The football world the most talked about player transfer of the winter was announced on Friday when Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr confirmed that they had signed Cristiano Ronaldo.

The move didn’t come as a big surprise, as rumors about the Portuguese’s new address strongly took over the industry already during the World Cup in Qatar played in November-December. When the confirmation finally came, some users sharpened their ax of mockery.

Ronaldo, 37,’s move to Saudi Arabia drew criticism from the first rumours, due to the country’s dismal human rights record and the poor level of the local league. On Some, people are also amused by the contrast between Ronaldo two months ago Piers Morganille between the interview given and the actual situation.

Video clip the interview has spread like wildfire on Twitter.

On video Morgan asks if it’s the case that Ronaldo wants to keep breaking records and playing at the highest level, like the Champions League.

“I have such a feeling about you. If it was just about the money, you’d be somewhere in Saudi Arabia making a good living, but that doesn’t motivate you,” Morgan thinks.

Ronaldo’s answer seems amusing a couple of months after the interview. He confirms Morgan’s knowledge as correct.

“I believe that I can score many more goals and help my team. I believe that I am still good enough and I can help both the national team and even Manchester United”, Ronaldo assures.

In the interview, Ronaldo also harshly criticized his club at the time, United, and as a result, the club ended up terminating the Madeira contract.

One of the Twitter users who shared the video is one of the founders of the football media EiF Soccer Marc Schnell. He points out that with such an interview, Ronaldo opens up his defenses against criticism.

“If ‘Ronny’ goes to Saudi Arabia two months from now,” he writes alongside the video with crying emojis.

“It’s so funny because he brought all the criticism on himself. If he had just kept quiet and accepted a smaller role, no one would have been able to say much. But when you give an interview like this, you are completely open to criticism,” he continues.

Geschwind is not the only one from whom the move has garnered amused and even mischievous reactions. Many football fans declared that the man’s career was practically over with the transfer.

“Ronaldo to Saudi Arabia? It’s really over now. He threw tantrums at Manchester United, refused to play, refused to sit on the bench, refused to follow club protocol, left without permission, gave an interview to Piers Morgan, dropped out of the World Cup without being of any use to his team and now it’s all gone,” one Twitter user gave his blunt verdict on Ronaldo’s phased autumn season .

“It’s safe to say Cristiano Ronaldo’s career is over,” mused another.

There are also other perspectives.

“Is it really so funny that he is making a huge amount of money at 38 years old? What else does he have to prove in football? The joke hits your own ankle,” one follower commented to Geschwind, who shared the interview video.

Pay Ronaldo really has it right in Saudi Arabia. Al-Nassri is said to pay his new superstar an annual salary of up to around 200 million euros. According to media reports, Ronaldo is scheduled to play in the team until 2025 and then become an ambassador for Saudi Arabia.

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or awarded by Fifa to the player of the season no less than five times. He has won three English, two Spanish and two Italian championships, as well as five Champions League victories. He also tops the all-time Champions League goalscoring record with 140 hits.

At the national team level, Ronaldo won European Championship gold with Portugal in 2016. He is the player with the most national team goals in football history with 118 hits.