Al Nassr coach Rudi Garcia joked lately that he wished to take Lionel Messi within the group as a substitute of Cristiano Ronaldo, feedback which may not sit properly with the 37-year previous Portuguese celebrity.
“First I attempted to take Messi,” Garcia stated at a press convention days after Ronaldo had signed a profitable cope with the Saudi Arabian membership.
Moreover, there are possibilities that Ronaldo and Messi would possibly come towards one another in January. As per the stories, Paris Saint Germain will journey to Saudi Arabia in January for a mid-season pleasant. The opponents that PSG will face are prone to be a mixed eleven of gamers from Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal.
🗣️ Al Nassr coach, Rudi Garcia, requested about Ronaldo earlier than the official announcement: “I wished to deliver Messi from Doha.”
Ronaldo’s new coach is a Messi fan 😭😭😭
— Didi (@LeoPrime10i) December 30, 2022
Final week, Ronaldo signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Al Nassr after leaving Manchester United totally free.
Ronaldo departed Previous Trafford final month following an explosive tv interview wherein the 37-year-old ahead stated he felt betrayed by the membership and didn’t respect their Dutch supervisor Erik ten Hag.
Media stories have claimed the Portugal captain could possibly be incomes as much as $200 million a 12 months from the deal, which might make him the highest-paid soccer participant in historical past.
The Saudi Professional League membership introduced his arrival in a tweet saying: “The world’s best athlete formally signed for Al-Nassr.”
“It is a signing that won’t solely encourage our membership to attain even higher success however encourage our league, our nation and future generations, girls and boys to be the very best model of themselves,” the membership wrote.
Ronaldo stated in an announcement that he was “desirous to expertise a brand new soccer league in a unique nation.”
“I’m lucky that I’ve gained every thing I got down to win in European soccer and really feel now that that is the appropriate second to share my expertise in Asia,” the ahead added.