Cristiano Ronaldo is formally again in Spanish soccer, after changing into a minority proprietor of UD Almeria. The previous Actual Madrid ahead, who’s at present taking part in with Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, will probably be a part of the possession group, working alongside present President Mohamed Al-Khereji, who’s a part of the Saudi royal household.
Al-Khereji changed Turki Al-Sheikh as the bulk proprietor of Almeria final 12 months, and declared an intention to return the Andalusian facet to La Liga as swiftly as potential. He additionally has a membership within the Saudi Professional League, with Ronaldo scoring a penalty in opposition to Al-Najma in a 5-0 win on Wednesday evening.
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‘Almeria is a membership with strong foundations’
The funding made by Ronaldo is beneath his firm CR7 Sports activities Investments, which deal with a lot of his enterprise. It’s not clear how a lot the deal price, however Al-Khereji’s buy of the membership happened for €100m to grow to be majority shareholder. The next assertion was issued by Ronaldo by way of CR7 Sports activities Investments.
“I’ve all the time had the ambition to contribute to soccer past the pitch. UD Almería is a membership with strong foundations and clear development potential. I’m really excited to work alongside the administration group to assist the subsequent section of the membership’s improvement.”
Picture through Al-Nassr
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Al-Khereji additionally put out a press release on the funding, and cited his data of Spanish soccer.
“We’re delighted that Cristiano has chosen our membership to put money into. He’s thought of the best participant of all time, is aware of the Spanish leagues very effectively, and understands the potential of what we’re constructing right here, each by way of the group and the academy.”
Ronaldo’s taking part in profession: Not more likely to finish at Almeria
This week there had been some stunning rumours that Almeria have been considering signing Ronaldo, as per , however it seems that it was associated to his buy of the membership relatively than their buy of him. That stated, have reported that on the prime degree, though after leaving Manchester United, he didn’t discover a suggestion that he favored.
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Almeria at present sit third in Segunda, one level out from the automated promotion locations, and within the play-offs with 15 video games to go. The Andalusian facet have been in La Liga as just lately as 2024, however missed out on promotion final 12 months by way of the play-offs.