Jamie Carragher’s Brutal Comment After Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr Move

Jamie Carragher’s Brutal Comment After Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr Move

Rene Otinga
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:21 PM
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  • Jamie Carragher and Cristiano Ronaldo publicly fell out after the Liverpool legend’s criticism
  • Ronaldo sealed a move to Al Nassr recently and Carragher did not hold back in slamming the former Real Madrid man
  • According to Carragher, Ronaldo all but ended is career with the sensational Piers Morgan interview

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher did not hold back in trolling Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portugal superstar sealed a mega-money move to the Saudi Arabia league.

Ronaldo signed for Al Nassr on a free transfer on Friday to become the highest-paid footballer in the world.

In two and a half years with the club, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner is set to pocket a whopping €500 million.

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Carragher believes Cristiano ended his career with the Piers Morgan interview. Photo: Getty.
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Despite the handsome financial returns that are associated with the transfer, many people in the football world believe Ronaldo’s move to the Saudi Arabia league is somewhat of a downgrade for a player of his stature.

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Jamie Carragher is among those that were critical of the move, and the former Liverpool defender threw some mighty jibes at Ronaldo over the move.

It is well known that Carragher is not Ronaldo’s favourite person, and the Portuguese star recently blanked him during a live coverage of a football match.

This was after Carragher had claimed in his analysis that Manchester United would be better off competing without Ronaldo.

In a Sky Sports coverage on Friday, Ronaldo’s transfer was discussed by Carragher and CR7’s former teammate Gary Neville.

“Yeah, I mean in some ways it’s a sad end for him, isn’t it really?” Carragher said as quoted on Sky Sports.
“Two of the greatest players of all time in [Lionel] Messi and Ronaldo…
“I mean, Ronaldo’s finished his career with an interview with Piers Morgan and Messi won the World Cup. It’s not the best way to go out, is it?”

Meanwhile, Ronaldo could make his Al Nassr debut as early as on January 5.

Cristiano’s 2015 comments resurface

Sports Brief also earlier reported on Cristiano Ronaldo’s past comments on wanting to end his career at the highest level.

Ronaldo did an interview in 2015 where he completely ruled out the possibility of playing the twilight years of his career in the MLS or Middle East.

At the time, the superstar was at the peak of his powers at Real Madrid, and was on course to becoming the top marksman in the Champions League.

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Rene Otinga is a sports journalist with over eight years of working experience in digital media. Rene's experience includes working as a Copywriter at X News Kenya and TUKO.co.ke.
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