This transfer market was really special because of the large number of players who left European clubs to go to Saudi Arabia, an exotic and unknown league for most.
But the first who dared to make the leap from Europe to Saudi Arabia was Cristiano Ronaldo in January. At that time, he was criticized for going to “low level” football, however, as elite players arrived, time in a certain way was giving the reason to the PortugueseOr at least that’s how he thinks of it.
Recently at a press conference in the Oeiras Football City, on the outskirts of Lisbon. The Portuguese star He stated that at the time they called him crazy for going to Saudi Arabiabut now it seems that his decision was not so far-fetched.
I knew it, I knew this was going to happen. Everyone thought I was crazy, but it turns out I wasn’t that crazy.”commented the 38-year-old attacker.
Cristiano also commented on how proud he is to be one of the first to reach a league and influence in such a way. “A privilege to change the culture of a country and of football. I was the pioneer and I’m proud of it. What I most want is for it to continue to evolve so that it is at the top”, analyzed the Portuguese.
In addition, he also commented on how strongly he was criticized for going to the Middle East. “It is normal to criticize, in what league is not criticized? Where there are no problems and polemics? There are problems everywhere. Spain or Portugal“.
Regarding the level of the Saudi Arabian league, the footballer also spoke out and stated that even Arab football has a better level than several European championships. “The Saudi league is even better than the Portuguese, since “there is not so much noise and the quality of the names is much better”.
Cristiano Ronaldo recently got his first title with Al Nassr, lifting the Arab Club Championship. In addition, so far this nascent season, he has already scored 6 goals and 4 assists in just 4 games played.
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