Even if the level of the Saudi championship is far from that of the major European championships, Christiano Ronaldo finds colors in the Golf and could consider returning to the old continent, like Zlatan Ibrahimovic before him.
Last Thursday, in the Saudi Premier League, Al-Nassr moved on the lawn of Al-Wehda. An unexciting poster, but which ensured the show. A show, orchestrated by Cristiano Ronaldo, which proves that he still has great things to show on the pitch.
A quadruple in 40 minutes, the 9th of Cristiano Ronaldo’s career
One, two, three, four goals for Cristiano Ronaldo last night against Al-Wehda! The Portuguese signs his first reference match with his new club Al-Nassr. Following three games, where the 38-year-old could only be decisive once (against Al-Fateh, he scored the equalizing penalty, final score: 2-2), he finally showed his formidable efficiency in front of the opposing cages. Author of 4 goals, in 40 short minutes, the ex-Red Devil scored the 9th quadruple of his career, at the same time as his 61st hat-trick. Confirmation that CR7 knows how to age well. The Portuguese star has now scored more triplets after turning 30 (30 triplets before he turned 30 to 31 after he turned 30).
Those four goals push his goalscoring records even further. Indeed, on the lawn of the King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Ronaldo reached the level of 500 league goals. A figure that reinforces his status as top scorer of all time. The Madeira native now has 824 career goals. In addition he is able to catch up with the top scorer of his new championship (Talisca with 13 goals), because with his 5 goals scored in 2 games in the Saudi league, exceed 15 goals until the end of the current season , seems far from insurmountable.
Statistics that are likely to continue to swell, and prove that the former Manchester United still has great things to do before officially ending his career.
Saudi Arabia, a simple break before returning to Europe?
Rudi Garcia also declared at a press conference that he thought that CR7’s career in Europe was not over yet and that he would return there.
The top scorer in the history of the Seleção, cerrait his Saudi experience as a way to come back stronger in Europe, as was the case a few years ago with Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Indeed the Swede, when leaving Manchester United in 2018 to join the Los Angeles Galaxy suggests that he is nearing the end of his football adventure, and close to retirement. However, in 2020, the Scandinavian giant takes popular opinions on the wrong foot and returns to his heart club then in the hard: AC Milan. The result, everyone knows it, Milan wins the Scudetto in 2022. With an XXL involvement of Zlatan, who has played all season, injured his left knee and has, despite the pain that was his, scored 8 goals and delivered 3 assists.
The beginning of the story resembles the one Cristiano has been living since the start of the 2022-2023 season after leaving United. Another motivation, in this choice, on the part of the former Madrid player: the financial aspect, because if, as the sources mention, his salary would be 200 million euros per year, then it seems difficult to refuse even for a player of his caliber.
So wouldn’t this controversial passage in the Saudi championship simply be a springboard for the Lusitanian to return to the old continent with a vengeance?
Arnaud Merciere
