Rio Ferdinand about Cristiano's decision to move to AlNassr
"Obviously I speak to Cristiano and there are things you have to keep quiet and you can't talk about before it hits the news. I was kind of aware what was going on behind the scenes and listen, I'm just pleased for him that he's finally happy.
"For any footballer at whatever level, happiness and the environment you're playing in is one of the most important things, he hasn't been happy for a while, so I'm pleased he's on the verge of finding that happiness and going onto pastures news, albeit in a country that not many people expected him to go.
"But what an adventure, what a prospect that is, to go and play football in a brand-new league, a competitive league, by the way. I played in a testimonial over there years ago, it was an unbelievable game, we were all surprised with the madness, the mayhem around football over there.
The love of football in Saudi is crazy. I'm sure it's going to be a great adventure, it's a new chapter, next chapter."
"I want to touch on a couple of things; I've been watching the media and people commenting, a few pundits and all different parts of media saying 'it's sad, a sad way for him to go out'.
"There's only one sadness from me, two sadness's, the way it ended at Man United - I'm sad about that - for Cristiano and in hindsight, a couple of years, he'll look back and think it could've been handled differently from both himself and the club. That's one sadness because you want it to end in the best way possible and things be remembered positively, but it won't be in some people's eyes, that's a tinge of sadness.
"The way the World Cup ended for him, a tinge of sadness, in terms of being on the bench, not having a huge impact in his last one, that's a tinge of sadness. <
But this next chapter going to Saudi Arabia, how do you look at that as a sadness? A sad way to end his career? I don't understand how people are saying that."
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