{"id":1271876,"date":"2022-12-31T01:37:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T01:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/cristiano-ronaldo-completes-move-saudi-arabian-side-al-nassr\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T01:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T01:37:47","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-completes-move-saudi-arabian-side-al-nassr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/cristiano-ronaldo-completes-move-saudi-arabian-side-al-nassr\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo completes move Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"586\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-30-213705-696x586.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2022-12-30 213705\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr on a deal that runs until 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Portugal captain, 37, is a free agent after\u00a0leaving Manchester United\u00a0following a controversial interview in which he criticised the club.<\/p>\n<p>Al Nassr \u2013 nine-time Saudi Pro League champions \u2013 described the signing as \u201chistory in the making\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The club said it would \u201cinspire our league, nation and future generations to be the best version of themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cristiano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Cristiano<\/a> to your new home <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlNassrFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlNassrFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oan7nu8NWC\">pic.twitter.com\/oan7nu8NWC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlNassrFC_EN\/status\/1608935670520909825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the summer, Ronaldo\u00a0turned down a \u00a3305m deal\u00a0to join another Saudi team \u2013 Al Hilal \u2013 because he was happy at United.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in November, Ronaldo\u00a0spoke out in an interview\u00a0with Piers Morgan for TalkTV in which he said he felt \u201cbetrayed\u201d by United, did not respect manager Erik ten Hag and was being forced out of the club.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo, who scored 145 goals in 346 appearances for United, left Juventus to rejoin the Old Trafford club in August 2021 \u2013 11 years after he departed to join Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>He had just over seven months remaining on his \u00a3500,000-a-week contract with United but his immediate exit was \u201cmutually agreed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"S1jUn7IX27c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jollof Battle: Omanhene Kwabena Asante and CJ tie with three points each (30-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1jUn7IX27c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr on a deal that runs until 2025. The Portugal captain, 37, is a free agent after\u00a0leaving Manchester United\u00a0following a controversial interview in which he criticised the club. Al Nassr \u2013 nine-time Saudi Pro League champions \u2013 described the signing as \u201chistory in the making\u201d. 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