Chelsea legend tells Ronaldo to 'shut up' in Messi dig as Portugal are advised to drop the ex-Man Utd star
Former Chelsea defender Honest Leboeuf has told Cristiano Ronaldo to “closed upward” over claims that the Saudi Pro League is “more competitive” than Ligue 1.
The Portugal globally sent to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr in December 2022 after mutually concurring to cease his contract at Manchester Joined.
Ronaldo, that is reportedly earning around €200m a year, is ordering his time in the Nucleus East with the 39-year-ratty racking upward 48 objectives in 54 appearances in with one voice rivals for Al-Nassr.
The Saudis are trying to earn their residential league proper into one of the safest in the universe with numerous globally superstars signing upward with over the last 12 months.
Ronaldo has rendered assume that the Saudi Pro League is currently at the level of the French Ligue One and even theorizes it’s “more competitive” than the optimal-flight in France.
The previous Dude Utd and Real Madrid celebrity asserted in January: “The Saudis are in a methodology that will confiscate long, but reaction by reaction, we will reach the highest level.
“I assume they are heeding be in the optimal 3 or 4 in the universe. Quantify by reaction, I reckon we are heeding reach that.
“The level proper now? To be truthful, I reckon the Saudi league is not worse than France’s league in my opinion.
“In the French league, I reckon you have 2, 3 subordinates with a sweet level. In Saudi, I reckon it is more competitive.”
And Chelsea legend Leboeuf is not sanguine at Ronaldo’s remarks, he told Bet Victor: “It frustrates me as comfortably as I listen to Cristiano Ronaldo saying that the Saudi Pro League is more outlined than Ligue 1. Why undertake you reckon he prefered to earn that remark about Ligue 1 instead than the Portuguese League?
“It’s offered that Lionel Messi messed around in Ligue 1. I have numerous venerate for him as a player but come on, merely closed upward! It is unjustified to Ligue 1.”
In a dig at Ronaldo, Leboeuf encompassed: “For me, Portugal are literally one of the contenders for this summer’s European Championships. I literally reckon they can win the Euros, but only if Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t play.
“You cannot confiscate away anything that Ronaldo has executed for football merely offered that he has visited retire in the Saudi League. I yearn to confer numerous thanks to him for confiscating the sport to another level, but there is an end for everyone. He has every proper to play in Saudi Arabia, although I’m obscure he compelled further cash!”
