I have to say that Ronaldo's influence is really great, before Ronaldo, most stars like to go to the MLS at the end of their careers, and Ronaldo opened a new wind vane, went to the Saudi league, to play for Riyadh Victory Club. Now there are two more players who want to follow Ronaldo and play in the Saudi league in order to earn more money at the end of their careers, and these two are also Ronaldo's former team-mates at Real Madrid.
When Ronaldo had a conflict with Manchester United in February this year, many people speculated that Ronaldo's next stop would be the MLS, although only the Saudi League Riyadh Victory Football Club sent an offer to Ronaldo, but Ronaldo broke the speculation of the outside world and resolutely went to the Saudi League, and Ronaldo's choice is very wise at present. Ronaldo played well after joining Riyadh Victory FC and received a high salary.
Seeing that Ronaldo is in the Saudi league, his old teammate Benzema also wants to play in the Saudi league. Not long ago, there were media reports that Benzema's recent slump, mainly because his mind is no longer at Real Madrid, he received an invitation to the Saudi league and sent him a generous offer. In addition to Benzema, there is now another player who also wants to join Ronaldo and play for Riyadh Victory Football Club, this person is Modric, who has also won the Golden Ball like Ronaldo and Benzema.
The 27-year-old Modric has been with Real Madrid for 11 seasons and was speculated that Modric would retire at Real Madrid, but now there has been a turnaround, and his contract with Real Madrid expires this summer, but has not yet been renewed. The reason why the contract was not renewed was most likely due to the disagreement between Modric and Real Madrid president Florentino, explained by French media FootMercato.
The media said that given Modric's age, Real Madrid put forward conditions for the extension of his contract, that is, Modric retired from the national team and focused on the club for the rest of his career. Such a request from Real Madrid has been difficult for Modric to accept, and he wants to continue playing for his national team Croatia towards the end of his career, and it is now certain that Modric will play Croatia's two matches against Wales and Turkey in the European Championship qualifiers.
If a player wants to continue playing for the national team, Real Madrid will consider whether the player's fitness can still contribute to the club, so this is the key point that the two sides have not renewed their contracts, and this difference seems irreconcilable. French media pointed out that Modric himself also wants to leave Real Madrid because of Real Madrid's special requirements, and his next stop is to join Cristiano Ronaldo and go to Riyadh Victory Football Club in the Saudi league.
Modric's team has a good relationship with Riyadh Victory's sporting director Vucevic, Riyadh Victory Football Club after tasting the sweetness of introducing Cristiano Ronaldo, wants to continue to introduce some stars to enhance the popularity of the team and the league, and for Modric, the honors are taken, getting a big contract at the end of his career and saving more pension money for the second half of his life is also a very correct choice.