Piers Morgan has claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo would have considered a move to Celtic or Rangers had the offer been right.

The Portuguese superstar revealed he turned down several top sides to join Al Nassr at his unveiling with the Saudi Arabian club.

Ronaldo has won the prestigious Ballon d’Or award on five occasions and the Champions League five times, while he also counts multiple Premier League, LaLiga and Serie A titles among an enviable trophy haul.

Following an acrimonious exit from Manchester United in November, Ronaldo said he had been courted by clubs from around the world, but he put pen to paper on a deal until 2025 with Al Nassr.

Before his controversial exit from Old Trafford, Ronaldo sat down with Piers Morgan for a blockbuster interview about how his relationship with the Manchester club had dwindled.

Morgan appeared on talkSPORT today and host Laura Woods quizzed him on Ronaldo's transfer thoughts.

She asked: “Can I give you a quick scenario? If the Scottish Premiership had the money that the Saudis do, would you have the same opinion if Ronaldo went to play there?”

He then responded: “Ronaldo would have gone anywhere that had Champions League football. I know for a fact because he repeatedly told me what he really wanted to do was extend his Champions League career.

"He has most of the records in the Champions League and he wants to extend them, probably so that Messi can’t catch him and that he ends up as the GOAT of Champions League football.

“That was his motivating factor. I do believe that he’s driven more by records and legacy than he is by money. He’s already got half a billion pounds so it’s not like he needs a few quid in Saudi Arabia; he just happens to be getting a stupendous payday to build football there from a very good platform of beating the World Champions (Saudi Arabia defeated Argentina in their opening game of the 2022 World Cup).

“So things did change a lot in the last few months in terms of the narrative of football in the Middle East. It was a tremendous World Cup for the region generally, so it looks a little less crazy than it would have done six months ago when Saudi were a complete irrelevance in football."