CRISTIANO Ronaldo is making the most of his lavish lifestyle out in Saudi Arabia as he is currently occupying 17 suites at The Four Seasons hotel in Riyadh.
The 37-year-old made the switch to Al-Nassr earlier this month in a deal worth around £173million-a-year, which is the most expensive contract in world football. However, Ronaldo had to wait over two weeks to make his debut after serving a two-match ban for throwing a phone out of an Everton fan’s hand while playing for Manchester United last April.
It meant Ronaldo’s first game in Saudi Arabia was for an All-Star XI against Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday, January 19. The ex-Real Madrid star scored twice in that game as they fell to a 5-4 defeat, with Kylian Mbappe, Messi, Sergio Ramos and Marquinhos also on the scoresheet.
Three days later, Ronaldo would finally make his Al-Nassr bow in a Saudi Pro League clash with Ettifaq – a game they won 1-0 – but the forward failed to score with Anderson Talisca netting. Ronaldo also drew a blank in his second match for the club as they fell to a 3-1 defeat against Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Super Cup semi-final.
But despite his frustration in front of goal, Ronaldo is reportedly ‘loving life’ out in the Middle East. British magazine Tatler have given an insight into Ronaldo’s lavish life in Saudi Arabia and it includes quotes from Piers Morgan, who spoke to the striker in that explosive interview last year.
“Thanks to the fall-out from our interview, Ronaldo signed the biggest transfer deal in football history, and is now the world’s highest-paid athlete, at the age of 37,” he told me [Morgan] this week.
