Ronaldo’s Transfer to Saudi Arabia: Passion or Profit? Ighalo Raises Questions
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Rather than because of a love for the game, according to Odion Ighalo, Cristiano Ronaldo relocated to Saudi Arabia for financial gain alone.
Although he was dismissed at the conclusion of the season, Ighalo was the top scorer in the Saudi Pro League while representing Al-Hilal.
Saudi Arabia always had crazy money, why didn’t they sign all these players before Ronaldo joined ?
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Now, he thinks that Ronaldo is doing the same thing because he joined Al-Nassr with Benzema and that his transfer to the country was made solely for financial gain.
34-year-old Ighalo told OmaSportsTV: “When you are young, yes, you play for passion. Back then, you don’t care about money. But at my age, I am in the final stretch of my career, I don’t know if it will be one, two years or when God will tell it to stop.”
“I know it won’t be more than three years. I’ve played for passion all my life, now it’s for money. I’m not one of those players who come and say: ‘I play for passion’. Brother, it’s money. At the end of the day, it’s money.”
“Is Ronaldo still playing out of passion? Ronaldo has earned 100 times more than I have in my entire life and yet he went to Saudi Arabia. Did he do that out of passion? It’s for money, bro.”
This summer, a number of athletes have relocated to Saudi Arabia, Jordan Henderson being the most recent.
During this transfer window, players like Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Ruben Neves, and Roberto Firmino also arrived in the nation. With Fabinho rumoured to be moving to Ittihad, the Saudi Pro League flood doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
