His coming Cristiano Ronaldo at Saudi Arabia last year he paved the way for loads of footballers, who followed the Portuguese to the Saudi League.
Neymar, Benzema, Kante and Firmino are just some of those who left Europe for the… petrodollars, adding a lot of shine to the Arab country’s league.
Which led to Ronaldo being compared to the Portuguese league, which he described as inferior!
As the Al Nasr star said, “It’s normal to criticize. Everyone said I was crazy, now it’s already normal to play in Saudi Arabia. It is a privilege to change a culture. Above all, I want to develop.
I think the league here is better than the Portuguese one. It’s not just the controversial cases and less…fuss, the quality is better too.
I wish Primeira Liga will improve but it is difficult, maybe impossible. What happened lately they resembled a real circus”.
Understandably, the above words did not go down well with the Portuguese, with a journalist reporting how “there are fewer controversial cases in Saudi Arabia because fewer people can express their opinion.”
???Portuguese journalist Sofia Oliveira on Ronaldo’s statement that the Saudi League is better than Liga NOS due to less external controversy:
“There is less external controversy in Saudi Arabia? Sure, maybe because not a lot of people can express their opinions there…” https://t.co/88BLZXFjpk pic.twitter.com/cI6jARNAPT
— Football Talk (@FootballTalkHQ) September 7, 2023
Source: Sport Fm
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