Cristiano Ronaldo at 40: From superstar to Saudi Arabia

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In the second of a two-part special, The Football Reporters are back to discuss Cristiano Ronaldo's journey from a mega-money move to Juventus, to becoming the face of the Saudi Pro League. Gab Marcotti, Graham Hunter and Rodrigo Faez return alongside Alexis Nunes to debate whether his time at Juventus was a success or a failure, before Mark Ogden and Rob Dawson reveal how his second stint at Manchester United turned sour, leading to his eventual move to Al Nassr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.3	Welcome to the football reporters, a very special episode as Cristiano Ronaldo turns 40. We're taking a deep dive into the life and times of one of the most famous people on the planet.
0:49.3	In this second part, we'll look at how he became a record hunter as he went from Juventus, back to Manchester United, and then to Saudi Arabia.
1:01.3	I'm Alexis Nunes, and I'm joined by Graham Hunter and Gabmar Cotty,
1:05.2	two of our biggest names in football.
1:08.1	And Rodrigo Fais, who is our Real Madrid correspondent over in Spain and has
1:13.0	interviewed Cristiano Ronaldo himself quite a few times in some iconic moment. So let's get
1:18.7	straight into it, guys. We talked about how the deterioration of his relationship at Real Madrid
1:24.6	happened and eventually how he moved on to Turin. He was signed
1:29.9	by Juventus for 112 million euros. It was a record transfer fee for a player who was over 30
1:37.9	years old Gab. So I'll start with the positive first. The reaction was tremendous. People got genuinely excited.
1:45.9	And why wouldn't you? Right? You're getting a guy who's still one of the top two players in the
1:50.1	world. You've bought into this line where you've been dominating city, not winning the
1:56.0	Champions League. And all of a sudden, you've got a guy who's got, you know, a whole bunch
1:59.7	championship titles at home in his trophy cabinet. You get a guy who's got, you know, a whole bunch of champions league titles at home in his trophy cabinet.
2:02.8	You get a guy who's a winner. From the club's perspective, they also thought commercially,
2:07.5	Cristiano would give him a real boost as well. And undoubtedly he did. Everywhere,
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