Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward for Saudi football club Al Nassr, potentially departed from Riyadh aboard his private aircraft following the Iranian military’s commencement of retaliatory strikes against targets within Saudi Arabia, which reportedly included the US embassy. This information was disclosed by a source.
The celebrated footballer owns a Bombardier Global Express XRS jet, registered under the tail number LX-GOL. Ronaldo is understood to have purchased this plane in 2024. It was precisely based on these details that the aircraft was tracked by the FlightRadar service on the evening of March 2nd. The flight path indicated a trajectory from Riyadh to Madrid, with the jet traversing Egypt and covering the Mediterranean Sea.
At this juncture, confirmation regarding whether the 41-year-old Ronaldo himself occupied the aircraft remains uncertain. Nevertheless, considering that the footballer competes in the Saudi league for Al Nassr, and the team’s subsequent fixture was postponed indefinitely due to the escalation across the Middle East, Ronaldo arguably lacked compelling reasons to remain in Riyadh.
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