Rory McIlroy says LIV Golf never made him an offer to part ways with the PGA Tour because he made it crystal clear he'd never entertain the idea of a switch. The four-time major champion has been incredibly outspoken about the Saudi-backed breakaway league since its inception in 2021, once going as far as highlighting how he wouldn't play under the banner if it "was the last place to play golf on earth". And while the 35-year-old has toned down his criticism of the league as of late - as the PGA Tour continues to work on a merger deal with the set-up - he has explained that some PGA stalwarts were offered massive amounts to switch over. When asked by Gary Neville what the signing on fee would be to make the move to LIV in a recent instalment of Stick To Football, McIlroy replied: "It depends. I don't know, but I mean, there's numbers being touted for Jon Rahm upwards of three, four, five hundred million dollars. "That's what the numbers are." When further probed by Neville if he had turned that amount of money down, McIlroy added: "No, I've never had an offer," further quashing reports last year that the Northern Irishman was once offered more than £650million to play under the banner. He continued: "I just didn't engage, cause it's something that.. .and I think at this point I've pretty much set my stall out." Jamie Carragher joked: "Do you regret that now?" before the studio erupted into laughter. McIlroy added: "It's happening in everything, right? Obviously, with all the stuff that's happening with football, F1. "They're [Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund] getting into sport, and they... yeah, they're getting the World Cup in 2034, they're making a huge splash in the entire world of sport, and no different than what the UAE [United Arab Emirates] have done in the past and other countries." Rahm is just one of countless players who has made the move to LIV Golf in recent years, captaining the set-up's Legion XIII team, with the likes of Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Brooks Koepka, and Lee Westwood also among the names playing with the organisation. And while McIlroy was initially critical of the players who opted to ditch the PGA Tour to play under the LIV Banner after being persuaded by big-money deals and lucrative prize pots in events, the professional has since refined his take on players who have opted to ply their trade elsewhere. He explained: "I was probably judgemental of the guys who went at the start, and I think that was a bit of a mistake on my part because I now realise not everyone's in my position or Tiger's [Woods] position. And you get this offer and what do you do? "We all turn professional to make a living playing the sports that we do and I think that's what I realised over the past two years. I can't judge people for making that decision. So if I regret anything it was probably being too judgemental at the start." On his legacy of winning titles rather than chasing big paydays, McIlroy added: "Whenever I dreamed of being a professional golfer, it was about winning trophies and it was about winning major championships. "And this happens in all sports but to me I'm just sick of the money talk in golf because the fans don't care. They just want to watch good golf and watch people compete against each other. They don't care if you're making this or this guy's on £200,000 a week right? It doesn't resonate." McIlroy will go down in the annals of history as one of the greatest-ever players of the modern game, with 43 wins on the PGA Tour in total, four major titles, and 122 weeks spent as World No. 1. And while he has failed to taste major glory for over a decade now, his last win coming in the form of the 2014 PGA Championship at Valhalla, the star could turn the tide in 2025. Currently sitting as World No. 2 behind Scottie Scheffler, McIlroy has enjoyed a stellar start to his 2025 season, bagging his first title of the year at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February, two strokes clear of Shane Lowry. McIlroy doubled down at the Tour's signature Players Championship earlier this month, getting the better of JJ Spaun after a nail-biting play-off. The golfing titan is currently sat at T30 at the Houston Open with an overall score of four-under-par with two rounds left to play and will hope to bridge the gap between himself and tournament leader Scheffler - who is currently seven strokes clear - when Sunday's final arrives.