Al-Nassr followers are already queuing to get their fingers on Cristiano Ronaldo’s No 7 shirt following his profitable transfer to the Saudi Arabian membership.
Ronaldo’s free switch to Al-Nassr, which is about to see him earn an astonishing £175m per 12 months, was introduced on Friday night time after weeks of hypothesis.
And it hasn’t taken lengthy for supporters to flock to the membership retailer and pay for the jersey that he might be carrying.
Al-Nassr have been printing Cristiano Ronaldo shirts following affirmation of his arrival
Supporters have already been queuing on the membership retailer to choose up the well-known No 7 shirt
Followers have been posing with the shirt which Ronaldo will put on when he performs for the membership
Al-Nassr have wasted no time in printing Ronaldo merchandise after his swap was confirmed, and followers have been posing with the shirt whereas clearly excited to see him play within the Center East.
Ronaldo has been a free agent in latest weeks after his Manchester United contract was terminated by mutual consent final month.
This resolution was made after he criticised the membership and supervisor Erik ten Hag in a bombshell interview with Piers Morgan.
Affirmation of Ronaldo’s contract being ripped up got here on the eve of the World Cup, and the 37-year-old insisted that he was totally centered on profitable the event with Portugal fairly than his membership future.
Ronaldo’s Man United deal was ripped up final month after a tell-all interview with Piers Morgan
Nonetheless, Ronaldo didn’t make a optimistic affect in Qatar, scoring simply as soon as in Portugal’s opening recreation towards Ghana. He was then dropped for the workforce’s two knockout matches towards Switzerland and Morocco.
Portugal misplaced the latter contest as they exited the competitors on the quarter-final stage.
It has since been reported by Marca that Ronaldo’s workforce had been in negotiations with Al-Nassr in the course of the World Cup, and the ahead was totally conscious that these discussions had been going down.
It’s understood that he nonetheless hoped that his former membership Actual Madrid may make a late transfer to re-sign him, however he knew as soon as he left Outdated Trafford that it was at all times seemingly he could be unable to affix a Champions League membership.
Ronaldo reportedly knew in the course of the World Cup this 12 months that he was set to signal for Al-Nassr
That has proved to be the case, and he lastly put pen to paper on his contract with Al-Nassr after attending a gathering with the membership’s president in Madrid this week.
Ronaldo’s transfer to Al-Nassr has cut up opinion, with Jamie Carragher claiming it’s a ‘unhappy finish’ to his profession, notably within the wake of his nice rival Lionel Messi profitable the World Cup earlier this month.
Gary Neville additionally believes issues haven’t labored out how Ronaldo would have wished, as he’s satisfied his former team-mate would have most popular to remain in Europe.
Ronaldo’s sister, Katia Aveiro, is satisfied that her brother has made the appropriate resolution, although, and is backing him to ‘make historical past as soon as extra’ in Saudi Arabia.
