A Saudi businessman purchased the most costly soccer ticket in historical past to see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi go head-to-head forward of a pleasant match between the Saudi All-Star XI and PSG on Thursday.
A VIP ticket was made accessible with a gap bid of £220,000, The Sun reported, whereas Musharraf bin Ahmed al-Ghamdi made a whopping provide of £2.2 million and sealed the deal.
The ticket is being touted as the most costly in soccer historical past and can give the businessman the prospect to satisfy soccer stars Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Ok Mbappe.
The VIP tickets are part of a fundraising marketing campaign launched by Turki Al-Sheikh, head of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, to donate cash to Saudi Arabia’s Ehsan Charity Fund.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo will captain a Saudi all-star XI workforce, which will probably be a mixture of Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr gamers, of their pleasant towards the French champions on Thursday.
Riyadh is the place Ronaldo has possible determined to base the ultimate years of his storied profession after signing a $200 million per yr deal to affix Al Nasr.
Games towards Messi and PSG are harking back to Portugal’s worldwide glory days earlier than Ronaldo turned his consideration to Al Nassr’s home title problem and bid to qualify for the Asian Champions League.
The Messi–Ronaldo rivalry was by no means larger than after they performed for Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively, and their scoring feats noticed the gamers dominate Spanish and European soccer.
with AP inputs
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
