Cristiano Ronaldo said Xavi was irrelevant after Middle East move and told Piers Morgan he wouldn't chase Saudi cash
Morgan said to Ronaldo about his next move: “You want to keep playing at the highest level. You want to play Champions League football, you want to be breaking records.
“Again, it comes back to my gut feeling about you, that if it was just about money you’d be in Saudi Arabia earning a King’s ransom. But that’s not what motivates you. You want to keep at the top.”“Because I still believe that I can score many, many goals and help the team. I still believe that I’m good and capable to help the national team.
Back in 2015, in a conversation with TV chat show host Jonathan Ross, Ronaldo also said he did not see himself moving to the Middle East because he wanted to end his career with ‘dignity’.Asked if he would consider a move to the United States or elsewhere when he gets older, Ronaldo said: “In my mind I want to finish at the top level, I want to finish with dignity at a good club.
“It doesn’t mean that if you go to USA or Qatar or Dubai that it’s not good, but I don’t see myself…”Topics