Riyadh Victory Team officially issued a statement: "The greatest player in the world, officially joined! C Ronaldo will wear the No.7 jersey and sign a contract with the team until 2025. "

It is reported that C Ronaldo successfully signed a contract with Riyadh, including not only a high signing fee, but also a large amount of advertising revenue and bonuses. The total contract value is close to 200 million euros per season.

This also allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to surpass Messi, Neymar and Mbappé and become the highest-paid football player on earth.

In just over a month, the Saudi national team defeated the Argentine team led by Messi for the first time in the World Cup group stage, and the Saudi club signed Cristiano Ronaldo, the largest foreign aid in history.

Saudi football, what's the next big game?

Cristiano ronaldo joined Riyadh and won, wearing the No.7 jersey. Figure/vision china

"It's time to come to Asia to share experiences."

After the victory team in Riyadh announced Cristiano Ronaldo's joining, Cristiano Ronaldo told the media: "I am very lucky to win everything I want in European football. I think it is time to come to Asia to share my experience. "

There are several key points in this short sentence. They are: "win everything in Europe", "the right time" and "come to Asia to share experiences".

During his 20-year European League career, cristiano ronaldo played for four clubs: Portuguese Sports, Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus. He scored 70 1 goal and won 32 championships.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Champions League trophy five times, still holds the record of the most appearances and goals in the Champions League.

20 16 European Cup final, although injured in the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo finally won the cup as he wished.

Judging from such data and achievements, it is not wrong for Cristiano Ronaldo to say that he has won everything in Europe.

Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United last year, but it didn't go well. This summer, it was reported that Cristiano Ronaldo was not satisfied with the cooperation with Manchester United and would look for another team qualified for the Champions League as his next stop.

With the travel and recommendation of agent Mendes, Cristiano Ronaldo finally stayed at Manchester United, and completely torn his face with Manchester United during FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in 2022, becoming the biggest "job seeker" in the World Cup.

Although it was reported in the World Cup that Riyadh won an olive branch for Cristiano Ronaldo, neither Cristiano Ronaldo, Mendes nor Cristiano Ronaldo's fans thought that playing in Saudi Arabia was the best choice.

But when Portugal finally lost to Morocco and failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, people's minds changed.

"Ronaldo needs to accept the fact that his age and condition are declining."

In the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Portugal was eliminated from the semi-finals by Morocco. After the game, Cristiano Ronaldo burst into tears. Source map

After the World Cup, although Mendes still sent resumes to all parts of the world by plane, Ronaldo finally joined the victory team in Riyadh, making him earn an annual income of 200 million euros at the age of 37.

Judging from this final price, it is not wrong to call it "the right time".

Then there is only one last information point left, "Come to Asia to share experiences".

Judging from the performance of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, although Saudi Arabia failed to qualify from the group in the end, whether it unexpectedly defeated Argentina in the first round or lost to Poland and Mexico, compared with the performance of previous competitions, Saudi Arabia's football level can be said to be visible progress.

Players are faster, stronger in confrontation, and their will quality is greatly improved. More interestingly, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are the only two teams whose players are all from local leagues.

The level of players has improved obviously, and all of them come from local leagues, which seems to express that Saudi football is on a more correct road, and further achievements only take time.

What experience can Cristiano Ronaldo bring? In what form should experience be shared? Is Ronaldo's experience useful for Saudi football?

I'm afraid C Ronaldo can't answer these questions now.

The detour of Saudi football has gone for many years.

Asian Football In recent years, countries are busy looking for the most suitable way for them.

Qatar has established Aspell Youth Training Institute, Japan has created a "century-old dream" and South Korea has implemented the "Golden Age Youth Training Plan".

As an important part of Asian football, Saudi Arabia has gone through detours before.

In previous World Cups, Saudi Arabia has become a "victim" of "tragedy".

1998 World Cup was defeated by France 0-4;

The 2002 World Cup was defeated by Germany 0-8;

The 2006 World Cup was defeated by Ukraine 0-4;

20 18 World Cup was defeated by Russia 0-5.

In order to make themselves less painful, the Saudi Football Association has been seeking changes. They want professional leagues to become more attractive. Every team started a "coin toss" competition, and they spent a lot of money to hire foreign aid, hoping that foreign aid could help Saudi local players improve their level quickly.

But it backfired, and soon the Saudi Football Association found that once in the international arena, foreign aid was gone, and local players seemed unable to play.

Therefore, the Saudi Football Association concluded through research that the progress of football in Asian countries is related to the effectiveness of a large number of European athletes. Some outstanding young people were attracted to the giants by European scouts even at the age of 15.

In recent years, Saudi football players rarely go to Europe to play football because local clubs in Saudi Arabia have paid too much.

In those years when Saudi Arabia constantly attracted high-level foreign aid to play football, the annual salary of a large number of local football players in Saudi Arabia was as high as 65.438 million Saudi riyals. With such a high income, Saudi athletes are reluctant to play abroad.

This has led to the Saudi Football Club winning the AFC Champions League for many times, but the level of Saudi football has been declining year after year, with frequent tragedies.

To this end, the Saudi Football Association came up with a "faint trick"-"I will pay for it and send you out."

The Saudi Football Association cooperates with the Spanish Football Professional League. The Spanish professional football league is sponsored by the Saudi Football Association. Teams in Spanish Football League I and Spanish Football League II can choose Saudi players. Not only do they not need rental fees, but clubs that choose Saudi players will also receive additional sponsorship fees. If Saudi players can play steadily in Spain, Spanish football clubs can also get some money.

In this way, in June of 20 18, 1 2008, nine Saudi international players were sent to Spain, only half a year before the start of the 20 18 World Cup in Russia.

Just before the start of the World Cup in Russia, the Saudi Football Association was "pleasantly surprised" to find that the nine players who paid to send them to Spain didn't even have a minute's official playing time. Although the Saudi Football Association expressed dissatisfaction with the Spanish professional football league, the other side said:

"You Saudi players are playing La Liga. Can you play? Can't kick, don't you know this ability? "

In this way, before the start of the World Cup in Russia, the then head coach of Saudi Arabia found that the nine main players of the team had no ball to play for half a year and were in poor condition. At that time, some fans ridiculed that "Pizzi doesn't have to worry about players missing the World Cup due to injury, and Saudi athletes don't even have a chance to get injured."

After the World Cup in Russia, the Saudi Football Association broke out completely, and then the salary of Saudi League players was redefined. The athletes of each team are divided into three grades, and the maximum income of the athletes shall not exceed 65,438+0.20 Wan Li Yard per year. Many players can only get one-tenth or even less of their previous annual salary.

In the following years, the Saudi Football Association completely abandoned the previous idea of "cutting corners", vigorously developed youth training, and invited Frenchman Leonard as the head coach, which was the tenth head coach replaced by the Saudi men's football team ten years ago.

When Leonard took office, he was assured by the Saudi Football Association that the Saudi Football Association would not ask about the internal affairs of the team, let alone interfere with the work of the head coach.

Now, under the leadership of Reina, who emphasizes discipline and efficiency, the Saudi men's soccer team really looks like a normal team on the court.

In the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 group match, Saudi Arabia reversed its victory over Argentina. Figure/vision china

C Ronaldo can be given 200 million euros every year. Is Saudi football going to "wear new shoes and take the old road" again?

Vision 2030

There has been a long-standing discussion about why Cristiano Ronaldo joined the victory team in Riyadh, but not many people really think about it. Why does Saudi Arabia need C Ronaldo?

The Saudi government launched Vision 2030 in 20 16, and plans to use 15 to realize diversified economic and social transformation.

As the favorite sport of Saudis, football has become a key development project in Vision 2030. Previously, Messi has become a Saudi tourism ambassador with an endorsement price of 654.38 billion euros. Now Cristiano Ronaldo has joined the victorious team in Riyadh. The Saudi Football Association believes that the aura of "peerless arrogance" will help Saudi Arabia successfully bid for the 2030 World Cup.

Last year, Saudi Arabia followed the example of Qatar, United Arab Emirates and other West Asian countries to acquire Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and other clubs, and acquired the Premier League Newcastle United Club, further enhancing the country's image and status in the football world.

It is reported that Saudi Arabia intends to bid for the 2030 World Cup with Egypt and Greece. If the bid is finally successful, it will be the first time in history that three continents will jointly host the World Cup.

In addition, Saudi Arabia also intends to bid for the 2036 Olympic Games and strive to unlock two top sports events in the same decade.

C Ronaldo's strong market value is bound to greatly increase the exposure and influence of Saudi professional football league and Saudi Arabia.

In Saudi Arabia's view, the world will deepen its understanding and love for Saudi Arabia because of Cristiano Ronaldo. From this perspective, 200 million euros a year is not a loss.

The jerseys of Ronaldo's victorious team Riyadh have been sold in the team's official store. Figure/vision china

On social media, many people think that Ronaldo chose Saudi Arabia only for the annual income of 200 million euros, which is a desperate move, but in fact, from the perspective of competitive sports, Ronaldo's choice is not just for money.

Among the victorious teams in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, there are many world football stars such as Guangzhou Evergrande striker Taliska, Cameroonian star Abubakar, former Bayern midfielder Gustavo, former Villarreal defender Gonzalez and former Arsenal goalkeeper ospina, and the head coach is French coach rudi garcia.

Moreover, the victory in Riyadh also indicated that the team is trying to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo's old teammates, now playing for Ramos of Paris Saint-Germain, and Cristiano Ronaldo's old rival, now playing for busquets of Barcelona.

According to media reports, there are as many as eight Portuguese coaches in the 12 coaching team of Riyadh Victory Team, which will provide better communication conditions for Cristiano Ronaldo to quickly adapt to his training and life in Saudi Arabia.

Cristiano Ronaldo's fans obviously hope that Cristiano Ronaldo can once again represent Portugal in the 2024 European Cup in Germany and even the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Although the schedule of the Saudi League is similar to that of the five major leagues in Europe, lower competition intensity and competitive level may be a good thing for Cristiano Ronaldo to reduce fatigue and keep in shape.

Cristiano ronaldo is still looking forward to representing back in the game. Figure/vision china

But in any case, the 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo has nothing to prove, but the Saudi Football Association still needs to prove to the world that his behavior this time is not "stupid and rich".

Author: Hu Kefei