foreign footballWill Cristiano Ronaldo make his debut in Saudi Arabia against eternal rival Lionel Messi? Al-Nasr coach Rudi Garcia stated that the Portuguese may play in a friendly match with a joint team against Paris Saint-Germain. Meanwhile, L’Equipe writes that CR7 – in addition to his impressive salary – will receive an additional €200m to be an ambassador for Saudi Arabia’s World Cup candidacy.
The exhibition match against Paris Saint-Germain is scheduled to be held on January 19 at the Saudi King Fahd Stadium. If Cristiano Ronaldo made his debut he wouldn’t be in a victory shirt. Coach Rudi Garcia told “L’Equipe” about the friendly match that the joint team consists of players from Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal. A joint team against Messi and his comrades.
Garcia was upset about the timing of the exhibition match, as Al-Nassr will play a league match against Al-Ettifaq after three days. “As the Al-Nassr coach, I can’t be happy with this match. For the development and the vision of PSG, seeing the great Parisian players, that’s really good. But we have a league match in three days,” said Garcia. “In terms of planning, it was Better to think about it. But it’s not bad. We are in the lead, we are happy. It’s a tough competition to win, but we set our sights on that.”
After his departure from Manchester United, Ronaldo recently signed a contract with Al-Nassr until the summer of 2025. The striker had to wait some time until his debut due to a previous suspension from the FA. Although he played less than a minute, his influence on the Saudi club is already great.
Garcia even compared his arrival to that of the recently deceased Brazilian world star Pele to the New York Cosmos in 1975. The French coach made particular mention of the 37-year-old Portuguese’s influence on “the development of football, sports and culture in Saudi Arabia.” . “that’s cool. Great to us, to victory. Great for Saudi Arabia. Cristiano Ronaldo is more than just a player. He is one of the best players in the world.”
“It’s incredible how it put our club in the spotlight. Now everyone around the world knows where our club is,” said Garcia, who didn’t miss the huge increase in followers on social media. “We should have gone from 800,000 to 10 Millions in a few hours, a few days, due to the arrival of Cristiano.”
Ronaldo was also greatly compensated for it. The Portuguese will receive an impressive salary of 200 million euros for two and a half years. And if that were not enough, he will also receive an additional 200 million euros as an ambassador for the candidate of Saudi Arabia for the World Cup, who wants to organize the World Cup in 2030. To write L’Equipe based on “a source close to victory.” CR7 as a sandwich man to bring the World Cup back to the Middle East.
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