C. Ronaldo (file photo, AFP)

[Reporter Liang Weiming/Comprehensive Report] Portuguese balloon star Cristiano Ronaldo bid farewell to the World Cup in Qatar with tears in his eyes. He just parted ways with his former Premier League club Manchester United before this match. Why did he push down Saudi Arabia? Sky-high invitation?

It is said that the reason is that they are worried that their compatriots may strongly oppose it.

According to the British media "Daily Mail", the Saudi Arabian Football League giants Alinas Club proposed a three-year contract with an annual price of up to 173 million pounds (approximately 6.6 billion Taiwan dollars), but in the end it was unexpectedly broken. The point is that the 37-year-old Ronaldo has concerns that he may become the best spokesperson for Saudi Arabia, Greece and Egypt to jointly bid for the 2030 World Cup, because Portugal will also cooperate with Spain to prepare for the quadrennial It is a big football event, when Ronaldo is in the middle, he is bound to be a stranger inside and out. In order to avoid annoying the fans of his motherland who have been loyal to him for many years, he can only give up and move to the Middle East.

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What makes the situation more complicated is that Lionel Messi, the famous Argentine star who was also known as a bright moment with Ronaldo, has already taken over the tourism ambassador of Saudi Arabia this year, but this does not involve the World Cup, while Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile have also submitted multi-country joint bids to host the 2030 World Cup. 

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