A significant number of high-profile soccer players joined Saudi Pro League clubs on rich contracts this past summer, but found life in Saudi Arabia not being as great as they imagined. But, it seems that Al-Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the first big star to come to the country, doesn’t share their opinion.

In a recent chat with reporters after Al-Nassr’s elimination from AFC Champions League, Ronaldo said that he is “absolutely happy” to be in Saudi Arabia.

“I am happy to be in Saudi Arabia, absolutely happy,” said Ronaldo via Fabrizio Romano. “I’m happy to represent Al Nassr and for me our season is positive because we have had a chance until now in all tournaments”.

Since joining Al Nassr in January 2023 from Manchester United, Ronaldo became the face of the Saudi Pro League. He has also been playing well, scoring 42 goals and adding 13 assists in 50 games.

However, the 2023-24 season has been quite challenging for Al Nassr and Ronaldo. The club was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League while they sit second in the Saudi Pro League standings with 12 points behind leading Al-Hilal.

Reports that surfaced in recent months indicated that some of Saudi Pro League’s biggest names, including striker Karim Benzema and Aymeric Laporte, are starting to regret their decision. Former Liverpool star Jordan Henderson even forced a transfer after just six months with Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq FC and is now playing with Ajax in the Netherlands.

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Portugal and Al Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo is set to end 2023 as the world’s top scorer after he bagged his 54th goal of the year to lift Al Nassr to a 4-1 victory over Al Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday. Scoring 54 goals in just 59 matches, the 37-year-old player leads Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe, both with 54 goals, and Erling Haaland, who has scored 50 goals in all competitions.

This is the fifth season in which Ronaldo has finished as the world’s top scorer, achieving the feat in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015 while at Real Madrid. The Portuguese striker celebrated his achievement on Instagram, writing: “54 — I’ll say when it’s finished! Thanks, team.”

Ronaldo’s 54th goal of the season came on the anniversary of his controversial departure from Manchester United last year. The last time he surpassed this figure was in 2016 when he scored 55 goals and won one of his five Ballon d’Or awards. The Portuguese striker is leading this season’s Saudi Pro League top scorers charts with 20 goals in 18 games.

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Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo continues to add significant milestones to his impressive resume. Ronaldo scored for Al Nassr in a 1-5 win over Al Hazem on Saturday to push his career tally to 850 goals.

Ronaldo initially made the mark on the game by assisting Abdulrahman Ghareeb’s opener late in the first half. He then added another assist to Otavio for a 1-3 lead before netting from close range in the 68th minute to make it 1-4. Former Liverpool star Sadio Mane also got on the scoreboard 10 minutes later to set the final result of 1-5.

Ronaldo has been on a tear lately, scoring six goals and adding two assists in the past three matches. His good form helped Al Nassr win three straight games and recover from a poor start to the new Saudi Pro League season.

The 38-year-old, who is currently Saudi Pro League’s top goalscorer, celebrated his achievement via social media.

“Another great team performance! We keep improving. Let’s go @AlNassrFC. 850 career goals and still counting!” Ronaldo wrote on Twitter while attaching several game photos.

Cristiano Ronaldo joined Al Nassr back in January on a massive contract that pays him a reported salary of €200 million annually. While he failed to help his new club win the Saudi Pro League title, he did lead them to the Arab Club Champions Cup trophy later in 2023.

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Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo might have left Europe, but he is still adding notable achievements to his impressive resume. On Thursday, Ronaldo scored four goals to lead his Al Nassr to a 4-0 win over Al Wehda. He also broke the 500 career league goals mark, becoming just the fifth player in history to do so.

Ronaldo entered the Al Wahda game with 499 goals scored in five different top national leagues playing for five different clubs. He got to the 500 mark in the 30th minute, giving his team a 1-0 lead.

The 38-year-old would go on to score three more goals and finish the game sitting at 503 league goals. Besides Al Nassr, he also scored goals for Sporting Lisbon (3), Manchester United (103), Real Madrid (311), and Juventus (81).

Ronaldo is already recognized as the player who scored the most goals in the history of the game and holds the record for most goals on an international level. Only four players scored more goals in national leagues than him, including Ferenc Puskas, Josef Bican, Romario, and Pele.

After being released from Manchester United earlier this season, Cristiano Ronaldo opted to take his talents to Saudi Arabia and Al Nassr in January. He reportedly inked a deal that will pay him €200 million per year and included a €100 million signing bonus.

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It turns out that signing star forward Sadio Mane from Liverpool could be just the beginning of a busy summer for Bayern Munich. According to multiple reports, the Bundesliga giants are considering making a move for Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo if Robert Lewandowski leaves the club.

Lewandowski has one year left on his deal and has said multiple times that he wants to leave Germany this summer. The 33-year-old has been linked with several clubs, but La Liga giants Barcelona are current favorites to sign him. However, that is if Bayern softens its stance. 

Despite being in risk of losing Lewandowski on a free transfer next summer, Bayern has been surprisingly patient. The club is asking for €40 million to let the Polish striker leave early and is willing to keep him another year if their price tag isn’t met.

On the other hand, Ronaldo is disillusioned in Manchester after a disappointing 2021-22 campaign. He believes the club isn’t ready to fight for trophies as currently constructed and fears that he’ll fail to add more trophies to his resume if he remains at Old Trafford. The 37-year-old is keen to go somewhere where he can win right away, and Bayern presents an ideal opportunity for that.

It remains to be seen how the German club feels about the matter, but it is hard to see them passing on arguably the greatest soccer player of all time despite his advanced age.

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Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has just added another record to his already historic resume. With a hat-trick scored in a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur, the 37-year-old got his career goal tally to 807 and became soccer’s all-time leading goal-scorer.

The top spot on the list was previously held by Austrian-Czech striker Josef Bican, who scored 805 goals in official matches between 1931 and 1955. Brazil legend Pele is often credited with being the most-prolific goal-scorer of all time with 1,279 goals, but his tally includes many unofficial games like youth appearances and friendly and exhibition matches.

Ronaldo struggled with form and injuries in recent matches, having scored just one goal in 2022 before the clash against the Spurs. However, he delivered when United needed him the most to keep their Top 4 finish hopes alive.

Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 12th minute, delivering a stunning flick following a great assist by Brazilian midfielder Fred. 

After the Spurs grabbed an equalizer in the 35th minute via Harry Kane’s penalty kick, Ronaldo got the Man Utd in front again after just three minutes. Winger Jadon Sancho made a strong run on the left side and delivered a timely cross that Ronaldo capitalized on to set his goal-scoring record.

United’s captain Harry Maguire gifted the Spurs an equalizer in the 72nd minute through an own goal, but Ronaldo bailed out his team once again with a ruthless header.

This was Ronaldo’s 59th hat-trick of his career, and he has become the third-oldest player to register one in Premier League. He has 18 goals and two assists in 32 matches in all competitions for United this season.

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Cristiano Ronaldo is making a sensational return to Manchester United. The Premier League giants confirmed the move on their social media on Friday.

According to reports, Man Utd will pay Juventus close to $20 million transfer fee for Ronaldo. The agreement between the two sides includes $10 million in add-ons as well.

“Manchester United is delighted to confirm that the club has reached agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and medical,” said United in a statement.

Ronaldo reportedly didn’t take part in Friday’s training for Juventus ahead of the move. He just visited his teammates to say goodbye and later left Italy in a private jet.

Ronaldo was previously close to joining United’s crosstown rivals Man City, and even had discussions with the club’s manager Pep Guardiola. But the deal never got across the line as Man City was looking to get Ronaldo for free, considering that the move would save Juve more than $30 million in wages. Seria A club, on the other hand, wanted at least $25 million in order to sanction the transfer.

Manchester United exploited City’s hesitance and came in with an offer that satisfied both the team and the player. Ronaldo now returns to the club for which he played six seasons between 2003 and 2009. He won three Premier League trophies and Championship League in Manchester while also picking up a number of individual awards.

Cristiano Ronaldo spent the last three seasons with Juventus, arriving in Italy in a $120 million transfer in 2018. Ronaldo played 134 games for the club, scoring 101 goals in all competitions. He also helped Juve win two Seria A titles and Copa Italia trophy.

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Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo continues to make his case for being the greatest player of all time.

Ronaldo scored both goals in Juventus’ recent 2-1 win over Lazio, which marked his 50th goals in Seria A. This means that the 35-year-old forward is now the only player in the history of the game to score 50 goals in English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, and Italian Seria A.

He now has 30 goals for the season, enough to equalize himself at the top of Serie A’s leading goalscorers for 2019/20 with Lazio’s Ciro Immobile. 

“Records are always important, but what matters is the team,” Ronaldo said after the game. “We are doing phenomenal work, and the important thing is to end like this, to win—the records come from a natural process, but what matters is to bring home the league title.”

Ronaldo scored 65 goals in all competitions since joining Juventus in 2018.  He recently became the first Juventus player since 1959/60 to score 26 goals or more in a single Serie A campaign.

Juve’s win against Lazio was their first in four games and helped the team to increase their lead at the top of Seria A table. They now have eight more than second-placed Inter Milan with four games left to be played.

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Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo added another achievement to his illustrious career over the weekend. By scoring in Juventus’ 4-1 win over Torino, Ronaldo got to 25 goals in Seria A this season and became the first Juve player to do so in 60 years.

Despite Juve having some world-class attackers in recent decades, such as Alessandro Del Piero, Roberto Baggio, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, neither of them ever managed to top the 25 goals mark in the domestic competition. Before Ronaldo, the latest one to do so is club legend Omar Sivori, whose 25 goals during the 1960/61 season helped Juve clinch Seria A title.

It appears that Ronaldo’s goals will help Juve win the title this season as well, considering the win over Torino almost secured them the trophy. They find themselves at the top of Seria A table with 75 points, which is seven more than their closest followers Lazio.

Cristiano Ronaldo had another minor achievement over the weekend, as his goal came from a direct free-kick. This was his first free-kick goal since he came to Juventus last season, and also his first after 42 unsuccessful attempts.

Ronaldo will now look to add to his goal tally, as he chases Lazio’s Ciro Immobile (29 goals) for Capocannoniere title in 2019/20. Besides 25 goals in Seria A, the 35-year-old forward also scored four more goals in other competitions.

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A significant number of high-profile soccer players joined Saudi Pro League clubs on rich contracts this past summer, but found life in Saudi Arabia not being as great as they imagined. But, it seems that Al-Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the first big star to come to the country, doesn’t share their opinion.

In a recent chat with reporters after Al-Nassr’s elimination from AFC Champions League, Ronaldo said that he is “absolutely happy” to be in Saudi Arabia.

“I am happy to be in Saudi Arabia, absolutely happy,” said Ronaldo via Fabrizio Romano. “I’m happy to represent Al Nassr and for me our season is positive because we have had a chance until now in all tournaments”.

Since joining Al Nassr in January 2023 from Manchester United, Ronaldo became the face of the Saudi Pro League. He has also been playing well, scoring 42 goals and adding 13 assists in 50 games.

However, the 2023-24 season has been quite challenging for Al Nassr and Ronaldo. The club was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League while they sit second in the Saudi Pro League standings with 12 points behind leading Al-Hilal.

Reports that surfaced in recent months indicated that some of Saudi Pro League’s biggest names, including striker Karim Benzema and Aymeric Laporte, are starting to regret their decision. Former Liverpool star Jordan Henderson even forced a transfer after just six months with Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq FC and is now playing with Ajax in the Netherlands.

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Portugal and Al Nassr forward Cristiano Ronaldo is set to end 2023 as the world’s top scorer after he bagged his 54th goal of the year to lift Al Nassr to a 4-1 victory over Al Taawoun in the Saudi Pro League on Saturday. Scoring 54 goals in just 59 matches, the 37-year-old player leads Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe, both with 54 goals, and Erling Haaland, who has scored 50 goals in all competitions.

This is the fifth season in which Ronaldo has finished as the world’s top scorer, achieving the feat in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015 while at Real Madrid. The Portuguese striker celebrated his achievement on Instagram, writing: “54 — I’ll say when it’s finished! Thanks, team.”

Ronaldo’s 54th goal of the season came on the anniversary of his controversial departure from Manchester United last year. The last time he surpassed this figure was in 2016 when he scored 55 goals and won one of his five Ballon d’Or awards. The Portuguese striker is leading this season’s Saudi Pro League top scorers charts with 20 goals in 18 games.

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Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo continues to add significant milestones to his impressive resume. Ronaldo scored for Al Nassr in a 1-5 win over Al Hazem on Saturday to push his career tally to 850 goals.

Ronaldo initially made the mark on the game by assisting Abdulrahman Ghareeb’s opener late in the first half. He then added another assist to Otavio for a 1-3 lead before netting from close range in the 68th minute to make it 1-4. Former Liverpool star Sadio Mane also got on the scoreboard 10 minutes later to set the final result of 1-5.

Ronaldo has been on a tear lately, scoring six goals and adding two assists in the past three matches. His good form helped Al Nassr win three straight games and recover from a poor start to the new Saudi Pro League season.

The 38-year-old, who is currently Saudi Pro League’s top goalscorer, celebrated his achievement via social media.

“Another great team performance! We keep improving. Let’s go @AlNassrFC. 850 career goals and still counting!” Ronaldo wrote on Twitter while attaching several game photos.

Cristiano Ronaldo joined Al Nassr back in January on a massive contract that pays him a reported salary of €200 million annually. While he failed to help his new club win the Saudi Pro League title, he did lead them to the Arab Club Champions Cup trophy later in 2023.

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Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo might have left Europe, but he is still adding notable achievements to his impressive resume. On Thursday, Ronaldo scored four goals to lead his Al Nassr to a 4-0 win over Al Wehda. He also broke the 500 career league goals mark, becoming just the fifth player in history to do so.

Ronaldo entered the Al Wahda game with 499 goals scored in five different top national leagues playing for five different clubs. He got to the 500 mark in the 30th minute, giving his team a 1-0 lead.

The 38-year-old would go on to score three more goals and finish the game sitting at 503 league goals. Besides Al Nassr, he also scored goals for Sporting Lisbon (3), Manchester United (103), Real Madrid (311), and Juventus (81).

Ronaldo is already recognized as the player who scored the most goals in the history of the game and holds the record for most goals on an international level. Only four players scored more goals in national leagues than him, including Ferenc Puskas, Josef Bican, Romario, and Pele.

After being released from Manchester United earlier this season, Cristiano Ronaldo opted to take his talents to Saudi Arabia and Al Nassr in January. He reportedly inked a deal that will pay him €200 million per year and included a €100 million signing bonus.

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It turns out that signing star forward Sadio Mane from Liverpool could be just the beginning of a busy summer for Bayern Munich. According to multiple reports, the Bundesliga giants are considering making a move for Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo if Robert Lewandowski leaves the club.

Lewandowski has one year left on his deal and has said multiple times that he wants to leave Germany this summer. The 33-year-old has been linked with several clubs, but La Liga giants Barcelona are current favorites to sign him. However, that is if Bayern softens its stance. 

Despite being in risk of losing Lewandowski on a free transfer next summer, Bayern has been surprisingly patient. The club is asking for €40 million to let the Polish striker leave early and is willing to keep him another year if their price tag isn’t met.

On the other hand, Ronaldo is disillusioned in Manchester after a disappointing 2021-22 campaign. He believes the club isn’t ready to fight for trophies as currently constructed and fears that he’ll fail to add more trophies to his resume if he remains at Old Trafford. The 37-year-old is keen to go somewhere where he can win right away, and Bayern presents an ideal opportunity for that.

It remains to be seen how the German club feels about the matter, but it is hard to see them passing on arguably the greatest soccer player of all time despite his advanced age.

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Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has just added another record to his already historic resume. With a hat-trick scored in a 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur, the 37-year-old got his career goal tally to 807 and became soccer’s all-time leading goal-scorer.

The top spot on the list was previously held by Austrian-Czech striker Josef Bican, who scored 805 goals in official matches between 1931 and 1955. Brazil legend Pele is often credited with being the most-prolific goal-scorer of all time with 1,279 goals, but his tally includes many unofficial games like youth appearances and friendly and exhibition matches.

Ronaldo struggled with form and injuries in recent matches, having scored just one goal in 2022 before the clash against the Spurs. However, he delivered when United needed him the most to keep their Top 4 finish hopes alive.

Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 12th minute, delivering a stunning flick following a great assist by Brazilian midfielder Fred. 

After the Spurs grabbed an equalizer in the 35th minute via Harry Kane’s penalty kick, Ronaldo got the Man Utd in front again after just three minutes. Winger Jadon Sancho made a strong run on the left side and delivered a timely cross that Ronaldo capitalized on to set his goal-scoring record.

United’s captain Harry Maguire gifted the Spurs an equalizer in the 72nd minute through an own goal, but Ronaldo bailed out his team once again with a ruthless header.

This was Ronaldo’s 59th hat-trick of his career, and he has become the third-oldest player to register one in Premier League. He has 18 goals and two assists in 32 matches in all competitions for United this season.

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Cristiano Ronaldo is making a sensational return to Manchester United. The Premier League giants confirmed the move on their social media on Friday.

According to reports, Man Utd will pay Juventus close to $20 million transfer fee for Ronaldo. The agreement between the two sides includes $10 million in add-ons as well.

“Manchester United is delighted to confirm that the club has reached agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo, subject to agreement of personal terms, visa and medical,” said United in a statement.

Ronaldo reportedly didn’t take part in Friday’s training for Juventus ahead of the move. He just visited his teammates to say goodbye and later left Italy in a private jet.

Ronaldo was previously close to joining United’s crosstown rivals Man City, and even had discussions with the club’s manager Pep Guardiola. But the deal never got across the line as Man City was looking to get Ronaldo for free, considering that the move would save Juve more than $30 million in wages. Seria A club, on the other hand, wanted at least $25 million in order to sanction the transfer.

Manchester United exploited City’s hesitance and came in with an offer that satisfied both the team and the player. Ronaldo now returns to the club for which he played six seasons between 2003 and 2009. He won three Premier League trophies and Championship League in Manchester while also picking up a number of individual awards.

Cristiano Ronaldo spent the last three seasons with Juventus, arriving in Italy in a $120 million transfer in 2018. Ronaldo played 134 games for the club, scoring 101 goals in all competitions. He also helped Juve win two Seria A titles and Copa Italia trophy.

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Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo continues to make his case for being the greatest player of all time.

Ronaldo scored both goals in Juventus’ recent 2-1 win over Lazio, which marked his 50th goals in Seria A. This means that the 35-year-old forward is now the only player in the history of the game to score 50 goals in English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, and Italian Seria A.

He now has 30 goals for the season, enough to equalize himself at the top of Serie A’s leading goalscorers for 2019/20 with Lazio’s Ciro Immobile. 

“Records are always important, but what matters is the team,” Ronaldo said after the game. “We are doing phenomenal work, and the important thing is to end like this, to win—the records come from a natural process, but what matters is to bring home the league title.”

Ronaldo scored 65 goals in all competitions since joining Juventus in 2018.  He recently became the first Juventus player since 1959/60 to score 26 goals or more in a single Serie A campaign.

Juve’s win against Lazio was their first in four games and helped the team to increase their lead at the top of Seria A table. They now have eight more than second-placed Inter Milan with four games left to be played.

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Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo added another achievement to his illustrious career over the weekend. By scoring in Juventus’ 4-1 win over Torino, Ronaldo got to 25 goals in Seria A this season and became the first Juve player to do so in 60 years.

Despite Juve having some world-class attackers in recent decades, such as Alessandro Del Piero, Roberto Baggio, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, neither of them ever managed to top the 25 goals mark in the domestic competition. Before Ronaldo, the latest one to do so is club legend Omar Sivori, whose 25 goals during the 1960/61 season helped Juve clinch Seria A title.

It appears that Ronaldo’s goals will help Juve win the title this season as well, considering the win over Torino almost secured them the trophy. They find themselves at the top of Seria A table with 75 points, which is seven more than their closest followers Lazio.

Cristiano Ronaldo had another minor achievement over the weekend, as his goal came from a direct free-kick. This was his first free-kick goal since he came to Juventus last season, and also his first after 42 unsuccessful attempts.

Ronaldo will now look to add to his goal tally, as he chases Lazio’s Ciro Immobile (29 goals) for Capocannoniere title in 2019/20. Besides 25 goals in Seria A, the 35-year-old forward also scored four more goals in other competitions.

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