BREAKING: Al Nassr Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo Flees Saudi Arabia With His £61 Million Private Jet As US-Israel Vs Iran War Escalates
Cristiano Ronaldo’s £61million private jet left Saudi Arabia overnight, fuelling speculation that the football icon may have departed Riyadh as conflict intensifies across the region.
Riyadh, where the 41-year-old lives with partner Georgina Rodriguez and his five children, has come under Iranian bombardment as fighting entered a fourth day.
Two drones struck the US embassy in the Saudi capital overnight. Iranian state media also claimed a command and staff building in Bahrain had been destroyed.
As foreign nationals scrambled to leave the Middle East, flight tracking data showed Ronaldo’s Bombardier Global Express jet travelling to Madrid.
The aircraft departed at 8pm and landed in the Spanish capital shortly before 1am after a journey of almost seven hours.
Data from Flightradar24 showed the plane crossing Egypt and the Mediterranean before heading into Spanish airspace.
The US State Department has urged Americans to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries due to mounting security risks.
Travellers east of Egypt were advised to depart, while multiple flights bound for Riyadh reportedly turned back overnight amid growing chaos.
Ronaldo upgraded to the £61m Bombardier Global Express 6500 in 2024 after selling his Gulfstream G200, which he bought in 2015 for £16m. The black aircraft carries up to 15 passengers and includes a seating lounge, private suite with double bed and a separate shower. It is customised with his logo and features decals of his trademark goal celebration.
Rodriguez used the jet only last week for a trip to Milan, sharing images from the cabin with her 72 million Instagram followers.
Ronaldo, who earns £488,000 a day with Al Nassr FC in the Saudi Pro League, is currently sidelined through injury. He was forced off during Saturday’s 3-1 win over Al-Fayha FC, raising concerns over a muscle problem with the World Cup approaching.
Al Nassr’s Asian Champions League Two quarter-final against Al Wasl FC has since been postponed due to the unrest.
The wider crisis has deepened following joint strikes by Israel and the United States on Iran, which reportedly killed supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Iran has launched retaliatory attacks across the region. Six US service members have been killed and 18 injured, according to officials.
US President Donald Trump said America had a “virtually unlimited supply” of medium and upper medium grade munitions.
“The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium and upper medium grade, never been higher or better – As was stated to me today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Wars can be fought ‘forever,’ and very successfully, using just these supplies.”
He added that “additional high grade weaponry” is “stored for us in outlying countries” but conceded that “at the highest end, we have a good supply, but are not where we want to be.”
Explosions were reported across Dubai, Doha and Manama on Monday. Blasts were also heard in Jerusalem, with the Israeli military saying defence systems were intercepting incoming missiles. Several US warplanes reportedly crashed in Kuwait, though their crews survived.
