While Cristiano Ronaldo was alone in defending the Saudi championship, Romelu Lukaku came to his support by ensuring that he saw the Saudi Pro League becoming one of the best championships on the planet.
On the one hand there are the statements of Cristiano Ronaldo, who believes that the Saudi Pro League has already surpassed Ligue 1 in terms of level of play. And on the other hand there are the facts, with these stars arriving there last summer who already want to leave: we can think of Jordan Henderson, who gave up millions of euros to sign for Ajax, of Karim Benzema, or of Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, who entrusted his former teammates that he wanted to return to Europe quickly.
In this story, Ronaldo appeared in recent weeks alone to extol the merits of his new championship, of which he strives to act as ambassador. But the Portuguese received rather unexpected support, that of Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian striker took advantage of an AS Roma friendly match against Al-Shabab (2-1) to praise the merits of the Saudi Pro League.
One of the best championships in the world?
“In the next two years, I see this championship becoming one of the best in the world, if not THE best, he said on the microphone of a Saudi media. Clubs make a lot of effort to bring in great players. As a result, teams and footballing qualities improve considerably. »
Lukaku’s detractors will surely say that he is looking for a nice new contract in Saudi Arabia, having been involved in multiple transfers in recent years. And the former Chelsea and Inter player did not put an end to the rumors, quite the contrary. When the journalist asked him if we would ever see him again on the Peninsula, Lukaku replied this: ” Absolutely. » From there to seeing him at Al-Nassr or Al-Ittihad next season…
