Cristiano Ronaldo's first year in Saudi Arabia has seen bucketloads of goals

It's one year since Cristiano Ronaldo touched down in Saudi Arabia and the football world shifted on its axis.

Following an acrimonious end to his second spell with Manchester United, the Portuguese superstar decided to follow the money and ended up in the Middle-East.

With Al-Nassr paying him a staggering £175million-a-year to come and play in the Saudi Pro League, Ronaldo became in a stroke the world's highest-earning athlete aged 37.

Ronaldo - and the vast wealth available - also proved to be a gravitational force, pulling other big names to a previously unheralded and mediocre competition.

Neymar, Karim Benzema, Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane and N'Golo Kante are just some of the well-known names who have followed him to the Kingdom.

So has Ronaldo's first year there been successful? The answer is 'yes' but with some qualifications.

He's certainly never been far from the headlines, for good reasons and bad, as Saudi football finds itself under a fiercely-burning spotlight.

Ronaldo is 38 but continues to score goals in prodigious quantities, with 43 in 49 appearances for Al-Nassr since he arrived in Riyadh.

Combined with his international goals for Portugal, he has struck 53 this calendar year and shows no sign of slowing down. He looks certain to make another major tournament - his 11th - at Euro 2024.

But despite this regular stream of goals, Ronaldo has yet to claim much silverware, the main driving aim of his career.

Arriving midway through the 2022-23 Pro League campaign, he was unable to inspire Al-Nassr to the title as they finished five points behind rivals Al-Ittihad.

Ronaldo has work to do this season as well - while he is the league's top goalscorer, Al-Nassr trail Neymar's Al-Hilal by seven points