Cristiano Ronaldo also plans to open a hotel in Manchester – Sportune.fr, the specialist in sports business economics

This sacred Cristiano Ronaldo has a good sense of business as well as that of the opposing goal. While going to join Manchester United, under a two-year contract, the Portuguese striker does not return to the United Kingdom for the sole cause of football. The newspaper The Sun reveals that the player plans to open a new hotel, in the city of rivals, United and City, by 2023.

Manchester, another opportunity for Cristiano Ronaldo

What should be the seventh establishment stamped with Pestana CR7 since the man with the five Golden Ball trophies is in business with the international hotel group. In July, he inaugurated his fifth hotel, in New York, after Madeira, Lisbon and Madrid. Another should open soon in Paris. According to the English media, Cristiano Ronaldo would consider extending “Quickly its portfolio of properties”. The footballer and his associates would have obtained the agreement of the authorities, to open a next store, in the central district of Piccadilly Gardens, with a rooftop bar.

A wise businessman behind the talented footballer

The Pestana CR7 alliance project would cost 27 million pounds (31.5 M €), it provides for the demolition of an unoccupied building, for a tower on 11 floors. His project, if it is initiated, does not interfere in any way with the football career of the enduring 26-year-old player. A friend quoted by The Sun confirms: “Football comes first for Cristiano, it has always been that way. But he comes to a point in his career when he is looking beyond the pitch ”. The hotel industry is one of the businesses of CR7, which in others: perfumes or underwear in its name, a communication agency, which collaborates with large teams of the round ball, or its hair clinics for hair transplants ; an activity which develops greatly and brings him big profits.