When Saudi Arabia unveiled Portuguese soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo club Victory on Tuesday in Riyadh, will constitute a seismic shift in Asia football Although questions are asked from all angles of The world about whether this is the beginning of the end for Golden Ball five times winner.
To fully justify both parties, wise begin By examining the potential advantages of Cristiano Ronaldo move to Asia and how It can increase activation growth of football in the region.
The victory sent shock waves through global sports world on Friday when they are took to me social media to announce the signature of one of The world’s most famous athletes.
in less than a day, post It has been seen by an astounding 20 million peoplegenerating 2.5 million more followers for the club.
There was a similar high on Instagram where the portuguese star she has more from 520 million followersmore in the world. over there announcement Receive more More than 30 million likes.
This agreement more From writing a new And the head of victory, Mosali Al-Muammar, said: A historical chapter.
Famous for His extraordinary onfield exploits, Ronaldo has won Five European Champions Leagues with Real Madrid and Manchester United.
However, the second He spent it in the latter, which is a period of being bench regular Without any silverware, it was far from brilliant, with His contract was prematurely terminated due to a controversial interview with Piers Morgan.
Victory new coach Rudy Garcia who Lyon and Roma coached his signature of a player the size of Cristiano Ronaldo is extraordinary and contributes to development of Saudi football. “
he is added”we are happy with for him arrival. the first goal he is work to be able to adapt teamto me enjoy playing for Victory and entertainment fans. “
Al-Nasr, the nine-time Saudi champion, is already It goes well near the middle of the road of Saudi Professional League. Go to lead on Saturday after winning at Al Khaleej Stadium 1-0 thanks to Cameroonian striker Vincent Aboubakar.
Other names in club include Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina, ex of Arsenal and Napoli, and the 2018 South American Championships player of the year Pity Martinez. Brazilian Anderson leads the Talisca goalGrading chart.
Despite this talent, the league It does not have a wide audience internationally. That may change thanks to Ronaldo, who It said earn up to $200 million a year.
“Fully world He knows Ronaldo very well and his accomplishments as A player Talk for themselves,” former Kingdom Saudi Arabia international Hamad al-Manthari said. “It’s exceptional player And can score hat trick in All game. “
He has the soon-is 38-yearAn old star left Europe five years ago, China was then a realistic destination. The huge wave of spending there in The past decade is over, however. With real Real estate companies fund a lot of Transportation activity, massive slowdown in China property market The majority witnessed of clubs struggling to cover their expenses.
On the other hand, we are also You should understand that regardless how He is popular among his loyalists fans CR7 may be, is it way past for him prime Unfortunately it didn’t do anything good.
Unpopular with Europe’s elite clubs, it’s too steep decline previously disclosed move For the victory that marks the end of Custody one of football The scariest striker.
The riches and fanfare that await 37-year-Old in Saudi Arabia is at odds with for him reduced put as a fall star trading on past Tournaments.
For Ronaldo, he has to play out What will it be for sure final the season of his brilliant career in the football stagnant of Saudi Arabia is a damning indictment of its dull form over the last 18 months.
as his relationship with Manchester United strained, and Ronaldo was linked with a string of Champions League rivals including Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Napoli.
back to his country first club Sporting Lisbon was also Rumor has it, while there was talk of a move to MLS join Inter Miami, part owned by former Teammate David Beckham.
But nothing of Those deals paid off and when United decided his contribution diminished, along with that with for him public Displays of opposition, made His expensive luxury they no longer needed, it was worth noting the absence of rush to sign Old age symbol.
Coming at the same time as his acrimonious departure with United, Ronaldo failed quest to the end win The World Cup confirmed his descent down the ranks of football is just human.
tears in Qatar
in a move That was unimaginable just A few years ago, so was Ronaldo left out of starting line-up for Portugal last 16 crush of Switzerland.
And when Portugal suffered a shock defeat 1-0 against Morocco, West, sunset in the quarter- In the finals, Ronaldo started on The bench and made Little effect after its eventual introduction was last seen walking down tunnel in After tears final whistle.
There was a bite in world Cup tale for Ronaldo was his old sparring partner Lionel Messi who He got his hands on it on the trophy for the first the time instead.
Signal of Messi lifts the World Cup after Argentina final victory over France in Qatar would have hurt Ronaldo given their longstanding rivalry.
Few would question Ronaldo’s right to be seen as one of The greats of history having won five UEFA Champions League titles and seven domestic titles league addresses with United, Juventus and Real Madrid.
he is also the record goal-scorer in Champions League and with and portuguese national team and who won European Championship 2016 – Ronaldo lasted less than half an hour before going off injured in the final against France.
But Messi’s victory with Argentina catapulted him up the ranks of footballimmortals, along with Pele and Diego Maradona, are rare air That Ronaldo would never taste it without winning the World Cup on His biography.
Ronaldo decision To accept the profitable deal offered in Middle East instead play on for less European team made He. She clear He knows it’s diminishing place in the football Hierarchy.
Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah are new global Stars enter Ronaldo’s shoes.
But, for the millions who Ronaldo is captured over the last Two decades, this version of The star is very far from its counterpart best.
