If nothing else, you cannot fault Cristiano Ronaldo's timing.
It was just one day after long-term rival Lionel Messi's move to American side Inter Miami that Ronaldo chose to speak out, insisting the Saudi Arabian league (where he plays) is better than the MLS (where Messi plays). Coincidence? I think not.
The 38-year-old veteran's insistence that 'I'm sure I won't play in Europe again. I want to play in Saudi Arabia' has the faint whiff of a spurned lover insisting, tears running down his cheeks, that the divorce was his idea and he doesn't want his wife back.