Riyad Mahrez rejected the claims of Cristiano Ronaldo that the Saudi professional league is one of the “best” divisions of world football.
The al-Ahli star expressed himself in the French newspaper the team. Perhaps still under the comments of Al-Nassr Ronaldo striker, who said that ” The Saudi professional league is better than Ligue 1 “and that” in France, they have only PSG “, The newspaper asked Mahrez to his opinion on the declarations of the Portuguese.
Ronaldo claims that the SPL is greater than Ligue 1
Mahrez more modest than Cr7 the old winger of Manchester City and Leicester was much more diplomatic, saying that the Premier League, the Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Liga remained the best competitions in world football, but he still expressed his conviction that the SPP was in full ascent. He also qualified Ronaldo and his colleagues stars who joined the League during the 2023 recruitment campaign as “pioneers”.
Questioned by the team to find out if Ronaldo's assertion agree with the “Top 5″, Mahrez replied: ” No. I think the five major European leagues are in the lead, and then we can start competing with the other leagues.
Mahrez: “We are not far away”
“I think we are not very far. After that, the goal is not to be the best league in the world at present. We register in the long term.
Those who, like me, arrived here at the beginning of this adventure, we are a bit like pioneers. We help them strengthen this league. And frankly, during my two seasons, I felt progress in the teams, coaches, tactics and organization. They try to get there, and I think they will get there. They make efforts and they really want it. »»
Mahrez and Ronaldo will both continue to advance the level of the SPL for their respective clubs during the 2025-2026 season. Despite the recent speculations according to which he could change clubs, Ronaldo will remain in Al-Nassr with a contract of 178 million pounds sterling per year.
