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If so many players have come to the Saudi Arabian league, the biggest reason for this is Cristiano Ronaldo.

For real? That's what you think? So money has nothing to do with that? There are players who were earning 10-15 mln per year and they were at the end of their carrier, so for sure they would have to take a pay cut in order to keep staying at the team, then come the Saudi teams offering them 50, 100, 200 mln per year, and they accept just because Ronaldo plays for another Saudi team? Come on man, you can't be this naive, it's football, it's all about money. Ronaldo himself moved to Saudi Arabia just because of the money. He would have done the same if a Chinese, Mexican, or Moroccan team would have offered him that salary.

because we see quite a lot of European players following CR7's footsteps moving to the Arab League, it's natural for some to say the reason they went to the Arab League was because CR7 was there, but of course the biggest reason is his fantastic salary, which they can't get when they play in European leagues. Even ordinary European players when playing in the Arab League they have a very fantastic salary.

and the same thing happened to the Argentine legend Carlos Tevez, where when he was at the peak of his career he actually moved to China because he was tempted by the offer of a big salary.

Players come to the Saudi pro league because of the money, it is also true, but following in CR7's footsteps is also not wrong. Both are related because with CR7's arrival in the Saudi pro league, this league has more sponsors and many are interested in watching it, even if I'm not mistaken at the beginning of CR7's entry into the Saudi pro league, many countries ended up buying the Saudi pro league broadcast.

Football is sometimes not just about money, many European players who get offers from Saudi but are not interested even though they have been offered fantastic salaries such as KDB, Vini and many other players they don't care about money but still want to have a career in Europe. Only players who are old or who are just waiting for retirement will move to the Saudi pro league. The Saudi pro league with the arrival of CR7 is also increasingly interesting and competitive, so that CR7's influence cannot be denied and this also has an impact on other European players who are interested in ending their careers in the Saudi pro league, besides the increasingly competitive league also has a large salary.

Players moved to second (or even third) level leagues way before Ronaldo went to Saudi Arabia, and the motivation was always the same: money. But let's even suppose that a player chooses to go to Saudi Arabia because twice a year he's going to face Cristiano Ronaldo, do you think that in that case he would leave some European club and take a salary cup just for honor to face Ronaldo? I don't think so. That player, in order to move to Saudi Arabia, is going to ask for 6-7-8 times his current salary.

Just these days I was reading that Gabri Veiga left Saudi Arabia and went back to Europe, to Porto, and his salary went from 14-15 mln per year down to 1.5. Why? Because he wanted to come back to Europe. Nobody cares about Ronaldo otherwise he would have gone to Saudi Arabia for a 2 mln salary, not 15.