Quote from: Pandorak on Today at 07:33:40 AM

Quote from: Slow death on December 28, 2024, 11:46:09 PM

If Cristiano Ronaldo was given the option to play for Real Madrid again when he left Manchester United, then he would not have accepted to play in the Saudi League. If Benzema had not started to suffer so many injuries, he would have stayed at Real Madrid. All these players you mentioned are in the Saudi League because they did not have the chance to play for the big teams in Europe on a regular basis, so they preferred to go to the Saudi League because they can earn a lot of money. But they may have ruined their careers. Because I highly doubt that after their contract ends, the Saudis will give them the same contract, their salary will be lower in the new contract and the reason is very simple:

When a player leaves a European team for Saudi Arabia, the Saudis become dependent on that player, so they make big offers like a 3-year contract with high salaries

But when that player is already in the Saudi league and the 3-year contract ends, the market value of that player is no longer worth anything, so the Saudis will set their terms, they may set very low salaries because they know that those players will never play for big European teams again

That is why smart players only go to play in that league when they want to retire

It makes sense what you say, if given the choice of returning to Real Madrid he would have chosen it over making a contract with Al-nassr, but what can be said, the reality does not work that way, when Al-nassr made a high even very high offer to Cristiano Ronaldo that was one of the reasons he accepted it, maybe after the contract with Al-nassr expires and there is no new contract extension, Cristiano Ronaldo will decide to retire, although i doubt it, it seems that Cristiano Ronaldo is still interested and waiting to play in the 2026 World Cup.

Cristiano Ronaldo made a statement while playing for Al-Nassr that he wants to end his career with Al-Nassr. In other words, it is clear in his statement that he will not change any club in his career. There are many rumors that Cristiano Ronaldo will play another World Cup for his country.
We have already entered the year 2025, after this 25 years there will be another World Cup in 26 years and 26 years. Cristiano Ronaldo is trying to keep his fitness right, if he keeps his fitness right then surely he will captain Portugal in one more World Cup tournament. I think if cristiano ronaldo wants to play another world cup the team will not stand in his way but the team will welcome him and give him the captain's baton.