Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent statements on the level of the Saudi championship, which he considers superior to MLS and on the way to catching up with certain European leagues, have not been to everyone’s taste…
It was only a summer preparation match with very disparate states of form. Al-Nassr nevertheless took a real lesson on Monday against Celta Vigo, the Saudi club of Cristiano Ronaldo 5-0 after a one-sided match. After the meeting, the seven-time Ballon d’Or yet felt praised the merits of the Saudi championship.
” Ihe Saudi League is better than MLS,” he notably launched while his eternal rival, Lionel Messi, preferred MLS to the Saudi Pro League. “In a year, more and more top players will come to Saudi Arabia. In a year, the Saudi Championship will overtake the Turkish Championship and the Dutch Championship,” he added again. CR7’s remarks obviously did not go unnoticed and angered Michael Lahoud, a former Sierra Leonean midfielder, who passed through Philadelphia Union or New York Cosmos.
“Ronaldo smoked way too much shisha” he launched at the microphone of CBS Sports, adding: “It is ridiculous to think that in one year the Saudi Pro League will be better than these championships. This statement follows that of Lionel Messi. Just as Messi talks about bringing world football to North America’s doorstep at the 2026 World Cup, here’s what we’ve seen from Cristiano Ronaldo. To say that he is 38 and a half years old and he seems obsessed with Messi. »
And Cristiano Ronaldo’s words about Serie A also surprised Michael Lahoud. “When I joined Juventus, Serie A was dead and after my signing… it was revived. Wherever Cristiano goes, there is greater interest in him,” confided the native of Funchal. “He left the team in a terrible state,” instead remarked the Sierra Leonean about Juve.
