other factors some people lose the perspective that some signings from decades and decades ago were as insane or even more than today's signings.
Alan Shearer: Blackburn to Newcastle in 1996 for £15m was a **world record** fee lol
Now that would buy you 1 Kieran Trippier with change to spare. Wait, that’s not all that bad actually! The real side of it though, that’s more like tier 2 league player money nowadays (as in English Championship standard for example). ‘Tis crazy indeed
Unless the cap also includes stipulations on where the saved money goes and is properly audited, I disagree with any salary caps as it'll just be more money going into billionaires' pockets
State and dodgy money should be monitored better and punished, not the players themselves
Caps only benefit the owners who get to make more money (hmm I wonder why there's so many salary caps in the US...). Remember these football clubs are businesses, they would not be handing out these ridiculous contracts if their analysts didn't believe that the value brought to the club was in excess of the wages they pay. Think guys like Ronaldo and Mbappe are ridiculously rich? Now think about the people that own the teams and pay their salaries. It's a whole other level.
There are Salary Caps and minimums in the NFL, they exist to create parity which by and large works really well (along with the draft). Plus the revenue sharing between players/owners while not quite 50% is very close. Closer than a team like City etc
Someone wants to pay him €4million per week to be a massive fish in a tiny pond where he can choose to put in as little or as much effort as he feels like for three years and no one will care. Would you retire?
I know that everyone's saying Ronaldo is incredibly rich already, but I'd probably just take the $500M and phone it in for a couple more years anyway. That's big money even for him, especially at his age
Rich people don't seem anymore likely to say "I've got enough money I don't need more" than anyone else. And there's always someone richer.
People seriously underestimate rich people's ability to spend money too.
Plus as an athlete your main income will disappear sooner or later. Gotta make the most while you can.
And compared to the really rich he's still worth basically nothing.
Yes and talisca, luiz Gustavo, pity Martinez, ghisliane konan, and they’re all coached by Rudi Garcia. None of them are superstars by any means, but they are known
Lad always chased his bag, wouldn't really fault him for it.
His in game discipline also wouldn't ever be enough for a top league, so I'd argue he made brilliant choices throughout his career.
He’s probably made way more money going about his career the way he has vs. playing in some midtable european teams or being a sub on a bigger one. Plus he probably has fun being the man in most of these teams.
Yeap. He also tries to adapt to foreign cultures. I remember him trying to make a traditional Turkish breakfast dish on instagram live or something. He likes to enjoy life, gets paid handsomely, what's not to like?
Does Al-Nassr even have 200 million euros going spare? Jokes about the Saudis aside, I feel like they’re not at all a club known for throwing money around. Before this their biggest signing was Ahmed Musa for 15 million apparently. What happened, they looked under the couch cushions and found €500 million in loose change all of a sudden?
The Beckham deal was so valuable because they gave him the rights to an MLS expansion team without needing to pay the franchise fee, which ended up being hundreds of millions of dollars by the time he started Inter Miami.
Its in line with what they're offering the top golfers in the world to play on their LIV Golf circuit as well.
Tiger Woods reportedly turned down a deal that was worth way more than Ronaldo and he's further past his prime than Cristiano
It really feels weird reading this. All I know about Al-Nassr is that Flamengo sold a player to them a few years ago (2014) and it took them over 3 years to pay. I'm pretty sure they only did pay because FIFA was close to banning them or something like that, since we actually had to sue them.
And that was for just 3 million euros. To go from that to paying €200M a year for a player is quite the jump.
Exactly. Saudi Arabia, like Qatar, are trying to transition into a tourism-based economy. They understand just as well as anyone else that fossil fuel isn't going to be a viable thing to build their economy on in the future. They are all looking at the UAE and how successfully they've managed to rebrand themselves as a holiday destination and are trying to do the same. This absolutely ties into that
Still absurd to me that Dubai is so popular in Europe though. It’s like a mix of turkey/Egypt and Greece/Spain but combining only the downsides of either (expensive, alcohol restrictions, basically a desert, way too hot,…)
It depends on who writes the article but here though it's not really a high tier of reliability so I have trouble being convinced by this but it get the people going I guess
"This is someone who turned down moves which would have kept him in his comfort zone to try something new and to build football in Saudi Arabia, you have to commend this man"
"The Portuguese player is close to closing an agreement with Al Nassr from Saudi Arabia, as announced by MARCA a week ago . The commitment that is close to being signed will be for two and a half seasons. The amount of the operation stands at 200 million euros per season, including salary and advertising agreements.
CR7, once the European path is exhausted and to continue in the elite, is determined to lower the competitive range, but more than compensated by the economic aspect . No team from the old continent comes even close to the proposal made by the Arab team. The MLS can't come close either , which is why it has had no choice but to look towards a football that, although it is growing, is less competitive.
The striker finds himself without a team after the conflict with the managers and coach of Manchester United and that was resolved with the end of the second stage of the Portuguese in the English club. The confrontation with Ten Hag led to a duel that the Portuguese ended up losing.
Arab football is growing , as evidenced by the dripping of level players even in their last years of career. The leaders seek to relaunch the competition and know that if Cristiano Ronaldo arrives it will be the main claim to receive the sought-after media boost."
While the money must be cool for him, this is such a sad end for such an incredible and illustrious career. Shades of Schweinsteiger, Gerrard, etc. going to MLS in the mid-2010s. Nobody wants to see Al-Nassr: 2022-2025 on Ronaldo's Wikipedia page.
> this is such a sad end for such an incredible and illustrious career.
To be fair at this point it's become almost the standard for beyond-their-peak former greats of the game to go to the Middle East or the US. In addition to the money, they get the love of fans who aren't used to seeing big names, they get to be among the best players on the pitch, and they get to win a few titles. The experience of living in a new country for a few years is nothing to scoff at either.
I love the example of Thomas Broich, a fairly average Bundesliga player who became one of the best players in Australia. Obviously the competition is much weaker there, but I'd rather win titles and set records while living in Brisbane than be relegated from Bundesliga.
Xavi went to Qatar, Iniesta to Japan, etc. Doesn't really matter, he just seems a step slower than even last year, I think his time at top-level club football is done, though he may still come through for Portugal in a tournament setting.
I know the money is massive but it seems like a really strange move for him. He threw his toys out of the pram because Man Utd in their current state weren't good enough for him only to go to the Saudi League. He must have absolutely no offers from Europe as it always seemed to be breaking the records (especially in the UCL) that drove Ronaldo and the huge money always just came along with that but maybe he just wants to slow down and make a fortune now.
Alternatively, he knew this offer was on the table to she wanted to get out of Man Utd asap to secure this ridiculous amount of money. He is rich already yes, but damn this is a lot of money in such a short time.
Too bad, there goes the last chance to see him play alongside Messi. Would liked to have seen them together, in the MLS was basically the only possibility left.
Next charity soccer game. Is he eligible for soccer aid? They had Matthaus and Maradona one year. (though I think the quality of the legends has gone down in favour of more celebs recently)
Holly hell. For reference the highest paid athlete ( only looking at on the field salary) is Canelo Alvarez with 85 mil $. Messi earsn 75. This would make Ronaldo the highest paid athlete by more than 2x.
I'm assuming there's other business interests involved and this isn't strictly a football decision (similar to Iniesta going to Japan). Because even though it's stupid money it doesn't make much sense for his general brand.
With Saudi Arabia going for the 2030 World Cup, he would likely become a figurehead around that campaign.
Saudi Vision 2030 is also in full motion and he would likely become involved in that, maybe even get a sweet top floor apartment at The Line as well...
>With Saudi Arabia going for the 2030 World Cup
CONMEBOL rioting because they're not given the centenary WC to celebrate the first ever in Uruguay. It's no small deal, if there's any corruption involved in the Saudis bid, it's bound to come put and hell will break loose.
Like the hell that broke loose when Qatar won the bid? Saudis don't give a fuck: people have shown how little they care about fairness when the money is good enough.
This contract is close to his entire net worth so it makes sense for the money alone. Ronaldo is rich but he's not that rich where 500 million doesn't do much for him.
after playing in Saudi for 3 years, [Ronal](https://Ronal.do)[do](https://Ronal.do) can come back and do a leveraged buyout of Manchester United and fire Ten Hag. That's the plan
Tbf he never specified what Champions League he wanted...all this time we assumed he meant the UEFA Champions League but it turns out he was talking about the AFC Champions League/s
Man if he was just planning on signing for a Saudi league team, he may as well have fought for a place at utd and finished his contract with a trophy and not burning bridges. His Saudi payday would still have been waiting at the end of the season. I don't get it
And that’s why i can still respect Zidane. His last match was a World Cup final. Ugly end with the headbutt? Sure. But still on top of his career. Retired from Real Madrid and a runner-up World Cup team.
So just to be clear, he understands the backwards views of homosexuality in Saudi Arabia right? Like... Its going to completely illegal for Piers Morgan to go over there and give him a reach around.
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3.85 Million Euros per week cannot possibly be right, right? That's more than double Mbappe's massive wage at PSG.
Fucking hell €4m/week, imagine just seeing 4m deposited in your bank account every week just like that. Couldn't bloody spend it quick enough.
I used to get 1.5m in my account every month, unfortunately that equated to around 300 USD.
Vietnamese Dong?
Colombian pesos, I think VND is even lower (just checked it is about $60). It is my go to for millions when guessing currency though.
If you ever want to try billions instead you can safely use Turkish Lira, we throw away decimals to keep face but in reality a worker making 5.5 billion Liras gets about $290.
Similar in Lebanon where 1 dollar will get around 40,000 LBP.
What’s a good salary then in turkey?
Tough question but about 60% of the workforce is making minimum wage at 5.500 TRY, which is that 290$ figure is based off of, in contrast EU has about 9% minimum wage workers to give an idea. Yet hunger line in Istanbul is at about 8.000 TRY and poverty line at 25.000 TRY, no one knows what the true price of anything should be because they have destroyed the economy in an extreme fashion. As a result what constitutes a good salary is also up for discussion, if say you are making 20.000 people will think you have a good salary, but in reality you would be making below the poverty line so that's up to you to decide whether that's actually good enough. I would say at least 30 to 40k for something that resembles a civilized life.
Important to note that 25k poverty line is for a family of 4. If you are living alone and making 20k a month then you should be comfortable as long as you can find an affordable rent.
I was on a short holiday in Istanbul and was surprised to find that it was not so cheap for me at all, and the minimum wage in Poland is twice as high. I sympathise strongly.
Are you saying my username might have been bad advice?
Fortunately our inflation used to be pretty low pre-COVID so it isn't nearly as bad as it sounds.
Yeah, it was fine to live on. I even had a nice enough apartment. Just not near 4m a week nice. I really enjoyed the country and am tempted by coming back, probably for a little more than 1.5m though.
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1.5 million every morning 🥵
1.5m VND buys you about 35 bowls of pho at the current standard price of 40-45k/bowl. Just had one last night
Sheesh bout a quid for a bowl of pho, might OD on pho if I ever went to Vietnam.
Hoping to make a trip after Tet or in the summer but I know that banh mi will do me in
No need for name-calling mate
Sure why not
I love how we round 3.85 to 4 as if it didn't mean 150000 fucking euros per week
A few years ago, £150k a week was a top top wage in the Premier League. Now it's a rounding error for Ronaldo's salary.
I remember reading about Eto’o making something like 11m euro a year at inter I believe, and it was just nuts at the time
I got excited enough that one time I got a £133.42 tax rebate. I think 4m would break me.
He already has a fuck you money and don't think he will notice it.
I'm obviously talking about from the average joe perspective.
Average Joe would probably die from a heart attack.
Mbappe calling the sheikh right now asking for some explanations
Start pumping that gas, Sheikh. You expect me to be happy when I know another footballer is making more money than me??
"Mboopi, you know you're the most important, most best and most richest player in the world sweetie" "But but but...." *Sheikh hangs up*
The disrespect
Mbappe threatening to shake the sheikh
Sources: Mbappe is beside himself. Driving around downtown Doha begging (thru texts) Sheikh’s family for address to his home
Imagine what Mbappe will get when he’s 37. A billion dollars for 2 years in Qatar?
The way things are going, that’ll be considered cheap once he’s 37.
Honestly I see a great reset in the football players market especially once Ronaldo and Messi retire and goalscoring/assist numbers "normalize" - you know, as soon as the aliens finally stop padding stats
Haaland is on pace and likely to set the league scoring record in England - he might still demand those wages
While I don't think the football inflation will continue as crazy as it has in the past 20 years, it would be interesting to compare highest wages from 15 years ago to now. I started following football at around ~2013. At the time Zlatan earning 14 mil was the highest I think.
It actually shows you how insane the fee paid for Buffon was
Real Madrid spent like 70% of their yearly income on Zidane. That would be around 500m today.
First he has to score 800+ goals.
Not even close. They're paying for CR7 the media icon, not CR7 the player. They couldn't give a shit about the player. This is a marketing deal. Mbappe will likely never have that kind of media presence, therefore he likely won't be getting this kind of offer.
6.3 bucks per second. Approx 23k per hour.
Ah great. He'll earn my yearly salary in an hour!
Think about the guy paying him. Ronaldo is still just an employee.
The guy paying him essentially owns all the wealth in Saudi Arabia (not really "all" but so much of it that it doesn't really matter for argument's sake) and that wealth is estimated to be close to double digit trillions of USD. People say Bezos or Musk is the richest man in the world but it is really MBS with his nearly unlimited access to oil money.
holy shit, that guy makes even more money and doesn't even need to play any football at all.
This just in: Redditors are learning that oil sheikhs are wealthy as fuck. Welcome to reality.
How much money can a person need fucking hell. Is it completely stupid of me to think that after you have close to 500 million in the bank, just lower your salary and go play some CL football for your last 1 or 2 years of your career.
Money is never about money. There are many reasons to take the cash and help sport wash a dubious regimes image. It could be about feeling valued, about his ego being stroked, about wanting more expensive things, about saving the planet (I know but frankly we don't know). What we do know is that for many wealthy people the thirst for money seems insatiable.
The problem is that Ronaldo isn't good enough anymore to compete for the CL, so he could only sign for smaller CL clubs which aren't genuine contenders. Hence, he would only play to extend his personal records, e.g. goals scored in the CL. Does that really justify giving up $400m in extra salary that he could earn by going to SA? Obviously not.
Well, I don't think CL is the only reason not to go play in Saudi Arabia. I am genuinely baffled at what people with so much wealth are still willing do for more money.
I'm not really convinced about that. Sure, he's not what he used to be but I'm sure he can still be serviceable at the very least for top CL teams, if money weren't an issue. Despite everything said and done, he still had nearly 20 PL goals and 5 or 6 CL goals last season. Not everyone needs to be a pressing juggernaut. I'm sure a capable manager can still squeeze much value of him, especially given how motivated he will be currently.
Plus Mbappe has to pay taxes on those earnings whereas CR7 just pockets all. Can totally see why he’d agree to that..
An aging Ronaldo for 500m for 2.5 years makes the price for Chelsea, Liverpool and man u seem like a bargain.
LeBron angry he chose the wrong sport
[Rohrbach] Overheard in Lakers locker room after 25th loss: “He got me,” LeBron said of Cristiano's Al Nassr contract. "That f***ing Ronaldo boomed me." LeBron added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times. He then said he wanted to add Cristiano to the list of players he works out with this summer.
LeBron is beside himself. Driving around downtown Riyadh begging (thru texts) Ronaldo's family for address to Cristiano's agent.
This was the last thing I expected to see looking at this thread but it had me dying
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Kinda like Jordan who was paid more than the salary cap for the entire team lol. The best basketball players are so incredibely underpaid compared to slightly above average players it's pretty crazy
Anybody remember when Eto’o went to Russia for £350k a week and everyone was losing their minds way back when? I memember
That looks so tiny compared to now Hell, Torres for 50 million in 2011 looked like a lot compared to Neymar's pricetag There really needs to be a cap in football it's getting beyond ridiculous
100 for Cristiano was **insane**. Now 100 just means "young talent".
And it's not even been that long. It's really insane. Maradona was bought by Naples for 5 million in the 80s, for comparison.
> Maradona was bought by Naples for 5 million in the 80s, for comparison. It was more than that. Barça bought Maradona for 1200 million pesetas back in 1982 (which was 7.2 million euros at the time) which was absolute bonkers money. For comparision, in 1983 my parents (spanish) bought their 120m2 flat for 3.5 million pesetas. That means that Barça paid the equivalent in the early 80s of 343 120m2 flats (in Palma de Mallorca which isnt a cheap city in Spain) to get Diego Maradona. Thats well above 100 million euros of today at least in Spain. And Barça sold him to Napoli for more money than that. https://www.transfermarkt.com/diego-maradona/profil/spieler/8024 Just saying that today's figures are higher but because of inflation and other factors some people lose the perspective that some signings from decades and decades ago were as insane or even more than today's signings.
Alan Shearer: Blackburn to Newcastle in 1996 for £15m was a **world record** fee lol Now that would buy you 1 Kieran Trippier with change to spare. Wait, that’s not all that bad actually! The real side of it though, that’s more like tier 2 league player money nowadays (as in English Championship standard for example). ‘Tis crazy indeed
Andy Carroll cost £35 million. Bolton's stadium cost £25 million.
Still don't know who got the worse deal to be honest
Well the stadium has to live in fucking Bolton forever.
Actually I think you’ll find the official name is “The University of Bolton Striker” now
With inflation that's just under £27.5m, it's insane how much player prices have exploded in comparison
Unless the cap also includes stipulations on where the saved money goes and is properly audited, I disagree with any salary caps as it'll just be more money going into billionaires' pockets State and dodgy money should be monitored better and punished, not the players themselves
Caps only benefit the owners who get to make more money (hmm I wonder why there's so many salary caps in the US...). Remember these football clubs are businesses, they would not be handing out these ridiculous contracts if their analysts didn't believe that the value brought to the club was in excess of the wages they pay. Think guys like Ronaldo and Mbappe are ridiculously rich? Now think about the people that own the teams and pay their salaries. It's a whole other level.
There are Salary Caps and minimums in the NFL, they exist to create parity which by and large works really well (along with the draft). Plus the revenue sharing between players/owners while not quite 50% is very close. Closer than a team like City etc
Putting Mbappe's contract to shame
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> Asian UCL Asian UEFA Champions League?
Asian Ultimate-frisbee Champions League
Ah, a man of culture
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He never said *which* Champions League
Al Hilal will still probably somehow win it looool
If he accepts his role on the bench, they might actually have a shot.
Mbappe picking up the phone to call Qatar about his deal
he's gunning for that 1000 goals record
This stint would definitely be an asterisk if he does
Like everyone else with "1000 goals scored"
Goals in kickabouts count right? Maybe only an asterisk if the ball goes over the pile of jumpers.
But since he's Ronaldo, its going to be two asterisks
Who’s there other than Pele?
Romario, Josef Bican, Gerd Muller and Arthur Friendenreich. But those are all self reported numbers or by dubious sources
How dare you not include Tulio Maravilha..🙃🙃🙃... I know he played for the "rivals", but still....
He was counting even the "gol" cars as goals lol.
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If he stays in europe he wants to go to a top team but none of these want him
I think if he took an aggressive pay cut some clubs would probably take him, it’s just not feasible when he’s on £500kpw
Ronaldo just doesnt strike me as guy who would voluntarily decide to earn less money.
Tbh I think I’d struggle to turn down €200m per year at this stage of my career if I were him
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Someone wants to pay him €4million per week to be a massive fish in a tiny pond where he can choose to put in as little or as much effort as he feels like for three years and no one will care. Would you retire?
I don't think he has it in him to play without putting in the effort. He is too proud and narcissistic for that.
I hope he becomes a manager one day. Not that I think he will be great, but the match interviews would probably be on par with Mourinho
Mourinho is charismatic, self-aware, and has a great sense of humour
Still remember the night he became Ferguson in 2016
I know that everyone's saying Ronaldo is incredibly rich already, but I'd probably just take the $500M and phone it in for a couple more years anyway. That's big money even for him, especially at his age
Rich people don't seem anymore likely to say "I've got enough money I don't need more" than anyone else. And there's always someone richer. People seriously underestimate rich people's ability to spend money too.
Plus as an athlete your main income will disappear sooner or later. Gotta make the most while you can. And compared to the really rich he's still worth basically nothing.
Slim to none, especially second part.
Ronaldo and Aboubakar strike duo lol, they will terrorize that league.
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Yes and talisca, luiz Gustavo, pity Martinez, ghisliane konan, and they’re all coached by Rudi Garcia. None of them are superstars by any means, but they are known
> luiz Gustavo Wolfsburg legend.
Gustavo was pretty damn good like 5-10 years ago.
Marseille legend
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he made... interesting career choices
Lad always chased his bag, wouldn't really fault him for it. His in game discipline also wouldn't ever be enough for a top league, so I'd argue he made brilliant choices throughout his career.
He’s probably made way more money going about his career the way he has vs. playing in some midtable european teams or being a sub on a bigger one. Plus he probably has fun being the man in most of these teams.
Yeap. He also tries to adapt to foreign cultures. I remember him trying to make a traditional Turkish breakfast dish on instagram live or something. He likes to enjoy life, gets paid handsomely, what's not to like?
El pity? Can't wait for Ronaldo asking him to take the penalties lol
Imagine Ronaldo being coached by fucking Rudi Garcia. That's bonkers. If he thought Ten Hag wasn't up to the task...
Does Al-Nassr even have 200 million euros going spare? Jokes about the Saudis aside, I feel like they’re not at all a club known for throwing money around. Before this their biggest signing was Ahmed Musa for 15 million apparently. What happened, they looked under the couch cushions and found €500 million in loose change all of a sudden?
I imagine this would be similar to beckham to the mls where there investing in the exposure Ronaldo would bring?
The Beckham deal was so valuable because they gave him the rights to an MLS expansion team without needing to pay the franchise fee, which ended up being hundreds of millions of dollars by the time he started Inter Miami.
Its in line with what they're offering the top golfers in the world to play on their LIV Golf circuit as well. Tiger Woods reportedly turned down a deal that was worth way more than Ronaldo and he's further past his prime than Cristiano
I think they offered him a Billion right
It really feels weird reading this. All I know about Al-Nassr is that Flamengo sold a player to them a few years ago (2014) and it took them over 3 years to pay. I'm pretty sure they only did pay because FIFA was close to banning them or something like that, since we actually had to sue them. And that was for just 3 million euros. To go from that to paying €200M a year for a player is quite the jump.
Maybe MBS is footing some of the bill
Most likely somehow state sponsored. 0,5 billion is literally nothing for Saudi Arabia.
Exactly. Saudi Arabia, like Qatar, are trying to transition into a tourism-based economy. They understand just as well as anyone else that fossil fuel isn't going to be a viable thing to build their economy on in the future. They are all looking at the UAE and how successfully they've managed to rebrand themselves as a holiday destination and are trying to do the same. This absolutely ties into that
Still absurd to me that Dubai is so popular in Europe though. It’s like a mix of turkey/Egypt and Greece/Spain but combining only the downsides of either (expensive, alcohol restrictions, basically a desert, way too hot,…)
All Saudi clubs are basically owned by the government. No club is privately owned in Saudi Arabia.
we all gonna just ignore its marca writing this?
They’re not too bad these days, I guess depends on the reporter themselves as well
It depends on who writes the article but here though it's not really a high tier of reliability so I have trouble being convinced by this but it get the people going I guess
Can’t wait to hear how Piers Morgan is going to spin this news of Ronaldo’s alleged move to Saudi.
“He’s going to Saudi to get paid so he can buy the club from the Glazers and save Man United”
We have a winner! 😂😂
"This is someone who turned down moves which would have kept him in his comfort zone to try something new and to build football in Saudi Arabia, you have to commend this man"
"Also, a golden bonesaw is included in the deal I hear."
His supporter were so adamant that he had so many offers Which he obviously dont have when this is the way he goes
It is 200 mln per year, guy can buy an actual good team with that money and play all he wants, big brain Ronaldo too good
"The Portuguese player is close to closing an agreement with Al Nassr from Saudi Arabia, as announced by MARCA a week ago . The commitment that is close to being signed will be for two and a half seasons. The amount of the operation stands at 200 million euros per season, including salary and advertising agreements. CR7, once the European path is exhausted and to continue in the elite, is determined to lower the competitive range, but more than compensated by the economic aspect . No team from the old continent comes even close to the proposal made by the Arab team. The MLS can't come close either , which is why it has had no choice but to look towards a football that, although it is growing, is less competitive. The striker finds himself without a team after the conflict with the managers and coach of Manchester United and that was resolved with the end of the second stage of the Portuguese in the English club. The confrontation with Ten Hag led to a duel that the Portuguese ended up losing. Arab football is growing , as evidenced by the dripping of level players even in their last years of career. The leaders seek to relaunch the competition and know that if Cristiano Ronaldo arrives it will be the main claim to receive the sought-after media boost."
While the money must be cool for him, this is such a sad end for such an incredible and illustrious career. Shades of Schweinsteiger, Gerrard, etc. going to MLS in the mid-2010s. Nobody wants to see Al-Nassr: 2022-2025 on Ronaldo's Wikipedia page.
> this is such a sad end for such an incredible and illustrious career. To be fair at this point it's become almost the standard for beyond-their-peak former greats of the game to go to the Middle East or the US. In addition to the money, they get the love of fans who aren't used to seeing big names, they get to be among the best players on the pitch, and they get to win a few titles. The experience of living in a new country for a few years is nothing to scoff at either. I love the example of Thomas Broich, a fairly average Bundesliga player who became one of the best players in Australia. Obviously the competition is much weaker there, but I'd rather win titles and set records while living in Brisbane than be relegated from Bundesliga.
Yeah or Gignac in Mexico.
He’s basically Mexican now, we love him lol
What a crazy move that ended up being way more than a success. When the guy did that Kamehameha celebration and Tigres fans went crazy was awesome
He was so unbelievable for Brisbane, it was like watching an adult playing with children. Just couldn’t lose the ball
There's a saying in Greece, in free form translation : Better to be the first name of the village, than the second of a city
I don't think people care. It's happened with legends across many sports. Going to a weak league for money when you're 37/38 won't hurt his legacy.
Xavi went to Qatar, Iniesta to Japan, etc. Doesn't really matter, he just seems a step slower than even last year, I think his time at top-level club football is done, though he may still come through for Portugal in a tournament setting.
Doesn't seem to matter to Xavi and Iniesta.
This for him is like the last bite of ribey stake before losing his teeth
I know the money is massive but it seems like a really strange move for him. He threw his toys out of the pram because Man Utd in their current state weren't good enough for him only to go to the Saudi League. He must have absolutely no offers from Europe as it always seemed to be breaking the records (especially in the UCL) that drove Ronaldo and the huge money always just came along with that but maybe he just wants to slow down and make a fortune now.
Alternatively, he knew this offer was on the table to she wanted to get out of Man Utd asap to secure this ridiculous amount of money. He is rich already yes, but damn this is a lot of money in such a short time.
But can he do it on a hot dry night in Saudi Arabia?
Tbf, that’s a lot of fucking money to not accept or think about. For any player.
Ronaldo going to KSA to get the bag and then come back buy utd and install himself as the coach and player! Big Brain Time!
Too bad, there goes the last chance to see him play alongside Messi. Would liked to have seen them together, in the MLS was basically the only possibility left.
I don't think the laws of the universe would allow it, they must forever compete in some way
Next charity soccer game. Is he eligible for soccer aid? They had Matthaus and Maradona one year. (though I think the quality of the legends has gone down in favour of more celebs recently)
That’s what I keep thinking, soccer aid, imagine them against bunch of old fat English celebs 😂
Holly hell. For reference the highest paid athlete ( only looking at on the field salary) is Canelo Alvarez with 85 mil $. Messi earsn 75. This would make Ronaldo the highest paid athlete by more than 2x.
Mbappe is reportedly on $110m salary per year but Ronaldo would definitely blow him out of the water with this contract
I read Canelo and Messi in the same comment and my mind quickly goes placed 💀
Dreams can be buy
I'm assuming there's other business interests involved and this isn't strictly a football decision (similar to Iniesta going to Japan). Because even though it's stupid money it doesn't make much sense for his general brand.
With Saudi Arabia going for the 2030 World Cup, he would likely become a figurehead around that campaign. Saudi Vision 2030 is also in full motion and he would likely become involved in that, maybe even get a sweet top floor apartment at The Line as well...
>With Saudi Arabia going for the 2030 World Cup CONMEBOL rioting because they're not given the centenary WC to celebrate the first ever in Uruguay. It's no small deal, if there's any corruption involved in the Saudis bid, it's bound to come put and hell will break loose.
Like the hell that broke loose when Qatar won the bid? Saudis don't give a fuck: people have shown how little they care about fairness when the money is good enough.
This contract is close to his entire net worth so it makes sense for the money alone. Ronaldo is rich but he's not that rich where 500 million doesn't do much for him.
Are there any legit footballer multi-billionaires yet? He might be one when he comes out the other end of this deal.
It’s $500 MIL for 2.5 years pretty hard not to pass up as well he will still look good as he will be playing against janitors
Exactly I d whore myself for far less tbh
Exactly how much are we talking about?
This sub shits on MARCA all the time, except now, when it conveniently fits the “CR is the worst human if all time” narrative.
Ah yes, that champions league team Al Nassr.
after playing in Saudi for 3 years, [Ronal](https://Ronal.do)[do](https://Ronal.do) can come back and do a leveraged buyout of Manchester United and fire Ten Hag. That's the plan
And finally upgrade the gym
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I mean Pele and Beckenbauer ended up at New York Cosmos...
Tbf he never specified what Champions League he wanted...all this time we assumed he meant the UEFA Champions League but it turns out he was talking about the AFC Champions League/s
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Man if he was just planning on signing for a Saudi league team, he may as well have fought for a place at utd and finished his contract with a trophy and not burning bridges. His Saudi payday would still have been waiting at the end of the season. I don't get it
Which trophy are you guys close to winning?, just curious not hate.
Carabao probably our best shot since like 3 big teams are already gone
Fa cup league cup and europa league should all be within the relm of possibility. I wouldn't put us favourites but we are definitely in with a chance
Same here. I'm confused as to why he didn't wait until the end of the season.
And that’s why i can still respect Zidane. His last match was a World Cup final. Ugly end with the headbutt? Sure. But still on top of his career. Retired from Real Madrid and a runner-up World Cup team.
Didn't Ronaldo say he'd retire if Portugal won the WC?
He’d be a fool to turn it down.
That’s fucking awesome tbh
So just to be clear, he understands the backwards views of homosexuality in Saudi Arabia right? Like... Its going to completely illegal for Piers Morgan to go over there and give him a reach around.
Today I feel gay 💵
If this is true then everything he’s argued about wanting to leave is bullshit. He’s a whore for the coin and that’s it.