The new life Cristiano Ronaldo will have in Saudi Arabia after signing the most impactful contract in sports history

Cristiano Ronaldo decided to turn his sporting and personal life around. At the age of 37, he decided to leave European football for the first time to start a new experience in a completely different culture and in a tournament that is far from being elite. After arriving in Saudi Arabia, the legend that comes from competing in the Qatar World Cup began to organize his first hours in Riyadh, the city that will shelter him throughout the multi-million dollar contract he signed with Al Nassr.

The Portuguese initially settled in a luxury hotel located in the center of the capital of the Middle Eastern country, according to a club source who quoted the Portuguese newspaper Record. There, they also mentioned that the attacker arrived at the airport on a private plane and in the middle of a “strong security device with police vehicles and checkpoints”. Although this is the formal custody of the country, CR7 also wanted to ensure the integrity of its family and that is why it landed in Arabia with a “considerable number of attendants and even a private security company”.

The newspaper ABola explained that the contractual agreement of 200 million euros per season until 2025 includes salary (around 70 million per year), image rights and commercial agreements. This would allow him to pocket a total of 500 million euros in two and a half years to hold the “most valuable contract in the history of world sports”. Although on the court it will be a relationship of less than three years, it is believed that the union between the football player and Arabia will remain in force until 2030 due to different deals related to advertising. “He took on important advertising contracts, attending events for the promotion of Saudi Arabia and assuming the image of that candidacy for the organization of the World Cup that they seek for 2030 or 2034,” the Spanish media outlet Marca clarified.

He will live in a city located 7,000 kilometers from his Lisbon, with about ten hours of flight to arrive at his destination, but despite being far from home he will be treated as a “head of state”, as defined in Spain. The pact includes luxury housing “close to the training camp area in a prosperous area” of Riyadh, they clarified on CBS Sports. “A deluxe residence with all the amenities imaginable, not to mention the elite school where the children will study,” they said in the magazine Hola, making it clear that the plan is to send them to an international private school with prices of around 23,000 euros per year per student. In addition, he will have an airplane available for trips to Spain or Portugal when he needs it and he will receive special attention for whatever he, his partner Georgina Rodríguez or their children need.

The North American television channel even quoted a club source who, in an ironic tone, warned that they will become “Cristiano FC”. “If the veteran forward wants a new coach, that’s what he will have,” they ventured to state to graph the power that the owner of five Ballons d’Or would have. He will only have the first personal contact with the French coach Rudi Garcia in the next few hours.

“This contract is unique because I am a unique player,” Ronaldo himself launched at the press conference he held during the formal presentation to his new fans.

The Al Nassr match grid marks that the sports premiere for the star could take place this Thursday, January 5, in the match that his brand new home team will have against Al Tai for the 12th date of a championship that they lead with one unit advantage. If their baptism is delayed, we will have to wait until next Thursday the 12th when they visit Al Shabab, the current escort.

This article was originally published on infobae.com