"Year by year, I score more, Even in a bad year [in 2024-25], I scored 25 goals. If I played in the Premier League, now in a top team, I would score the same! If I had a good team, at 40 years old, I would score the same."
"I don't need to speak because they can say whatever they want, but the numbers, they don't lie. They say things about the Saudi league, but they have never been here, they never play here. They don't know what [it is like] to run in 40 degrees. They don't know. I still continue, and I repeat, the Saudi League is much, much better than the Portuguese League, of course. The French league is"
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 82 goals in 84 Saudi Pro League appearances for Al-Nassr since January 2023, 28 more than the next-most prolific player, Abderrazzaq Hamed-Allah (54). At 40, he cites a 24-goal season for Manchester United in 2021-22 as his last full-season European total, and notes that 2006-07 produced 23 goals. Ronaldo's transfer helped attract other high-profile players to Saudi Arabia. He asserts he would net the same totals in the Premier League if he played for a top team, defends the Pro League's quality against critics, and points to conditions such as running in 40-degree heat.
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