Al-Nassr’s SPL Triumph Won’t Be Thanks To Ronaldo – Leboeuf

Former France defender Frank Leboeuf has said that Cristiano Ronaldo’s impending Saudi Pro League title with Al-Nassr cannot match Lionel Messi’s transformative impact at Inter Miami. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, rather than individual brilliance, heavy club investments will be mainly responsible for any Middle Eastern silverware the Portuguese forward secures this season.

Leboeuf added that consistent spending will give Al-Nassr its first trophy, not one player’s heroics.

His words, “Do you want to compare? Then let’s compare. Ronaldo winning a title in Saudi Arabia can never be equated to what Lionel Messi did by winning his first trophy with Inter Miami. Messi arrived at a club that was at the bottom of the table and transformed it instantly. He did it in his first season. Wow.

And Ronaldo? He didn’t do it in the first year. He didn’t do it in the second. It took three years and he needed a huge wave of ‘helpers’ to even get close. He needed the club to go and hire half of the top players in Europe, brought specifically to support him, before he could fight for the title.

If they win, it will be the result of the efforts of his team-mates and the strength of the recruitment, not the individual greatness of Cristiano Ronaldo. He didn’t carry them; they are the ones who finally built a base large enough to carry him.”

WOW.

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Saudi Pro League club, Al Nassr and the Portugal national team.

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was born on 5 February 1985 in the São Pedro parish of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira, and grew up in the nearby parish of Santo António. He is the fourth and youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro, who worked as a cook in the hospitality industry and a cleaning woman, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener at the Junta de Freguesia of Santo António and part-time kit man for football club Andorinha.

Ronaldo’s move to Manchester United was completed on 12 August 2003, too late for the 2003 FA Community Shield but in time for their game against Bolton Wanderers on the opening day of the 2003–04 season, and made him the first Portuguese player to sign for the club.

Ahead of the 2009–10 season, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for a world record transfer fee at the time of £80 million (€94 million). His contract, which ran until 2015, was worth €11 million per year and contained a €1 billion buy-out clause.