Cristiano Ronaldo is good at keeping Al-Nassr and Saudi Arabian football in the headlines. “I opened the way to the Saudi league and now all the players are coming here,” he said earlier this week.
Whether he “opened the way” is debatable, but there is no doubt that following his arrival in January, the quality of imports has moved to the next level.
He must have been pleased on Tuesday when Al-Nassr announced the signing of Seko Fofana. Ronaldo had said: “In one year, more and more top players will come to Saudi.
In a year the Saudi league will overtake the Turkish league and Dutch league.” The comments may have provoked huge debate but there is little doubt that any club in Amsterdam or Istanbul, or in fact in any league, would love to sign a player of Fofana’s quality.