UEFA President talks Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Saudi football, says adding players who ‘ended their career’ doesn’t develop football

Aleksander Ceferin offered advice to Saudi Pro League on how they can improve football quality instead of hijacking European players.

UEFA President talks Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Saudi football, says adding players who ‘ended their career’ doesn’t develop football

Karim Benzema, Aleksander Ceferin, and Cristiano Ronaldo- Credits: Google

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin claimed that Europe should not worry about losing players to Saudi Arabia. He suggested the country to invest in developing grassroots levels and invest in coaching instead of signing players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema who according to him, have already ‘ended their careers.’

Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema have already departed Europe for the land of Saudi. Multimillion offers were made to Lionel Messi and Luka Modric. More players are departing Europe in exchange for a Saudi payday. However, UEFA chief exclaims no trouble.

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I think that it's mainly a mistake for Saudi Arabian football. Why is that a problem for them? Because they should invest in academies, they should bring coaches, and they should develop their own players. The system of buying the players that almost ended their career is not the system that develops football.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said.

He also highlighted the failure of China to emphasize his point. Chinese super league signed loads of foreign and aged stars and introduced new players to the league. Yet the Chinese super league or China’s national team failed to grow at a good speed. He said, “It was a similar mistake in China when they all brought players who are at the end of their career.”

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