TPO – With the recent additions to the Saudi Arabian league, Cristiano Ronaldo frankly thinks that this playground is more attractive than MLS, Messi’s new destination.
Messi in the shirt of Inter Miami club
Ronaldo spoke after the friendly match between Al Nassr and Celta Vigo at dawn this morning (July 18), the match in which he failed to make the home team lose 0-5 miserably. In an unhappy mood, Ronaldo said: “I will not return to Europe to play. That door was closed.
Messi in the shirt of Inter Miami club
100% chance that I will not return to Europe to play. I believe the Saudi Arabian league is definitely more attractive than the US MLS . Now I’m ready to play in Saudi Arabia, where all the players are looking.”
But Ronaldo believes that his failure to return to Europe is also because the leagues have “degraded”, not worthy for him to compete. “I am 38 years old, and at the same time almost all European leagues have degraded. Only the English Premier League is worth playing, “said the Portuguese star.
Ronaldo is playing quite well at Al Nassr
Ronaldo left MU to join Al Nassr in early 2023, after the 2022 World Cup. He received a salary of 200 million euros per year under a contract that lasted until 2025.
In the first season, he quickly became Al Nassr’s main goalscorer. But his team is still empty-handed. In the new season, he promises to face many difficulties because the top stars in Europe have landed in West Asia, such as Benzema, Kante, Brozovic…
Perhaps thanks to Ronaldo’s “catalyst” and thanks to his strong financial potential, Saudi Arabian clubs have conducted a massive “arms race” in the summer of 2023. In addition to the elderly stars, even the players. prolific also joined clubs here, such as Brozovic (30), Thiago Neves (28), Milinkovic-Savic (28).
Meanwhile, it must be admitted that the MLS doesn’t have as many stars as it does. Before picking up Messi and Busquets , all they had was Douglas Costa, Riqui Puig, Christian Benteke.
Douglas Costa
Riqui Puig
Christian Benteke
