Cristiano Ronaldo says he had "many opportunities" to sign for top clubs before joining Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr.
He joined Al Nassr as a free agent on Friday after leaving Manchester United following a controversial interview in which he criticised the club.
The 37-year-old said he had offers from clubs in Brazil, Australia, the United States and in Portugal.
"In Europe my work is done," he said in his first news conference on Tuesday.
"I won everything, I played for the most important clubs in Europe and now it is a new challenge in Asia."
Ronaldo is reportedly set to receive the biggest football salary in history at more than £177m per year in a deal that runs until 2025.
"As nobody knows, I can say now I had many opportunities in Europe, many clubs in Brazil, Australia, the US, even in Portugal, many clubs tried to sign me," Ronaldo told reporters.
"But I gave my word for this club for the opportunity to develop the football and all the amazing parts of this country."
"I don't care what people say. I've come here to keep scoring goals and winning. In the last 15 years, football has changed a lot in Arabia. It's much better now. Saudi Arabia beat Argentina, the champions, which shows their improvement."
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner was greeted with applause and shouts of his trademark 'Siu' celebration as he spoke. He answered questions from a club official but took no questions from reporters.
Speaking about his contract with the nine-time Saudi Pro League champions, Ronaldo said: "This contract is unique but I'm a unique player, so for me it's normal.
"I know the league is very competitive, I saw many games. I hope to play after [Wednesday] if the coach thinks there's a chance. I'm ready to keep playing football."
Al Nassr head coach Rudi Garcia said signing Ronaldo was "fantastic" for Saudi Arabia.
"In my life, I've seen that great players like Cristiano are the simplest to manage, because there's nothing I can teach him," the Frenchman said.
"My goal, my objective for Cristiano is to make him happy. I want him to enjoy playing with Al Nassr and winning with Al Nassr."
dunaipyz
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Best player of all time🐐. Everywhere you go we'll follow
Partel
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He was lying honestly
yusufilyasu
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he want to say many club in Europe rejected him
DilipBiswas
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Now Ronaldo looking for Camel d'Or [Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Goldenbeard
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MynewId
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"i have won everything"
UCL17
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Ronaldo, You Are The Biggest Liar Of All Time 💩💩💩🤡🤡🤡.
nwa4lifd
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why the lie dude, Simple put it like this, "I ran out of luck in football big league but I Am happy Al Nassr came calling and even the contract they offered me is out of this world .... who in his right mind would turn down such offer, thank you Al Nassr for saving me the opportunity to keep playing football ⚽️ and making a lot of huge money 💰 🤑 💸 doing it" ..... nobody will beat you and the world will respect you more for saying the truth ...... 💯
fuhcdirz
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Why lying? You have no offer in Europe. Having been rejected by all teams in Europe, why would you resort to telling lies? The world knows everything about you. A shameless liar!
Harry_99
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He will surely wins best lying award of all time
nwa4lifd
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liar [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh] ...... name the clubs please 🙏 🤣 😂
MynewId
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Many Clubs tried to sign me
Bandilot
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We don't need Europa League fans here if you don't mind
then what u need? Al Nasser fans? [Crylaugh]
CthatDay
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He was lying honestly
About top clubs wanted to sign him
tenshu
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Fake goat with 5 penalties in 7 games[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
cry blood even if its 20 penalties we don't care
Partel
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He was lying honestly
Lying for some self esteem there
Buneinopsz
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Fake goat with 5 penalties in 7 games[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
still won the WC..better tan ur goat with 1pen
JustineEtuk
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Best player of all time🐐. Everywhere you go we'll follow
Lol... how so? Messi obviously will always be above Ronaldo. Sentiments and emotions aside
gm11
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Best player of all time🐐. Everywhere you go we'll follow
After Messi ofc.