Holy hell. Cristiano Ronaldo is apparently being offered approximately $120 million PER YEAR to play from some random club in the Saudi league for the next three years.
Although top flight players (Beckham, Pele, maybe Messi) going to second rate leagues for a paycheck at the end of their careers is nothing new, this precedent could break the whole economic model of the game.
It's like the Mets just handing Aaron Judge a 1.5 billion dollar contract or something.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4820137/ronaldo-offered-300m+-deal-from-saudi-arabia-sources
Although top flight players (Beckham, Pele, maybe Messi) going to second rate leagues for a paycheck at the end of their careers is nothing new, this precedent could break the whole economic model of the game.
It's like the Mets just handing Aaron Judge a 1.5 billion dollar contract or something.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/soccer-transfers/story/4820137/ronaldo-offered-300m+-deal-from-saudi-arabia-sources
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