Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly signed a brand new cope with Saudi Professional League facet Al-Nassr which is able to verify his place because the world’s highest-paid footballer.
The 39-year-old celebrity joined Gulf state outfit in a blockbuster transfer in January 2023 on the heels of his acrimonious departure from Manchester United.
The Portugal worldwide acquired a staggering contract which sees him make round £164million per season for his on-pitch contributions, with one other £49m of his wage coming from ventures off the sphere.
Now, his wage will leap as much as over £167.9m (€200m) as he extends his deal by an extra 12 months – and the 39-year-old may even obtain a share of the membership’s possession to additional enhance his reported £500m internet price.
However how has Ronaldo spent his mega-millions over current years?
Right here, Mail Sport runs the rule over the participant’s lavish life-style and his investments in luxurious transport, property, and diamond-encrusted watches.
Cristiano Ronaldo (pictured with accomplice Georgina Rodriguez) enjoys a lavish life-style supported by his staggering £500m internet price
The Portugal star’s storied collections embrace one in every of watches, such because the the Franck Muller Invisible Baguette Diamonds Imperial Tourbillon – price £1.13m
Eye-popping too are the sums spent on his property portfolio, with one improvement (CGI rendering pictured) now set to finish up costing over £28m
Eye-watering property portfolio
After spending the primary few months of his time in Riyadh within the appropriately opulent 4 Seasons resort, the place their ‘Kingdom Suite’ price a whopping £250,000 per 30 days, Ronald and his household lastly put down roots in 2024 with the acquisition of a mansion within the unique residential space of Al Muhammadiyah.
However regardless of being primarily based in Saudi Arabia for a lot of the 12 months, the household residence there is just one of a variety of Ronaldo’s upmarket bases.
In 2021, Ronaldo invested in a property on the Portuguese Riviera with the dream of constructing a ‘hospital-sized’ mansion in Quinta da Marinha – however the venture is over two years not on time.
Various CGI photographs of what the property would possibly appear like when accomplished have been shared by Ronaldo’s supporters, looking forward to a glimpse of the long run, however for now, the venture stays a constructing web site, in addition to a nuisance to his neighbours.
Ronaldo’s mansion is ready to incorporate a large glass swimming pool with an underwater walkway, and a master suite measuring 1,000 sq. ft as half of what’s believed to be Portugal’s most costly property improvement.
Ronaldo’s ‘hospital-sized’ mansion (pictured: CGI impressions of the finished property) is a 12 months not on time and at the moment resembles a development web site
The previous Juventus participant is believed to have purchased this mansion in Marbella 5 years in the past
The Madrid mansion within the La Finca improvement was the 39-year-old’s base for a lot of his profession with Los Blancos
However the mansion-in-waiting is just one of a variety of properties that Ronaldo has in his residence nation, together with two city-centre crash pads in Lisbon – one in every of which is the costliest penthouse flats ever bought within the nation – and a £7 million renovation on the island the place he was born, Madeira.
The Al-Nassr participant bought the previous warehouse in 2015 and spent £7m renovating the seven-storey mansion, the place his mom Dolores and brother Hugo are thought to reside.
Three of the property’s flooring are considered below-ground, and whereas little is understood concerning the variety of bedrooms within the palace, the grounds have two swimming swimming pools, and an indoor soccer pitch for coaching.
Regardless of the quite a few hyperlinks to the nation of his delivery, Ronaldo additionally maintains an necessary base in one of many cities intently related to him – Madrid.
At the moment for hire, the trendy Joaquin Torres-designed advanced within the unique enclave of La Finca has seven bedrooms and Ronaldo’s long-term accomplice Georgina Rodriguez as soon as described ‘getting misplaced’ within the property on account of its expansive dimension.
For the £8,800 a month, a possible tenant can even get pleasure from indoor and outside swimming swimming pools, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a soccer pitch, and CR7 monogrammed door handles.
For journeys away from the hustle and bustle of the town, Ronaldo can also be believed to have bought a £1.4m vacation villa in La Resina, a golf and nation membership property between Marbella and Estepona.
The four-bedroom advanced consists of an infinity swimming pool with views of the Mediterranean – however even that’s outclassed by his most up-to-date buy, a mega-mansion price ‘tens of tens of millions’ on Jumeirah Bay Island.
Rodriguez shared photos of the household’s residence within the unique Al Muhammadiyah district
The all-cream and beige design is available in distinction to a few of the extra ornate furnishings in different properties world wide
Ronaldo reportedly bought a mega-mansion on Jumeirah Bay Island, higher generally known as ‘Billionaires Island’, a secluded Dubai enclave residence to the tremendous wealthy
The 30,000 square-metre villa has six bedrooms, non-public entry to the seaside, a showroom for seven automobiles, a spa, a swimming pool with a view of downtown Dubai and lodging for workers on web site.
One property that Ronaldo is eager to shift is his base in Manchester. Over two years after his muddled exit from former membership Man United, his mansion in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, stays available on the market.
Ronaldo has already needed to decrease the preliminary February 2023 itemizing worth of £5.5m considerably, with the seven-bedroom home now tagged with a information worth of £4.9m.
A potential new proprietor of the 23-acre property would discover themselves in possession of a two-bed visitor barn in addition to the principle home, plus property options together with a cinema room, a wine retailer, a leisure suite with pool, fitness center, sauna, and jacuzzi, and a padel tennis court docket.
A style for costly watches
Ronaldo has been an avid collector of timepieces since his early days at Actual Madrid, with a predilection for these on the notably uncommon and lavish finish of the spectrum.
It speaks to the worth of CR7’s assortment that his most modest piece – a Franck Muller Vanguard Chronograph White Gold with Diamonds – is simply price a paltry £18,800. His Most worthy watch – a Girard-Perregaux Planetarium Tri-Axial Tourbillon Rose Gold with Diamonds – is price a staggering £1.4m, and one-of-a-kind.
Elsewhere in his arsenal, Ronaldo owns a £618,000 Jacob & Co, a £1m Hublot, and a £665,000 Breuguet, in addition to a slew of watches from different respected watchmaking homes.
However essentially the most personalised within the assortment is his Jacob & Co ‘CR7’, an homage to his Bugatti Chiron CR7 automobile. Dripping with diamonds and black sapphires, it additionally options his CR7 emblem engraved in rose gold.
Ronaldo owns a diamond encrusted Hublot ‘Masterpiece’ MP-09 Tourbillon Bi-Axis King Gold, the one one in every of its variety
The most costly watch in his assortment nonetheless is the Girard-Perregaux Planetarium Tri-Axial Tourbillon Rose Gold with Diamonds
The participant has additionally created a novel watch with Jacob & Co which bears his private emblem
It comes as no shock, then, that Ronaldo grew to become a shareholder in on-line watch market Chrono24 in 2023.
An upgraded jet
Having acquired an infinite contract improve in Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo’s style in non-public aviation has run alongside related traces. In 2024, Ronaldo bought the Gulfstream G200 that he bought for £16m in 2015, and has as an alternative splashed his money on a brand new Bombadier International Categorical 6500 jet price an eye-popping £61m.
The all-black mannequin has the capability for as much as 15 passengers, and options a variety of completely different rooms, together with a seating space with tables and sofas, a collection with a double mattress, and a separate bathe space.
In true Ronaldo type, his jet is customised together with his emblem all through, and decals of his silhouette celebrating a objective in attribute trend.
Followers bought a primary glimpse of the plane in December, when Ronaldo and his household travelled to the North Pole forward of the festive season.
The ahead’s accomplice shared photos of the brand new Bombadier jet forward of a current journey to the North Pole
The Instagram influencer confirmed off the customized interiors within the £42m plane, which the couple bought final 12 months
The nice ship Cristiano
Ronaldo bought the 27m Azimut Grande for £5.5m in 2020 and continues to get pleasure from life on the excessive seas when taking time away from the pitch.
The yacht boasts area for eight visitors in 5 cabins, with six luxurious bogs, and the Ronaldo clan have been noticed visiting a variety of idyllic Mediterranean locations on the boat, which is known as for its mannequin.
Ronaldo and his household often take within the Mediterranean from the star’s 27-metre yacht
The Azimut Grande is known as after its make and mannequin (related vessel pictured) and was purchased in 2020
Ever-expanding automobile assortment
If there’s one factor that Ronaldo cannot resist, it is the acquisition of a model new, extraordinarily uncommon tremendous automobile. January of final 12 months noticed the celebrity reveal his newest buy, a darkish blue Ferrari Purosangue price £400,000 – but it surely’s removed from the costliest motor in his £18m assortment.
Ronaldo’s most costly automobile is a limited-edition Bugatti Centodieci price £8.5m – and he’s believed to be one in every of solely 10 individuals worldwide who owns the supercar, which may reportedly attain a prime velocity of 236mph. The model is one in every of Ronaldo’s favourites, with the star additionally proudly owning a Chiron and a Veyron – however his assortment is swelled additional by his admission to Piers Morgan that he likes to have two of every thing.
Different supercars owned by the previous Actual Madrid and Manchester United star are a Mercedes G-Wagon Brabus price £600,000, which was a gift to Ronaldo from his accomplice.
He additionally has a £1.5m Bugatti Veyron, a Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG price £200,000, a shiny orange McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador, price £270,000.
Ronaldo confirmed off the newest addition to his intensive supercar assortment in January 2024 – a darkish blue £400,000 Ferrari
The 37-year-old’s most costly automobile is a limited-edition Bugatti Centodieci price £8.5m
His huge array of supercars embrace two Rolls-Royce motors: the Cullinan price £300,000 (proper) and the Phantom Drophead coupe (left) which prices round £500,000
Ronaldo’s accomplice Rodriguez additionally gifted him a Rolls-Royce Daybreak mannequin (pictured) price greater than £250,000
However the jewel within the crown of his astonishing assortment is a black and silver Bugatti Chiron (above) which set him again £2.5m and might go an astonishing 261mph
In 2021, Ronaldo purchased a Bentley Flying Spur price £250,000 to make use of in Manchester, having re-joined United from Juventus in August.
He then bought a £200,000 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera convertible which boasts a 5.2 litre twin-turbocharged V12 engine and is able to delivering a surprising 715 bhp.
He additionally has a Bentley Continental GT, a Lamborghini Urus and a Chevrolet Camaro price ‘solely’ £40,000, which is used for the household.
Ferraris are one other ardour, with Ronaldo shopping for a Ferrari Monza price £1.4m, having visited Ferrari HQ in Maranello in Might 2021.


















