Cristiano Ronaldo launched a blow to ruin the Man United experience for the world darts champion
Darts could soon be the next sport to move to Saudi Arabia and that's music to the ears of Michael Smith's Cristiano Ronaldo-mad son.
Smith is waiting for the perfect opportunity to watch. Al Nassr superstar again, after the first incident turned out to be a disaster.
That could be in ronaldoThe new Saudi residence, which has been discussed as a distant option to host the PDC World Darts Championship.
Former champion Smith has been adamant that the tournament must remain in its spiritual home of the Alexandra Palace.
However, the 34-year-old cannot deny that other members of his family would welcome a relocation to Saudi Arabia.
Smith's two sons are big Ronaldo fans, and the darts king himself is a self-confessed “armchair”. manchester united follower.
'Bully Boy' brought Michael Jr and Kasper to Old Trafford in October 2022 when five times Ballon d'Or Winner Ronaldo was on his second spell with the Red Devils to see the football icon in action.
The game Smith chose was Man United's 2-0 victory over Tottenham that began the beginning of the end of Ronaldo's time at the club.
The Portugal captain did not play a minute but grabbed all the headlines after refusing to come off the bench.
Ronaldo also made his way Through the tunnel before the final whistle. and later claimed that it was provoked by the then manager Erik ten Hag.
During an exclusive interview with talkSPORT.com, Smith said: “I'm an armchair fanatic. I think I have attended a United game in my life.
“I took my children to see Ronaldo when we played against Spurs at home. That was the game where he had a little rage attack and left and didn't want to come back.
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“It wasn't nice to see, but no, my boys always asked why they wanted to go to Saudi Arabia to see him play.
“They want to go to Miami to see (Lionel) Messi play.
“He's my youngest son too, he always wants to go see them, but I'm not worried. It doesn't really bother me. It's up to them.”
In his interview with Piers Morganronaldo something expressed “regret” for his actions in the bank while still blaming Ten Hag.
After that Spurs game, he only played two more Premier League games for United before his contract was terminated in December.
That was the same month. Smith began his historic campaign in the PDC which resulted in his first world title in January 2023.
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She returns to Alexandra Palace hoping to deliver another spectacular performance after a year of inconsistent form.
Smith won his first ranking title in 11 months in May, but will fall out of the world's top 10 if he suffers an early defeat this month.
The former world number one has many dart boards at home to practice on, but only his children have used them.
Instead, Smith hones his craft in his personal cave alongside his regular stints at his mum and dad's pub in Saint Helena'.
Added to talkSPORT, on behalf of AceOdds: “Kasper has one his height in his bedroom and Junior has one his height.
“He's playing full distance. But that's how they are, they can do whatever they want. That's why I just built a game room.
“My target is there, so I'm going to leave the house.
“I still practice in the pub, but this is for when the kids have finished their training, like rugby or football or whatever they are doing.
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“I get home late, so at 8:30 at night. It takes me half an hour to get to the pub.
“We built this so that I can at least come in here at 9 p.m., do a couple more hours, come home and then go straight to bed.
“At least I'll leave the house and go to work. If I'm stuck at home I'm not going to work. There are too many distractions.
“Seeing what's on Telly, 'Loose Women' might come out or something like that. “I just want to look at the other side and observe it.”
smith now He doesn't want any distractions on his return to Ally Pally. this week after he was nearly distracted by a fan's costume in the past.
In the strangest interaction with the north London crowd, he saw a group dressed as Jamaica's four-man bobsled team, 10 months after the country's athletes in the event returned to the olympic games for the first time since 1988 race that inspired Cool Runnings.
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Smith said: “I never look at the crowd, but I remember once I did and I literally saw running up and down the halls like little green helmets.
“Then when they got to the top I realized it was the Jamaican bobsleigh team and it was the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life.
“For some reason, at the Ally Pally they like to dress appropriately and just seeing the Jamaican bobsleigh team running through all the halls and the fans, it made me laugh.
“It was hard to concentrate on that leg thinking about them running after me.”
Michael Smith spoke to talkSPORT.com via AceOdds.
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