Al Nassr, soccer star’s new crew, denies experiences that Ronaldo will function an envoy for Riyadh’s 2030 soccer World Cup bid.
Saudi Arabian membership Al Nassr is denying experiences that Cristiano Ronaldo has a clause in his contract by which the Portuguese ahead is to function an envoy for the Gulf nation’s 2030 World Cup bid.
Ronaldo moved to Al Nassr final month after signing a 2.5-year contract estimated by the media to be value greater than 200 million euros ($210m).
Media experiences instructed Ronaldo, 37, can be paid one other 200 million euros to assist Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid.
“Al Nassr FC want to make clear that opposite to information experiences, Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract with Al Nassr doesn't entail commitments to any World Cup bids,” the membership stated in an announcement within the early hours of Wednesday.
“His principal focus is on Al Nassr and to work together with his teammates to assist the membership obtain success.”
Ronaldo arrived in Saudi Arabia in early January simply weeks after the World Cup in neighbouring Qatar, and as Saudi Arabia considers a joint Asia-Africa-Europe bid to host soccer’s largest event with Egypt and Greece.
The window to submit bids to host the 2030 World Cup was opened final yr and the winner shall be chosen on the FIFA Congress in 2024.
The 2026 version of the World Cup shall be held in america, Canada and Mexico, marking the primary time the event shall be shared by three completely different nations.
Saudi push into sports activities
Ronaldo is the highest-profile participant to return to Saudi Arabia, the Gulf or any nation within the Asian confederation.
Al Nassr, the nine-time Saudi league champions, symbolize a major drop in requirements for the Portuguese ahead, who spearheaded title-laden campaigns with Manchester United, Actual Madrid and Juventus.
Ronaldo’s signing got here in opposition to the backdrop of a Saudi push into sport, together with golf, boxing, tennis and F1 in addition to soccer, following the Saudi takeover of English Premier League membership Newcastle United final yr.
Saudi Arabia, led by de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will host upcoming editions of the Asian Video games and Asian Winter Video games, in addition to soccer’s males’s and girls’s Asian Cups.
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