World No.1 Ronnie O’Sullivan is signed to a multi-million pound three-year deal, directly with Saudi Arabia, to play World Snooker Tour events in the country and defended himself against criticism
Ronnie O'Sullivan has encouraged rebel players to "go where the money is" amid a rumoured LIV-style breakaway tour.
World No.1 O’Sullivan is signed to a multi-million pound three-year deal, directly with Saudi Arabia, to play WST events in the country. And the Rocket, 48, who kicked off his bid for a record eighth World Championship with a 10-1 demolition of qualifier Jackson Page, said: “There’s talk there might be another tour.
“Each sportsman is a business whether you like it or not so you have to do what’s right for you. We all have families to feed. Every person in the world is like that, I’ve got a friend who works for the NHS but has been offered three or four times her salary to go and work in Australia so she’s going to go and do that.
The Rocket, wearing a Riyadh Season logo on his sleeve, added: “We’ve got really serious human rights issues going on in the UK and the US. We should be looking at ourselves seriously, I don’t think we have the right to criticise anyone.”
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