Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Saudi club Al Nassr in a deal worth $500 million in 2023. Meanwhile, his former Serie A rival Zlatan Ibrahimovic who was playing for AC Milan has shared what he thinks of players moving to Saudi Arabia and all the money involved. Zlatan spoke to TV host Piers Morgan recently, discussing everything about his life. Here, touched upon players moving to the Saudi league for money along with revealing his net worth.

The Swedish striker announced his retirement in the summer of 2023 after playing his final season in the colors of AC Milan in 2022-23, having guided the club to their 19th Scudetto title in 2021-22. Speaking to Piers Morgan recently, Zlatan criticized players moving to Saudi Arabia. He called it “a lower stage,” whilst also stating that his net worth is almost as much as Ronaldo.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic reveals net worth as much as Cristiano Ronaldo in interview with Piers Morgan

Speaking to British host Piers Morgan on the latter’s show Piers Morgan’s Uncensored, Ibrahimovic discussed the motivation of earning money as a soccer player while referring to the situation in Saudi Arabia. Speaking bluntly about the situation, Zlatan said, “Let’s say the Saudi situation. Now a player that made a lot of money goes there to make even crazy more money does it change your life? Because I will tell you you will die before you waste your money you already earned than the money you get in Saudi, so it will not make a difference.”

“Certain players need to finish his careers on a big stage. Because that is like the high end of your career,” he continued.

“So I think certain players that reach a certain level, they have to stop at a certain stage. And that’s the big stage…. But some players needed the situations where they can earn a lot of money because they didn’t earn enough.”

When asked by Piers Morgan about how much he would be worth today, should he die now, Zlatan said, “I don’t know I don’t know probably half.” Further, when Morgan asked whether that was half a billion US dollars, the Swedish center forward said, “Yeah.”

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While Ibrahimovic and Ronaldo might share a similar net worth, when it comes to their international careers, Ronaldo, has of course, had a more illustrious one, winning the Euros in 2016 with Portugal. Ronaldo recently also commented on his home nation of Portugal winning the hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

While Cristiano Ronaldo could be facing retirement like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Al Nassr star applauds Portugal achievement

The current Al Nassr star took to social media to post an applause emoji along with the Portugal flag. This was following news that Portugal, Spain and Morocco would co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Ronaldo is currently 38 and will be 45 by the time the 2030 FIFA World Cup arrives in Portugal. So, whether Ronaldo will end up playing for Portugal at the 2030 tournament or not remains unknown.

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