Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo pledged to stay in Saudi Arabia subsequent season on Thursday regardless of failing to land any silverware since his profitable transfer to the oil-rich kingdom.
Ronaldo’s January signing for Al Nassr has been adopted by hypothesis about how lengthy he’ll keep, together with stories of a swap take care of Saudi-owned Newcastle United which has now certified for subsequent season’s Champions League.
But the 38-year-old mentioned in an official Saudi Pro League interview: “I am happy here, I want to continue here, I will continue here.
“And in my opinion if they continue to do the work that they want to do here, for the next five years, I think the Saudi league can be a top five league in the world.”
Ronaldo’s 14 objectives in 16 league appearances have been solely sufficient for a second-place end for the Riyadh membership, a favorite of some senior Saudi royals.
In January, the previous Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus marksman signed a two-and-a-half 12 months deal mentioned to be value greater than 400 million euros.
He admitted some Saudi conventions had taken him without warning, together with late-night coaching periods throughout the fasting month of Ramadan.
“In Europe we train more in the morning, but here we train in the afternoon, or evening and in Ramadan we train at 10 at night,” he mentioned.
“So this is so strange, but as I tell you these situations are part of an experience, memories. I like to live these moments because you learn with these things.”
He added: “I expected to win something this year, but we didn’t, but next year I am really positive and confident that things will change, and we go in a better way.”
