Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his astonishment on the sheer stage of depth current within the Saudi Pro League since his arrival to Al Nassr in January.
“I think you should look at the (Saudi Pro League) in a different way,” he instructed reporters. “I’m not going to say that the league is a Premier League, that may be a lie.
“But it is a very aggressive league that I’m positively stunned by, a really balanced league and good groups.
“I am sure that in the coming years, the league will be … the fourth, fifth or sixth most competitive league in the world,” added Ronaldo, who moved to Al Nassr on a two-and-a-half-year contract price a reported 200 million euros ($214.71 million).
Ronaldo is a part of the Portugal squad for his or her Euro 2024 qualifiers towards Liechtenstein in a while Thursday and Luxembourg on Sunday.
The 38-year-old, who was benched by former coach Fernando Santos for his or her final two video games on the World Cup, would make his 197th look for Portugal if he performs towards Liechtenstein, surpassing Kuwait’s Bader al-Mutawa as probably the most capped participant in males’s soccer.
“I like to break records, I have broken lot of records …,” stated Ronaldo, who debuted for Portugal in 2003.
“In addition to being the best scorer ever for national teams, I was also looking to be the international player with the most caps.”
Portugal, who are actually coached by Roberto Martinez, are in the identical qualifying group as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia and Liechtenstein.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
