Is Cristiano Ronaldo fleeing Saudi? Superstar’s £61m private jet leaves the Middle East for Madrid after drone attack on Riyadh’s US embassy

Cristiano Ronaldo’s £61million private jet left Saudi Arabia at midnight in a sign the football superstar may have fled amid escalating conflict.

Riyadh, where 41-year-old Ronaldo lives with his partner Georgina Rodriguez and their five children, became the target of Iranian bombs as the clashes entered their fourth day.

The US embassy in the Saudi capital was hit by two drones overnight, and Iranian state media claimed the command and headquarters building in Bahrain was also destroyed.

Foreign nationals are fleeing the Middle East in droves and details of Ronaldo’s jet to Madrid have emerged online.

A flight tracker shows the Bombardier Global Express plane making the almost seven-hour journey to the Spanish capital.

The luxury private jet took off at 20:00 in the evening and arrived at almost 01:00 at night.

A flight tracker showed details of the route of Ronaldo’s £61million private jet from Saudi Arabia to Spain

Flightradar24 shows the path of Ronaldo’s jet as it passed over Egypt and the Mediterranean before crashing into Spain.

The US State Department had urged Americans to leave more than a dozen Middle Eastern countries due to security risks.

Everyone in eastern Egypt was told to leave, and during the night many flights bound for Riyadh were seen turning back; Thousands of foreign nationals were desperately trying to get away from the war zone.

Ronaldo sold the Gulfstream G200 he bought for £16 million in 2015 in 2024 and invested in a dazzling new Bombardier Global Express 6500 jet worth £61 million.

The all-black model can carry up to 15 passengers and has a number of different rooms, including a seating area with table and sofa, a suite with a double bed and a separate shower area.

It has been customized throughout with its logo and stickers of its silhouette celebrating a goal in characteristic style, and was used by Rodriguez on a trip to Milan just last week.

She shared a photo of the trip in a black bra on Instagram with her 72 million followers.

Ronaldo, who earns an astronomical £488,000 a day for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League, is currently injured.

Ronaldo, photographed with his partner Georgina Rodriguez, bought the jet in 2024

Rodriguez shared the above image on a private jet during his trip to Milan last week.

Smoke rising from Saudi Arabian site reportedly hit by Iranian missile

He had to be substituted during Al Nassr’s 3-1 win over Al Fahya on Saturday and there are fears about how serious his muscle problem could be with the World Cup fast approaching.

Regardless, Al-Nassr’s Asian Champions League 2 quarter-final match against Al-Wasl has been postponed due to increasing violence in the Middle East.

Israel and the USA carried out joint attacks on Iran and killed religious leader Ali Khamenei.

Iran has launched retaliatory strikes across the region, and six US soldiers have now been killed and 18 others injured.

While Donald Trump boasted on Tuesday about America’s ‘virtually unlimited arms supply’, US Central Command said Iran had destroyed many of its military assets.

Trump made the claim after threatening retaliation against the Islamic Republic following the regime’s fiery drone attack on the US embassy in Saudi Arabia.

“The United States Ammunition Stockpile has never been higher or better at the mid- and upper-middle level – As was pointed out to me today, we have a virtually unlimited supply of these weapons,” Trump wrote on the Truth Social website.

‘Wars can be fought ‘forever’ and very successfully using only these materials.’

The president said ‘additional high-grade weapons’ were ‘stored for us in distant countries’ but added ‘we have a good supply at the top level but we are not where we want to be’.

Ronaldo’s partner photographed after previous flight on private jet in 2024

Trump did not provide details, but his message came as analysts voiced concerns about the number of munitions — especially air defense missiles — America has as the campaign continues.

Loud explosions were heard in the Gulf cities of Dubai, Doha and Manama on Monday.the endings were also heard JerusalemThe IDF said its defense systems were working to intercept the missiles.

Several US warplanes crashed in Kuwait, but the crew survived, according to officials.

It comes as Britons stranded in the UAE’s most populous city await evacuation and 94,000 British nationals holidaying in the hotspot have registered their contact details with the foreign office.

A number of celebrities who moved to Dubai have shared horrifying updates after being caught up in airstrikes.

Describing it as the ‘scariest, worst night of our lives’, many described how frightened they were of hearing constant explosions above their heads as they sheltered in their homes as strikes continued across the UAE.

Increasing violence is causing travel chaos and is already having a major impact on society in the Middle East.

The Asian Football Confederation issued a statement confirming that matches on Tuesday and Wednesday will not be played.

‘In light of the evolving situation in the Middle East, the Asian Football Confederation has confirmed that the first legs of the AFC Champions League Elite 2025/26 Round of 16 in the Western Zone, originally scheduled for 2-3 March 2026, will now be rescheduled,’ they said.

Additionally, the AFC Champions League Two and AFC Challenge League quarter-final first leg matches involving Western Region teams, scheduled to be played between 3-4 March 2026, have also been postponed until further notice.

‘Matches involving clubs from the Eastern Region in all AFC club competitions will proceed as originally planned.

‘The AFC will continue to monitor this rapidly evolving situation closely and remains committed to ensuring the safety and security of all players, teams, officials and fans.’