The rivalry between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi stays intact even with the soccer stars now plying their commerce on completely different continents.
One day after Messi, the 36-year-old Argentinian ahead, was formally signed by Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami, Ronaldo took a verbal shot at his longtime foe, sustaining that his new league in Saudi Arabia is healthier than the MLS.
Ronaldo, the veteran Portuguese ahead, joined Saudi Arabian membership Al Nassr earlier this 12 months.
Ronaldo stated Monday, in line with Lisbon sports activities newspaper A Bola, “Returning to Europe, for me, is a closed possibility, I’m already 38 1/2 years old and… it’s not worth it.”
“Europe lost a lot of quality. The only one that is one of the best is the Premier League, the Spanish league lost its level, the Portuguese one is not ‘top,’ the German one also lost a lot of quality. The USA? No, the Saudi championship is much better than the USA.”
Since Ronaldo’s arrival, the Saudi league has additionally attracted different worldwide stars similar to France’s Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante, Brazil’s Roberto Firmino, Senegal’s Edouard Mendy, Serbia’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Croatia’s Marcelo Brozovic.
Ronaldo added, “In one year, more and more top players will come to Saudi. In a year the Saudi league will overtake the Turkish league and Dutch league.”
Ronaldo made his remarks after Al Nassr misplaced 5-0 in a preseason pleasant in opposition to Spanish top-division facet Celta Vigo at Faro, Portugal.
