Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo assumed on Tuesday that going to Al Nassr does not mean the end of his career, showing pride in moving to Saudi Arabia.
“It’s not the end of my career to come to Saudi Arabia. I don’t care what people say. I know the league is very competitive, people don’t know it, but I know because I’ve seen a lot of games what I want is to play if you can play the day after tomorrow [quinta-feira] Now I can, if the míster wants”, said.
With coach Rudi García by his side, in an act at the club’s stadium, Ronaldo said that this is “a great opportunity”, assuring that he had invitations from Portugal, the United States, Brazil and Australia, but that he preferred to sign for Al Nassr .
“I feel very good. I am proud of this decision that I made in my life. My work in Europe is done, I won everything, I played in the best clubs. It is a new challenge, I am grateful for this opportunity. helping Saudi football, helping future generations, women’s football,” he said.
The captain of the Portuguese team said that he is “a unique player”, recalling that he has already broken many records and that he wants to continue winning.
“I came here to win, to play, to help the success of the club, of the country,” he stressed.
Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, sets course for Saudi football, after terminating his contract with Manchester United, which he represented for the second time in 2021/22 and 2022/23, after a first stage (2003/2009).
Before starting the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo, who grew up at Sporting and between his two stages with the English team represented Real Madrid (2009/2018) and Juventus (2018/2022), assumed that he felt “betrayed” and disrespected by the ‘red’. devils’, with whom he scored 145 goals in 346 games.
With 194 appearances with Portugal’s first team, and 118 goals, he has scored 451 goals for Real Madrid, in ‘only’ 438 games, and five for Sporting, in 31 games.
Currently led by the Frenchman Rudi García, and with the Brazilian Talisca (ex-Benfica) and the Cameroonian Aboubakar (ex-FC Porto), Al Nassr occupies first place in the Saudi League, after 11 games, with 26 points, one more than Al Shabab, which has one less party.
Al Nassr has nine Saudi championship titles, the latest coming in 2018/19.
Source: TSF
