Last month, the Saudi Arabian team Al Nassr FC signed Ronaldo for $75 million a year for the next three and a half seasons. And in August 2021, Messi joined Qatari-owned Paris Saint Germain after 20 years at F.C. Qatar, meanwhile, recently hosted the FIFA World Cup. “For Ronaldo and Messi, they’ll be mindful that there is not much left on their playing careers and retirement will see their incomes plummet significantly,” Chadwick said. The highly anticipated friendly reportedly had more than two million ticket requests and an auction for a VIP ticket sold for $2.6 million (10 million Saudi riyals).
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