Morgan claims Ronaldo is still aiming for a 'Champions League club'
Piers Morgan claims Cristiano Ronaldo is still aiming for a ‘Champions League club’ and will ‘get what he wants’ with a strong World Cup showing amid talk of a £173m-a-year switch to Saudi side Al Nassr
- Broadcaster interviewed the Portuguese which led to his Man United downfall
- Confidant of Cristiano Ronaldo said he hopes to continue his remarkable legacy
- Piers Morgan said that talk of his impending move to Saudi Arabia is premature
- The Portuguese is bidding to win Portugal’s maiden World Cup crown in Qatar
Cristiano Ronaldo’s chief confidant Piers Morgan has revealed talk of the Portuguese’s impending move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr is premature.
Speculation has been swirling since Ronaldo’s bombshell interview with Morgan regarding his next club after he and Manchester United mutually agreed to tear up the remainder of his two-year deal.
This week it was reported that Ronaldo was on the verge of agreeing a deal with Saudi club Al Nassr – worth an eye-watering £173m a year.
Piers Morgan said his friend Cristiano Ronaldo still harbours hopes of joining a top club
However, Morgan, who appears to speak to the Portuguese regularly, denied suggestions that the move was imminent.
He thinks that if he does well at this World Cup, he’ll get what he really wants,’ he told The Telegraph.
‘Which is a club in the Champions League that extends his record and his legacy.’
Ronaldo, 37, has so far scored once at this World Cup – a penalty against Ghana. Though he did become the first player in history to score at five World Cup tournaments.
Ronaldo has scored once at the World Cup so far – a penalty against Ghana in Portugal’s opener
Ronaldo gaver an explosive interview to the broadcaster a few weeks ago in which he laid out his problems with Manchester United – he saw his contract terminated as a result
‘It’s not about money at this stage of his career. It comes down to a burning desire to play football at the highest level, to break records and win trophies,’ he added.
‘And he has done that in more countries than any other player in history.’
Ronaldo’s bombshell interview – aired just days out from the start of the World Cup in Qatar – briefly shook the football world as the Portuguese took aim at various figures, both past and present, at United.
Having appeared to have been particularly burnt by criticism from former team-mates, namely Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney, Ronaldo took aim at the pair, suggesting their criticism stemmed from a place of jealously at his lofted position.
‘I think they take advantage of that because they are not stupid,’ Ronaldo said. ‘I’m the No 1 followed guy in the world. It’s not by coincidence.
Morgan said Ronaldo’s ambition is to build upon his already-remarkable legacy before he hangs up his boots for the final time
‘Probably (it’s jealously). Probably – because he finished his career in his 30s. I’m still playing at a high level; I’m not going to say that I’m looking better than him, which is true.
‘It’s hard to listen to that sort of criticism and negativity from people who play with you, for example Gary Neville as well.’
Morgan, meanwhile, took aim at those criticising the World Cup in Qatar – pointing towards legislation surrounding homosexuality in the United Kingdom when the tournament was hosted here in 1966 as evidence of hypocrisy.
Morgan took aim at those criticising the Qatar World Cup – referencing Britain’s homosexuality laws in 1966 as reason for his case
‘It’s selective outrage about Qatar, which is completely overblown,’ Morgan said in relation to England’s attempts to wear the OneLove armband, which they later dropped after being threatened with ‘sanctions’ by FIFA.
‘The whole thing has been a complete racket. The process of awarding World Cups to Russia and Qatar stank.
‘But England was also in the bidding. So it comes back to our moral fitness to host the World Cup. I remind people that when we last hosted the World Cup and won it, it was illegal to be homosexual in the UK. That has to be a reality check about our moral positions against other regions in the world.’
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