Why Do Big Football Stars Play in Saudi Arabia? Odion Ighalo Reveals the Truth About Cristiano Ronaldo and Others

Odion Ighalo, striker for Al Hilal, a League team in which Cristiano Ronaldo plays, expressed his concept regarding the reason why he believes that important footballers are going to play in Saudi Arabia, making a very especially to Portuguese.

Odion Ighalo, born in Nigeria, plays as an attacker for Al-Hilal FC of the Saudi Professional League and started at Lyn Oslo, went through Udinese Calcio, Granada CF, Watford and China.

Later he would concentrate on Manchester United, until he arrived at Al Hilal Saudi FC in 2022, a team in which he is currently Cristiano’s teammate.

What did Odion say about Cristiano Ronaldo?

As stated by the player, the reasons for the arrival of big stars like Cristiano Ronaldo to teams in Arabia, where the competition is at a very different level than that played in the European leagues, does not revolve around overcoming sports or around the contribution to magnify the League, which of course has a lot of investment from the sheikhs.

Cristiano Ronaldo, player of Al-Nassr. | Photo: Getty Images

The footballer makes a strong statement by reiterating that the player’s reasons, like others, for serving in that country are not for the love of football or the discipline that represents them, but rather for money and not for passion.

Movement of the player pool in Arabia

Meanwhile, and under Odion’s monetary arguments, among the first movements to be highlighted were those of Karim Benzema, glory of Real Madrid and N’Golo Kanté, Alex Telles, Roberto Firmino, Kalidou Koulibaly, among others who are at this stage. of signings has come from the elite to Saudi football, following in the footsteps that Cristiano Ronaldo initially took.

Cristiano Ronaldo smiles during an Al-Nassr friendly against Benfica. | Photo: Getty Images

Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo played his team’s match and met again with Juan Guillermo Cuadrado in the duel that Inter Milan had this Thursday in the first pre-season game in Japan against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr.

Cristiano Ronaldo vs PSG. | Photo: Getty Images

At the end of the commitment, Cuadrado had the moment to greet Cristiano Ronaldo, with whom he shared a couple of seasons in Italy before the Portuguese made the decision to leave for Manchester United.

Both built a great friendship as companions, which was reflected in the publication that Cuadrado uploaded to his Instagram account hugging and smiling next to CR7. “First minutes with Inter. Good feeling, we continue to prepare to be at 100 ″, he wrote.

The man from Necoclí was happy to be reunited with a great friend in Japan. “What a joy to see you panita, the Cristiano Ronaldo bug, blessings,” he added.

The relationship between the two players has been close from the beginning and it is probably due to the fact that Cristiano Ronaldo shares quality time with players who, like him, maintain a performance and discipline worthy of professional football.

2023-07-28 08:07:12
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