'Welcome to Asian football'- Twitter buzzing as Cristiano Ronaldo signs new contract with Saudi Arabia club AlNassr FC for a whopping deal

The legendary Portuguese center-forward Cristiano Ronaldo has made it to the headlines with his sensational deal with the Saudi Arabia-based club AlNassr FC. The 37-year-old has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia till 2025 and the club termed this deal with the former as ‘history in making’.

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“I can’t wait to discover a new football league in a different country. The vision with which Al Nassr operates is very inspiring, and I am delighted to join my teammates so that together we can help the team achieve greater success,” said former Manchester United center-forward.

Notably, it is also the biggest sporting deal ever between any club and player as Al Nassr will pay 200 million dollars per year to the six-time Ballon D’or winner.

“History in the making. This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation, and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves. Welcome, Cristiano to your new home Al Nassr FC,” reads the tweet posted on the official Twitter handle of Al Nassr FC including pictures of the Portuguese skipper in club outfits.

History in the making. This is a signing that will not only inspire our club to achieve even greater success but inspire our league, our nation and future generations, boys and girls to be the best version of themselves. Welcome @Cristiano to your new home @AlNassrFCpic.twitter.com/oan7nu8NWC

— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) December 30, 2022

The fans have also come up with multiple reactions on Twitter following this whopping deal between the football prodigy and an Asian Club. Although the reactions were divided as a few of the fans questioned Ronaldo for leaving Manchester United for not being ambitious and then settling down at a Saudi-based club. For the unversed, Al Nassr has finished as champions in nine league titles held in Saudi Arabia winning the last one three years back in 2019.

Here’s how fans reacted:

𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘! 𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄! 🙌

Welcome to Asian football, 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/97po3PApJW

— #ACL2022 (@TheAFCCL) December 31, 2022

What does that have to do with ambition?

— MUFC Live Tweet (@MUFCLT1) December 30, 2022

Imagine leaving Manchester United because they're not ambitious enough and then moving to the Saudi Arabian league lol

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) December 30, 2022

200 million a year.

— Tom (@TclarkIV) December 30, 2022

2 points off top. 3 trophies still to play for. Time to go back to winning like everyone else that left this shitshow.

Hope this helps https://t.co/tKVemvWm1V

— Mike (@MikeLUHG2) December 30, 2022

Good morning my friends 🌺
Have a beautiful day 🌞#CR7𓃵 😂 pic.twitter.com/kEcytDm8WS

— 🌼KABUTO 🌹 (@Alinewagahaman1) December 31, 2022

🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo’s Club Trophies;

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Champions League
🏆🏆🏆🏆FIFA CWC
🏆🏆🏆UEFA Super Cup
🏆🏆🏆Premier League
🏆🏆La Liga
🏆🏆Serie A
🏆🏆Copa del Rey
🏆🏆Super Cup🇪🇸
🏆🏆Super Cup🇮🇹
🏆🏆Super Cup🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🏆🏆League Cup🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🏆Super Cup🇵🇹
🏆Coppa Italia#CR7𓃵|#AlNassrpic.twitter.com/Kr0VPP270P

— FIFA World Cup Stats (@alimo_philip) December 31, 2022

The world will not forget who sold his Golden Shoe and Donated Them To The Children Of Palestine ❤️ #Ronaldo#CR7𓃵pic.twitter.com/YmUwmLsL1T

— Aslam🤘 (@Aslampatel) December 23, 2022

Saudi club Al-Nassr offered Cristiano Ronaldo all time highest offer 🙄#CristianoRonaldo#CR7𓃵#ALNASSRpic.twitter.com/lBlILyxPWu

— Badrul Hasan Zihad (@zihadhasan85) December 31, 2022

CRISTIANO RONALDO #CR7𓃵pic.twitter.com/ULfVczQi6P

— Mario González (@depormario) December 30, 2022

🇸🇦✍️A breakdown of Cristiano Ronaldo’s two-year contract with Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr;

💶€200M/year
💶€16.67M/month
💶€3.888M/week
💶€555,555/day
💶€23,150/hour
💶€386/minute
💶€6.5/second

💰It’s the BIGGEST CONTRACT EVER in the history of football.#CR7𓃵|#AlNassrpic.twitter.com/Pf97jUXtoP

— FIFA World Cup Stats (@alimo_philip) December 30, 2022

Although it hasn’t been a year for Ronaldo that he would’ve ever expected in his football career, get benched while playing for Portugal and the major rifts with Red Devils coach Erik Ten Hag came very hard for him.

His infamous TV interview with veteran football journalist Piers drew a lot of controversies for his aggressive statements for Manchester United and coach ETH.