Ronaldo fleeing Saudi Arabia for Madrid after drone attack on Riyadh's US Embassy
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo's £61million private jet left Saudi Arabia in the middle of the night in a sign that the football superstar could have fled amid escalating conflict.
Riyadh, where Ronaldo, 41, lives with partner Georgina Rodriguez and his five children, has been targeted by Iran in retaliation for the wave of attacks by the US and Israel that began on Saturday.
The US embassy in the Saudi capital was hit by two drones overnight, and Iranian state media claimed a command and staff building in Bahrain had also been destroyed.
Foreign nationals are fleeing the Middle East in droves, and details of Ronaldo's jet travelling to Madrid have emerged online.
A flight tracker shows the Bombardier Global Express plane made the almost seven-hour journey to the Spanish capital.
The luxury private jet departed at 8 pm Saudi time and arrived at almost 1 am Spanish time.
Flightradar24 shows the path Ronaldo's jet took, flying over Egypt and the Mediterranean before arriving in Spain.
The US State Department had urged Americans to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries due to safety risks.
Anyone east of Egypt was told to depart, and a huge number of flights destined for Riyadh overnight were seen turning back, with thousands of foreign nationals desperately trying to get away from the warzone.
In 2024, Ronaldo sold the Gulfstream G200 he purchased for £ 16 million in 2015 and splashed out on a new Bombardier Global Express 6500 jet worth an eye-popping £ 61 million.
The all-black model can accommodate up to 15 passengers and features several rooms, including a seating area with tables and sofas, a suite with a double bed, and a separate shower area.
It is customised with his logo throughout, and decals of his silhouette celebrating a goal characteristically, and it was only last week used by Rodriguez on a trip to Milan.
She shared a photo of the journey with her 72 million Instagram followers, wearing a black bra.
Ronaldo, who earns an astronomical £488,000-a-day for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League, is currently injured.
Details of the timing of the flight of the Bombardier Global Express XRS are publicly available
Details of the timing of the flight of the Bombardier Global Express XRS are publicly available
He was forced off during Al-Nassr's 3-1 win over Al Fahya on Saturday, and there are now fears over how serious the muscle problem could be, with the World Cup fast approaching.
Regardless, Al-Nassr have had their Asian Champions League Two quarter-final clash against Al-Wasl postponed due to the escalating violence in the Middle East.
Israel and the US launched combined attacks on Iran, killing the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
Iran has launched retaliatory strikes across the region, and at present, six US service members have been killed, with a further 18 injured.
Donald Trump boasted of America's 'virtually unlimited supply' of weapons on Tuesday as US Central Command said it destroyed several of Iran's military assets.
