Ronaldo became the center of attention after officially leaving the Manchester team. This player’s latest move is to post an image of the new watch collection of the Jacob & Co brand that he designed himself…

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On the morning of November 23, Manchester United’s official website announced their separation with striker Cristiano Ronaldo: “Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United by mutual agreement, effective immediately.” Previously, MU said that Ronaldo had violated the terms of employment after the striker publicly criticized the club owner, the club as well as coach Erik ten Hag and his teammates. Previously, MU issued two announcements about reviewing the content of Ronaldo’s interview and taking appropriate steps.

Before this action from the club, the famous player simply posted a few photos on his personal Instagram. After being posted, Ronaldo’s post immediately attracted attention from netizens, receiving more than 12 million likes in just 10 hours.

Ronaldo chose the moment MU terminated the contract to promote watch products in cooperation with Jacob & Co. In the series of introductory photos, there are 4 versions of the watch with the cheapest price being £23,931 and the most expensive being sold for £123,927. One of them is a watch model worth nearly 3.7 billion VND, with an image of Ronaldo wearing a Real Madrid shirt scoring a 9.7-foot header against MU.

In a picture, Cristiano Ronaldo flashes his unique watch model with a smile.

It is believed that this conduct is an ironic reaction to MU’s choice to terminate the contract early. That match was the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 that took place in February 2013. Real Madrid tied the score at Bernabeu thanks to a header from Ronaldo. The Portuguese superstar helped the Spanish representative continue while the old team stopped in the second leg at Old Trafford, sealing the 2-1 triumph. The watch’s rear showcases his renowned “siu” goal celebration.

Many fans claimed on Twitter that it was no coincidence that the watch model with the iconic goal was introduced at the same time as MU made the news and that it was expected to infuriate Red Devils club supporters. Ronaldo did, however, also respond, saying, “I will always love Manchester United and the fans.” I think it’s time to find a fresh challenge. I hope for the best for Man Utd.” Best”.

The watch shown above is a part of the collection that Ronaldo and the Jacob & Co company collaborated on, for which he served as co-designer. Jacob & Co. announced on Instagram that Ronaldo and the brand will be releasing two collections, Heart of CR7 (blue) and Flight of CR7 (red), which will include four timepieces that stand for thankfulness. The contributions of Ronaldo during a 20-year period.

The watch has two versions: red and blue – both familiar colors of MU’s jersey that Ronaldo has been associated with for a long time. If the red watch version is full of ironic irony at MU with the image of Ronaldo scoring a header, the green watch version is gentler and more triumphant when depicting the usual celebration image. see of CR7. On the back of both versions is an image of Ronaldo in a familiar celebration pose.

Jacob & Co is a famous luxury watch brand in the fashion industry. With an age of only 36 years, this brand always captures the hearts of customers thanks to its sophisticated, surreal design style that cannot be bought with money. Since 2013, Ronaldo has collaborated with Jacob & Co on many campaigns. In March this year, Jacob & Co. collaborated with Ronaldo to create a unique Bugatti Chiron watch model for CR7 for 1 million USD, suitable for the custom Bugatti Chiron CR7 supercar that he owns.

According to Forbes, in the 2021 – 2022 season, Ronaldo earned 115 million, becoming the 3rd highest-paid athlete in the world. CR7 is also the player with the highest income outside of football in the world with 60 million USD earned from extremely expensive advertising and brand ambassador contracts. It can be said that although his performance has declined somewhat, in terms of media and social network coverage, Ronaldo is still the number 1 idol.

The 37-year-old striker earns about 1 million USD for each paid post on Instagram for his more than 500 million followers. Accordingly, he can earn 47.8 million USD/year from this source, more than the salary he currently receives at MU which is about 34 million USD/season.