Cristiano Ronaldo assures him: he has no intention of returning to Europe, where football has “lost a lot of its value”.
Cristiano Ronaldo will have been a precursor. By joining Saudi Arabia during the last winter transfer window, the sevenfold Ballon d’Or has indeed paved the way and many European football stars have followed this summer like Karim Benzema, N’Golo kanté, Kalidou Koulibaly, Roberto Firmino, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic or Marcelo Brozovic.
And if some rumors suggested last spring that Cristiano Ronaldo already had desires elsewhere, the Portuguese has only good things to say about the Saudi championship, superior according to him to the MLS joined by Lionel Messi. ” I think the Saudi championship is much better than the American championshiphe launched after the defeat of Al-Nassr against Celta Vigo in a friendly match. Within a year, more and more top players will join Saudi Arabia. Within a year, the Saudi League will become better than the Turkish or Dutch league.»
According to the former Madrid player, the European championships, if it is the Premier League, would also be on the decline. And he has no intention of going back. ” VSThis door is completely closed. I’m already 38 and a half and it’s not worth it. For me, European football has lost a lot of quality. The only league which, for me, has a lot of quality and is at a higher level than all the others is the Premier League, he asserted. But the Spanish league is not as good as it used to be, the Portuguese league is a good league but it’s not a top league. I think the German championship has also lost a lot. I’m sure I’ll never play in Europe again. I want to play in Arabia. »
