I can't help but laugh. So embarrassing. He completely deserves it, too.
Cristiano Ronaldo - Much Ado About Al Nassr
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I can't help but laugh. So embarrassing. He completely deserves it, too.
Cristiano Ronaldo - Al Nassr player - GOAT becomes a Sheperd - the thread title is wrong, this is Saudi Arabia -Cristiano Ronaldo - Al Nassr player - GOAT becomes a camel herder is much more accurate
He burned his bridges with the Club (mostly the owners, though) and his new coach. His teammates seemed Ok with him. We, fans, all wanted him gone as he's not up to our standard, and his existence prevented us to get a new and better striker. So us fans got what we wanted, and he got what he wanted.
I don't think he got what he wanted at all. His move to Chelsea in the summer failed, his bombastic interview got him sacked from United and with nowhere to go and his World Cup was a complete disaster that confirmed everything Ten Hag had done with Ronaldo. I don't think he is happy with this move at all. Ronaldo is first and foremost an egotistical player. He'll be pissed watching his records fly by while he is playing in front of 1k people. in the middle of nowhere. Gone and forgotten, it's arguably the last thing he would have wanted.
But again - he deserves everything that has happened to me. The sheer audacity and ego on him. It's good to see him being taken down a notch. He ruined his Madrid career in a similar manner, but at least back then he could fall on Juventus and later us. Now he had nowhere to go.
GOAT becomes a desert camel that gets baited by the fata morgana of money.
Habibi what have you done?
Habibi what have you done?
Georgie Best, Gerd Muller and Eusebio went to the US too. I don’t think it’s that dissimilar either. It didn’t taint their legacy at all.
They got paid very well for the level they were playing at, which was clearly their primary motivation. And the league/clubs were willing to pay that well because they wanted to build/solidify football’s stature. It was a win-win.
Similar timing too. It happened soon after a neighbouring country hosted a World Cup for the first time in the region (Mexico ‘70), with a recognisable league and serious attendance figures (40k for the Cosmos) helping lay the groundwork for their own successful World Cup bid. Presumably Saudi would aim for the same.
The one big difference here is the sport-washing angle…but there’s a lot that could be said there.
Ronaldo is king arabia. Rooney failed at manager now he fail at making fun of the king. Mesy never break Ronaldo's records and now never will. King cristiano leave to make history in asia and mesy rooney chase but never catch. Or whatever the illiterate morons on facebook are saying
This is how Ronaldo facebook page looks like. Among other posts like "i named my kid ronaldo i love you froever the top football king forever"
feck i didnt see white text at first
The color combination on that jersey... if you told me thats what IKEA staffs need to wear I'd believe it
feck the white text. You're right though, it's a really special place to check every now and then. The love stuff, like you say, is really mental sometimes.
Pretty harsh on Boca Juniors
Another big difference is that player didn't make that much money during their carreer, they needed to cash in to sustain their lifestyle when they retire. Ronaldo is set for 12 generations.
Agreed. There's Carlos Alberto as well with Cosmos. The notion that "oh he's rich already. He doesn't need more money. Don't care that he becomes the most paid athlete in the whole earth and history of sport, when he's actually not that good anymore."
The laughing just sounds hollow and sad.
Asian countries used to / are still doing this. Japan had Zico, Indonesia had Kempes, Essien, Aimar, etc. I don't know how much impact these washed up players have to their leagues. It seems minimal.
If he doesn’t requested for a move in summer, and then did that interview with Piers Morgan, I am sure most of our fans would still be behind him. Now everyone just turning against him, it’s really a sad ending to a legendary player.
"I really am not going there for the money. Really really."
He has overtaken Ray Wilkins as the most hated United player for me.
On paper nobody needs more than that, but most humans are greedy, once they taste big money they want more and more.
You are underestimating how greedy can humans be.
If only everybody would think as you, there wouldn't be corrupt politicians...why would a politician take bribes, if they are already wealthy.
Who the feck are Al Nassar? I assume that midget in the photo is the ringmaster of this circus?
The money is just obscene.
Call me crazy but I feel if he got consistent playing time he could still be useful in a smaller role.
Them getting so easily fooled by a clown like Piers Morgan. It's all quite remarkably sad. Most of the reactions sound like they've not actually read all of and watched all of what's been said, just rehashing highlights tailored for the gullible. Pawns and puppets.
Mind you, I think Ronaldo is a d*ck.
What was his motivation? The fact that Saudi Arabia beat Argentina? Whatever it is was, it's so not worth it bro.
I remember him.
He used to be somebody.
He used to be somebody.
If its for last pay cheque + easy life, he should have gone to MLS instead.
I would have been ok if he requested to leave in the summer. We would have gotten a transfer fee and time to secure a replacement. Instead he drag this on for whatever reasons and left us with no other options.
still a football legend just not ours.
If he stays he still got to play at the highest level, still being relevant with most eyes on him, and ETH will still give him squad rotation role and let him take all the penalties. He will also be highly respected among his teammates, with many younger players idolising him here and wanting to learn from him too (Rashford, Garnancho, Antony, Bruno, Dalot etc).
He just fecked up big time and end up playing in a desert for more oil money. Its such a shame.
200m per year is a good motivation for anyone.
Hilarious..
Call him greedy or mock at him for having such an end to his career but he will be earning 75 million a year, sufficient money to last for generations and an amount most of us couldn’t even earn in 10 lifetimes.
I think people underestimate how massive that package is. He will basically make more in 2 yrs than he did in the past 10 yrs. Atleast this was a logical decision unlike most of his recently . None of the players of his generation are going to surpass him and he isn’t going to surpass Messi.
Shepherd is not going to hugely impress at Al Nassr... They've had pretty good forwards based on my fifa experience..
Money + ambassadorial role at the end, similar to Becks I guess.
Someone mentioned his net worth is 500m earlier. That number really isn't much in the world of elites. To put it into perspective, a freak of nature like Ronaldo who dedicated his entire life to physical perfection made that amount in his entire career. The owner of Onlyfans made that much in less than two years.
Because no fecking one wanted him. Might as well cash in.
Has to be about him, innit.What an absolute tool
His legacy in pieces,
Also, no need to announce it the day after Pele's death, which says it all.
Because he couldn’t believe no CL team didn’t want him
a sad end to his illustrious career. Quite an embarrassing move