‘Have some humanity’: Diogo Jota chants at Rúben Neves a wake-up call for Saudi Arabia

The good thing about Cristiano Ronaldo playing in your league is that he is one of the most famous footballers ever, and when he scores a great goal, or reaches the 1,000-goal mark (just 21 to go), many people watch.

The bad thing about Cristiano Ronaldo playing in your league is that when something negative happens and he is involved, just as many people will watch and listen. Global attention is something that the big European leagues have had for years, but it is something the Saudi Pro League, which has spent billions in search of achieving a similar stature, needs to get used to.