Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar has spoken about a recent conversation with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Aboubakar, now of Besiktas, left Saudi side Al-Nassr shortly after Ronaldo's signing was revealed.

Fans had speculated that he was moved on to make room for Ronaldo, but Aboubakar states that the veteran tried to convince him to stay at Al-Nassr.

Speaking to Talents d'Afrique on Canal+, Aboubakar said: “We talked a bit and his [Ronaldo's] opinion was that he wanted me to stay.

“I told him no, that I will leave for family reasons.

“He asked me where my family was, I told him they are in France and so I prefer to go to Turkey, it's closer.

“And he told me it's better, if your family is really far away, it's more complicated. I was firm, I wanted to leave."