Online Reporter
Sports Reporter
WHEN Cristiano Ronaldo announced that his Al Nassr adventure had ended, it sparked speculation around the world as to his next possible destination.
Five clubs − Sporting Lisbon, Al-Hilal, Chelsea, Besiktas and Los Angeles FC − have been named as possible destinations for Ronaldo.
But, as it always happens in football, CR7’s next move now has attracted some comic attachments. One of them is that Premiership newboys Scottland could be interested in signing the Portuguese superstar.
Of course, that is IMPOSSIBLE given what it costs to get him on their payroll − US$4, 027, 872 a week and a cool US$209, 449,34 a year in direct salaries.
In gross earnings last year, CR7 was the highest paid athlete in the world, for the third year in a row, after taking home US$275 million.
Despite this being as impossible as trying to scale Mt Everest in just the 90 minutes it takes to play a football match, it has not stopped some local folks from exploring their senses of imagination.
Our colleagues at ZimCeleb have even come up with a virtually perfect image of CR7 in a Scottland jersey.
It’s a measure of how football fans love dreams that the post on CR7 in that jersey has generated significant feedback.
Mathew Masinge