RIYADH – In a move that will effectively signal the end of his top level playing career but will ensure he is extremely well remunerated as his retirement approached, Cristiano Ronaldo put pen to paper on a contract for the Riyadh club on Friday afternoon, on a sensational £175million-a-year contract.
The deal, understood to run until the end of the 2024-25 season, ends a brief free agency period for the 37-year-old, whose Manchester United contract was terminated last month, CBS Sports reported.
Sources with knowledge of the negotiations say that Ronaldo has already completed the parts of his medical necessary to sign his contract, while a second set of tests are expected to take place next week. In announcing the deal, the club simply tweeted that “the world’s greatest athlete officially signed for [Al Nassr].”
