Cristiano Ronaldo, who “broke up” with the friendly media before the World Cup final week in exchange for “kindly breaking up” with Manchester United, could not wait for the call of his former club Real Madrid, and finally did not choose to stay in Europe , and did not accept the invitations of many MLS clubs, he resolutely joined the Saudi Arabian League powerhouse Al-Nassr as a free agent, which surprised the Asian fans and brought the number of followers of the new club’s social account from The original 900,000 suddenly broke through the 10 million mark, which shows that C Ronaldo is still very attractive.
Leaving aside the rumored annual salary of up to 200 million euros and a series of emperor-like treatment factors, what is the attraction of the local league, so that C Ronaldo, who was once second only to the “ball king” Messi and won 5 Golden Globes , Willing to abandon his thoughts in the interview 7 years ago, condescend to join?
The Saudi Arabia Professional League was established in 1975. The participating teams increased from 12 to 14 in the 2010/11 season, and then increased to the current 16 in the 2018/19 season. Ainas, played by C Ronaldo, is the first leader. He has dominated for 9 times (the latest trophy dates back to the 2018/19 season), second only to Hilal, who has won 18 championships. The powerful players who won the championship include Ittihad, Aishabi, Jeddah Al Ali and so on.
In recent years, leagues in the Middle East have been spending a lot of money. Top stars such as Shawi, Cindy Kassuna, and James Lodigus have successively settled in the Qatar League. Of course, there is not much to give up. Among them, Hilal relied on the two stars who joined at the “age of playing”, former Italian international midfielder Chiao Wengao, and former French international center Buddy Fite Gomes, led by the 2019 and 2019 season. In 2021, he will win the AFC Champions League twice.
In this league, the most star-studded team is Ainas, who already has Colombian international goalkeeper Ospina who has played for Arsenal and Napoli; Cameroon, who has played for Porto for many years. The national football center Abu Cayo; and the former Brazilian national football defense Zhong Gu Dahe who has played in the Bundesliga for many years, have the strength to compete for the championship.
Although Anas is more bullish about regaining the championship after being joined by C Ronaldo, the local league adopts a double round-robin system, and the remaining 18 rounds are still full of variables. However, the teams that have won the top 3 places in the league (Ainas ranked 3rd last year) and won the King’s Cup will all be eligible for the AFC Champions League, which means that C Ronaldo is very likely to be in the AFC Champions League for the first time in the coming days. AFC Champions League debut. If the Hong Kong Super League and Ainas win the championships in East Asia and West Asia respectively in the future, local players will have the opportunity to meet Ronaldo in official matches.
Under the C Ronaldo effect, the entire Saudi Arabian league has attracted a lot of attention around the world, and the commercial benefits generated are no less than that of Beckham joining the MLS team Los Angeles Galaxy; if Saudi Arabia finally succeeds in bidding for the 2030 World Cup In the week of the cup finals, the “fat contract” given to C Ronaldo is worth the money, let’s see if their wishful thinking can finally start.