“Serie A died before me. Arabia better than the MLS»- Corriere.it

Cristiano Ronaldo bids farewell (forever) to Europe and throws a jab at Serie A. The Portuguese champion goes on the attack after Al Nassr’s 5-0 friendly loss against Celta Vigo. «Serie A, when I arrived, was a dead championship and then it got younger. Where Cristiano goes there is more interest: it also happened in Arabia, I feel 100% the pioneer and I’m sure other champions will come soon,” he said. Among other things, confirming his self-centered character with a severe judgment on our championship and perhaps omitting that despite his help, Juventus failed to triumph in the Champions League, a success that the Bianconeri have been missing since 1996.

But you know, CR7 likes the list of his victories more than that of his defeats. So much so that in 2022 he chose to say goodbye to Europe because after the very negative experience at Manchester United no one in the Old Continent was willing to bet on him anymore, paying him a monstrous salary, now out of reach of (almost) everyone.

The fact is that the Portuguese has decided to move to Saudi Arabia and has no regrets or at least that’s what he suggests: «Europe is a completely closed door, I’m 38 and a half years old. I think Europe has lost a lot of quality. The only championship that for me remains superior to all the others is the Premier League. La Liga is not as strong as it once was, ditto the Bundesliga. I am sure that I will never play in Europe again, as well as that the Saudi Pro League is much better than the MLS”, he added. With a sentence that seems like a jab at Lionel Messi, who landed at Inter Miami with his friend Sergio Busquets. «The Saudi Pro League will be very competitive. I said he would become one within three years, but if he continues at this pace already in the coming months he will easily surpass the Turkish and Dutch championships », he concluded.