JEDDAH: In the wake of Friday night’s announcement by Al-Nassr FC of their signing of Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo, supporters have rushed out to buy the new shirt.
Fans flocked to Al-Nassr’s megastore on Friday night hours before the official announcement to purchase the brand new Cristiano Ronaldo number seven shirt, according Muath Al-Jandal, legal attorney and journalist who lives few meters from the club’s store in Riyadh.
Speaking to Arab News, Al-Jandal said: “The moment the news was announced by reliable international and Saudi newspapers, I was very lucky because I live close to Al-Nasser store. As you know, it was raining in Riyadh on the time of the official announcement, and the movement was slow due to weather conditions. Although, the deal was not officially announced, I noticed a large number of fans queuing in hope to buy Ronaldo’s jersey.
He continued: “The staff of the store were informing the crowd when the jersey will be available and the scheduling the dates of receipt for the coming days.”
Al-Jandal immediately posted his photos online and they went viral. He expressed his happiness to see his own photos were picked up by international media houses.
Fans flocked to Al-Nassr’s megastore on Friday night hours before the official announcement to purchase the brand new Cristiano Ronaldo number seven shirt. (Supplied/Muath Al-Jandal)
The early hours of Saturday, even more Al-Nassr fans raced to the club store to purchase the player's shirt.
They shared their photos while they were in one of Al-Nassr club’s stores in Riyadh in order to buy the jersey, which costs SAR 300 ($80). It is expected that the club’s stores throughout the Kingdom will witness heavy traffic during the next few days, in order to buy Ronaldo’s shirt.
Fans are now counting down the days to Ronaldo's debut, which may come after a week when Al-Nasser faces Al-Tae from Hail.
Fans flocked to Al-Nassr’s megastore on Friday night hours before the official announcement to purchase the brand new Cristiano Ronaldo number seven shirt. (Supplied/Muath Al-Jandal)
Cristiano Ronaldo has won more than 16 million likes on the club's Instagram page, which published a picture of the player holding the No. 7 shirt next to the club's president.
While the number of followers of Al-Nassr Club on Instagram doubled to more than 4.4 million in a few hours.
