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KIERAN GILL: Why WOULDN’T Cristiano Ronaldo cash in and take £173m-a-year to move to Saudi? He’s 37, could add to his world record goals tally every week and would finally enjoy some privacy

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The downsides are obvious. We've read enough reports about Saudi Arabia wrapping their tentacles around Newcastle United to know that it would risk damaging the reputation of Instagram's most followed man.

But for Cristiano Ronaldo, the upsides of a move to the Middle East may outweigh the rest. It is why the superstar without a club is said to be looking at the offer from Saudi side Al-Nassr and thinking: 'Why not?'

Why not take a prolific payday at 37 years old? We could say he doesn't need the Saudi suitcases full of cash, but then David Beckham didn't need to take the Qatari money to be the face of the 2022 World Cup, either.