For him, only the salary (85 million annually) is at the absolute top level. In the Saudi desert, the ex-world footballer cashes in again before retirement and blasphemes about the top European leagues there.
For Al-Nassr professional Cristiano Ronaldo (38), European football has “lost a lot of quality.” The ex-European champion after a 0:5 test defeat against the Spanish first division club Celta Vigo: “The only valid and still well-functioning league is the Premier League. It’s far ahead of all other leagues.” And then the Portuguese (200 caps) taunts: “The Spanish league doesn’t have that great quality. The Portuguese league is a good league but it’s not a top league. In my opinion, the German league has also lost a lot.”
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What: AP 18.07.2023
He rules out a return to Europe! Knowing full well that no club is able or willing to pump as much money into an aging star as the Saudi sheikhs. Ronaldo on Monday evening in Faro/Portugal: “I am 100 percent sure that I will not return to any European club. I am 38 years old.”
On January 1, 2023, the striker, who once played for Sporting Lisbon, Real Madrid, Juventus Turin and Manchester United, signed a two-and-a-half-year contract in Saudi Arabia with Al-Nassr.
With his move to the desert state, he himself “opened the door, now all the players are coming here. In a year more top players will come to Saudi Arabia.”
Top players such as Karim Benzema (35/from Real Madrid) and N’Golo Kanté (32/from Chelsea FC) have recently switched to the Saudi league. However, Ronaldo’s club Al-Nassr is not allowed to buy any new stars for the time being. Background: Fifa had imposed a transfer ban on Al-Nassr due to outstanding debts to Leicester City.
Nevertheless, Ronaldo is convinced: “In a year, the Saudi league will overtake the Turkish and Dutch leagues.”
In addition, it is not only old stars who go into the desert, prominent counter-examples are his compatriots Jota (24 / from Celtic Glasgow) and Ruben Neves (26 / from Wolverhampton).
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The Portuguese also let loose against Argentina’s world champion Lionel Messi (36): “The Saudi league is better than the MLS.” As far as the salaries for top stars are concerned, of course … Permanent rival Messi will be in Major League Soccer in the future play for Inter Miami. There the seven-time world footballer signed a contract until 2025.
2023-07-18 20:16:56
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