Ronaldo: "After a year in Saudi Arabia, I can say that the championship here is as good as the French Ligue 1"

Al-Nasr Saudi Arabia striker Cristiano Ronaldo has compared the local championship to the French Ligue 1.

"I came to change the mentality. I feel very happy at Al Nasr, it was a big change. Saudi Arabia is a league that is in the process of transformation, it will take some time... Step by step, it will go higher and higher. I think it will soon be among the top three leagues in the world.

The Saudi Arabian League is as good as Ligue 1. The Saudi Arabian League is more competitive than Ligue 1, I can say that after the year I spent there. We are already better than the French league," Record quoted the Portuguese as saying.