In an interview with YouTube channel OmaSports, the Nigerian striker says footballers like him who decided to join Saudi clubs were motivated by money, not passion. Ighalo, 34, played under the colors of Al-Shabab and Al-Hilal between 2021 and 2023.
On YouTube, he says, “I’m not one of those players who comes in and says, ‘I play out of passion.’ My brother, it’s for the money. In the end, it’s money. Look at people going to Arabia. Great footballers. Does Ronaldo still play for passion? Ronaldo has won 100 times more than me in my whole life and yet he went to Saudi Arabia. He did it out of passion? It’s for the money.”
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