The Portuguese forward moved to Saudi Arabia in late 2022 after being forced out of Manchester United, ending the season with 14 goals and two assists to his name. However, Ronaldo still failed to score in 11 of his 19 matches across all competitions, as Al-Nassr finished the campaign without a trophy to their name. Diaz, who worked alongside father Ramon at third-placed Al-Hilal and briefly took over as caretaker boss, had first-hand experience of the 38-year-old's performances in the Middle East.
WHAT THEY SAID: Diaz was scathing in his review of Ronaldo's first six months at Al-Nassr, telling TyC Sports: "He had a hard time, we [Al-Hilal] faced him and had a good time." On whether the Portuguese "didn't even touch the ball" in his appearance against Al-Hilal, Diaz replied: "He had a hard time. With the big clubs he made no difference. He scored three or four goals for the small clubs and I saw that they were talking about him here. He lost the Kings Cup, he lost the Super Cup and the tournament. In Asia he is not going to compete."
Ronaldo could be joined in the Gulf State by eternal rival Lionel Messi in the near future, as he nears free agency from Paris Saint-Germain with precisely Al-Hilal poised to seal a record-breaking deal for the Argentine. On comparisons between Ronaldo and his compatriot, Diaz was clear on his views, adding: "No, in no way, not as a footballer. There is no comparison. We have faced him less than three months ago and I went to see Leo at the World Cup. We are talking about light years of comparison. There is no comparison but the numbers support him, he is an animal. But at the level of quality of Leo there is no comparison."
PUTA_PSG
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Anyone who understands football knows that.. Ronaldo doesn’t come close to Messi in terms of football. He will stand in box to get ball from other player while Messi will go deep and drive the complete game. Messi is 🐐💙🇦🇷
JeezywayTerence
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This is one of the type of useless remarks people say about this great guy. CR7 has being at the pinacle of football for over 15 years and has single handle son his team trophies. He is 38 now and you expect him to play as a 25year old player. Add some respect to his name he has done this 99% person of football will never do. I am a Barca fan but I don't support non sense. CR7 is the only football player that comes after Messi, so saying he comes light years after his is totally nonsense coming from an unknown caretaker.
Sylvester4u12
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hahahahahaha Diaz you are nobody only to speak rubbish to be somebody, your choice is your choice other choices is their choices because messi now win world cup and cr7 now play in saudi Arabia league at 38years you are now bringing sentiment from your Anus to pollute the Air, messi himself can not denied that cr7 is not his comparison because each matches the play together as opponent they score each of them over many time, no wonder it written that the will see the truth but the will not follow the truth, so am not doubt to that the best will hate by thousands and love by millions all this let me know cr7 is best determined man on earth to ever play football, the best of the best.