British Broadcaster Piers Morgan has again grabbed the headlines after he revealed that he has been in touch with Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. The broadcaster told Tatler on Saturday that the 38-year-old is “loving it on and off the pitch” in Saudi Arabia.
Recently Ronaldo signed a record-breaking £175 million–year deal with Saudi club Al-Nassr, making him the richest footballer ever. “I’ve swapped a few texts with him, and he’s absolutely loving it, on and off the pitch,” Morgan said. Ronaldo had his contract terminated with Manchester United after a highly controversial interview with Morgan.
While Ronaldo’s current performance state otherwise, as he has fired blank in the first two games with Al-Nassr. Since scoring in a club friendly against Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint Germain, the Portuguese has been off his mark, struggling to adjust to the new league and playing style.
Piers Morgan added that it wasn’t Ronaldo’s first choice, despite ‘enjoying’ his transition to a new country. “Ideally, I think he’d have preferred to play for another top club in the Champions League for a year or two,” he added further. “But Al Nassr made him a staggering offer, and I think the fresh challenge of raising the profile of football in a new region of the world, at the twilight of his incredible career, really appealed to him,” Morgan said.
This echoes other reports that surfaced earlier this month about Ronaldo breaking his contract with super agent Jorge Mendes. It was said that Ronaldo wanted to sign a deal with a team in the Champions League, preferably, Chelsea or Bayern Munich. As Mendes was unable to arrange such a deal, their partnership was curtailed.
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When the controversial announcement of Ronaldo’s signing went official on December 30, Cristiano’s haters quickly jumped in, claiming the 37-year-old was a ‘sell out.’ ‘Ronaldo has finished his career during an interview with Piers Morgan and Messi has won the World Cup. It’s not the best way to go out,’’ Former football player and Pundit Jamie Carragher slammed Cristiano on his controversial interview with Piers Morgan, which led to a fall out with Manchester United.
While others claimed that it was a disaster, Piers Morgan thought otherwise, “Thanks to the fall-out from our interview, Ronaldo signed the biggest transfer deal in football history, and is now the world’s highest-paid athlete, at the age of 37.”
‘‘He’s also doing what he’s done throughout his career, and which for me gives him the edge over Messi, and that’s challenge himself in a new country, and new league, at a time when football in the Middle East is really taking off, as we saw at the Qatar World Cup where Morocco reached the semi-finals and Saudi Arabia beat the eventual winners, Messi’s Argentina,’’ Morgan further added, shutting down Ronaldo’s critics effectively.
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