{"id":87680,"date":"2023-07-29T22:55:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/29\/ronaldo-accused-of-moving-to-saudi-arabia-because-of-money\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T22:55:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T22:55:08","slug":"ronaldo-accused-of-moving-to-saudi-arabia-because-of-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/29\/ronaldo-accused-of-moving-to-saudi-arabia-because-of-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo accused of moving to Saudi Arabia because of money"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo claims\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo and other players\u2019 decision to\u00a0move\u00a0to Saudi Arabia were\u00a0motivated by financial considerations rather than a passion for the game.<\/p>\n

The likes of Karim Benzema, N\u2019Golo Kante, Ruben Neves, Jordan Henderson, and Roberto Firmino among other top European players have all sealed a move to the Saudi PRO League.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you are young, yes, you play for passion. Back then, you don\u2019t care about money. But at my age, I am in the final stretch of my career, I don\u2019t know if it will be one, two years or when God will tell it to stop,\u201d Ighalo, who was the top scorer in the Saudi Pro League last season, said to\u00a0OmaSportsTV.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cI know it won\u2019t be more than three years. I\u2019ve played for passion all my life, now it\u2019s for money. I\u2019m not one of those players who come and say: \u2018I play for passion\u2019. Brother, it\u2019s money. At the end of the day, it\u2019s money.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs Ronaldo still playing out of passion? Ronaldo has earned 100 times more than I have in my entire life and yet he went to Saudi Arabia. Did he do that out of passion? It\u2019s for money, bro,\u201d the former Manchester United striker added.<\/p>\n

Ighalo parted ways with Al-Hilal at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

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