Why Cristiano Ronaldo's mother 'hasn't visited him since February'

Cristiano Ronaldo's mother hasn't visited her son over in Riyadh since February.

Ronaldo made the move to Saudi Arabia around a year ago, signing for Al Nassr in a lucrative £177-million-a-year deal.

The switch came after his Manchester United contract was terminated by mutual consent.

In 2023, Ronaldo has scored 44 times for Al Nassr and an additional ten goals for Portugal means he was the highest-scoring player for the calendar year.

But his mother, Dolores Aveiro, has rarely been there to see many of his goals in the flesh.

She went over to stay with him for a few weeks after he moved to the Middle East , when he and his family and entourage were occupying 17 rooms across the two-floor Kingdom suite in the Four Seasons hotel.

Although she has been reunited with him in Portugal while on international duty, it appears as though Dolores has not been back in Saudi since to see Ronaldo, his other half Georgina Rodriguez and her grandchildren in their new family compound.

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However, the reason is simply that the flight is so long from Lisbon. Dolores hasn't used Ronaldo's private yet for a while and commercial flights from Lisbon to Riyadh are at least 15 hours and feature a mandatory layover in Dubai.

"There are many hours on the plane. It's very tiring," Dolores said at an event in a shopping centre in Funchal, Madeira, as per 'Jornal da Madeira'.

Dolores lived next door to him while he was at Real Madrid and made regular trips during his time at Juventus and United.

Ronaldo played his final game of the year on Saturday and with the Saudi Pro League currently on a break, he jetted out to Madeira to see his mother on her 69th birthday.

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The five-time Ballon d'Or winner gifted Dolores with a brand new Porsche Cayenne, with Ronaldo's eldest child Cristiano Ronaldo Jr escorting her to the surprise.

In a video shared online, Dolores was overcome with emotion as she saw the car for the first time.

Topics: Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United, Al Nassr

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