{"id":262439,"date":"2023-01-10T04:10:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T05:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=262439"},"modified":"2023-01-10T07:57:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T07:57:39","slug":"ronaldos-310m-2030-world-cup-job-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=262439","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo's $310m 2030 World Cup job revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a>'s $300 million mega-deal with Saudi<\/a> club Al Nassr comes with it an option that could see the deal more than double in value.<\/p>\n

A source has told AFP the football megastar will earn an extra $310 million to promote Saudi Arabia's joint 2030 FIFA World Cup<\/a> bid with Greece and Egypt, which would push the 37-year-old's Saudi earnings past the $600 million mark.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo arrived in Riyadh last week, where he was unveiled to thousands of Al Nassr fans. He is expected to make his debut for the club on January 22.<\/p>\n

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The deal was reportedly backed by senior Saudi royals who support Al Nassr, and funded by the kingdom's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF).<\/p>\n

\"Cristiano<\/p>\n

The PIF also funded the Saudi takeover of EPL club Newcastle United, and is also bankrolling LIV Golf.<\/p>\n

One of the key figures in the deal was the nation's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also known as 'MBS'.<\/p>\n

"MBS (and his brothers) Naif, Turki and Rakan, the sons of King Salman, are all honorary members of Al Nassr since before their father even became the crown prince," a source told the AFP.<\/p>\n

"They wanted to grant their beloved club supremacy and put it in the international spotlight. The best way was to bring the best player in the world.<\/p>\n

"Al Nassr and the other Saudi clubs don't have this huge fund for such a big deal. It's PIF that secured the payment."<\/p>\n

\"Al-Nassr's<\/p>\n

Al Nassr is known as the International by locals.<\/p>\n

Another source said it was the prince's own family who suggested the deal and did a large chunk of the legwork.<\/p>\n

"It's MBS's brothers who suggested and sought to seal the deal at any price," they said.<\/p>\n

"They are all Al Nassr fans and they wanted to prove their team really is the International."<\/p>\n

The PIF also has fingers in the Formula 1 pie through its oil company Aramco, which are a major sponsor of not only the sport, but also the Aston Martin team.<\/p>\n

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Cristiano Ronaldo's $300 million mega-deal with Saudi club Al Nassr comes with it an option that could see the deal more than double in value. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262441,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262439\/revisions\/262441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}