{"id":386569,"date":"2026-04-11T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/386569\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T11:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:02:08","slug":"video-joao-neves-shocks-ronaldo-hes-not-the-best-in-the-saudi-league-or-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/386569\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Jo\u00e3o Neves shocks Ronaldo: &#8216;He&#8217;s not the best in the Saudi league or in Portugal!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-teaser\">A Paris Saint-Germain player has stunned the Madeira Rocket.<\/p>\n<p>Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Jo\u00e3o Neves has surprised compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo by omitting him from his list of the top players in the Saudi Pro League or the Portugal national team.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to name the standout performers in several leagues, including Saudi Arabia\u2019s, as well as in the Portugal national team, the midfielder omitted his captain from both lists.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he named compatriot Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix of Al-Nassr as the Saudi Pro League\u2019s current standout, calling him a \u201cmagician\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed to name the best player in the Portugal squad, he added, \u201cIt\u2019s tough, because I\u2019ve already picked Portuguese stars in the English and Italian leagues, so I\u2019ll go with myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read also: Official clarification&#8230; Did Ronaldo miss six goals in his historic journey of the millennium?<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, PSG teammate Lionel Messi, captain of Inter Miami and Ronaldo\u2019s eternal rival, was named the top player in the American league.<\/p>\n<p>Neves has lined up alongside both Ronaldo and F\u00e9lix in the Portugal squad since October 2023, after impressing for Benfica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Paris Saint-Germain player has stunned the Madeira Rocket. Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Jo\u00e3o Neves has surprised compatriot Cristiano&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[184265,20870,20872,85,15022,46,184266,15023,172,1821,17673,150068,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-386569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-al-akhdoud","9":"tag-al-nassr-fc","10":"tag-c-ronaldo","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-inter-miami-cf","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-j-neves","15":"tag-l-messi","16":"tag-liverpool","17":"tag-paris-saint-germain","18":"tag-portugal","19":"tag-red-bull-new-york","20":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}