Al Nassr Profile, A Team Dares Ronaldo's Salary Of IDR 3.3 Trillion

Al Nassr and Ronaldo/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA The following is a profile of Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr which has just received the signature of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in a contract agreement until 2025. The 37-year-old recruiter they announced on Saturday, December 31 in the early hours of WIB. The star is reported to be receiving a wage of 177 pounds per year. The nominal makes Ronaldo the player with the largest salary in football history. He came as a free transfer player after his contract at Manchester United was terminated before the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Al Nassr is a Saudi football club based in Riyadh. The club, which is synonymous with yellow and blue, was founded in 1955. At the moment they are playing their home game at Mrsool's Park or also known as King Saud University Stadium with a capacity of 25,000 spectators. Currently, the club nicknamed Najd's Knight is owned by Musalli Al Muhammar. This name served as Saudi Pro League president before becoming president of Al Nassr last year.

In its history Al Nassr, who is one of the giants in the Saudi Pro League, has been a champion nine times. They are the second most successful team after Al Hilal who collected 18 titles. The last time they won the league was in the 2018/2019 season. Meanwhile, this season they are still in second place in the standings, two points adrift of Al Shabab who are already in top position. Despite being successful on the domestic stage, Al Nassr has never had the sensation of lifting the Asian Champions League trophy. They reached the final once in 1995, but lost to Ilhwa Chunma this season. Thus, they will certainly expect a lot of Ronaldo to lift the first trophy in that event. Moreover, CR7 is present as the owner of five European Champions League titles. Currently Al Nassr is trained by renowned tactician tactician Rudi Garcia. This name is an outstanding tactician in Australia who once handled the AS Roma once-time club and led Lille to win the Ligue 1 2011 trophy ago.Garcia joined Al Nassr in July 2022 from Olympique Lyon. Besides going to deal with Ronaldo, Garcia also already has famous names like former Bayern Munich player Luis did. In addition, there is also former Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina and Cameroon striker at the 2022 World Cup Vincent Aboubakar. Later Aboubakar will partner with Ronaldo in the team attack line.