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Cristiano Ronaldo's new coach Rudi Garcia joked that he wanted to sign Lionel Messi first
At a press conference, Al-Nassr boss was asked about Ronaldo’s arrival in Saudi Arabia on a £175million-a-year deal, and replied: “First I tried to take Messi.”
Garcia then erupted with laughter.
“I wanted to bring Messi from Doha.”
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner parted ways with Manchester United in November after he slammed the club, Erik ten Hag and senior executives in a bombshell interview with Piers Morgan.
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Al-Nassr announced the arrival of Portugal forward on Friday, with Ronaldo being pictured holding the team’s yellow and blue short with his trademark No 7 on the back. He will also take on an ambassadorial role to promote Saudi Arabia’s bid to co-host the 2030 World Cup.
Garcia, formerly of Roma, Marseille and Lyon, took charge at Al-Nassr in June and has insisted that “the great players are the easiest to manage” ahead of Ronaldo’s arrival.
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Garcia told AS: “I think that any coach would be delighted to train a great star like Cristiano and already in November 2021 I was very close to going to United.
“They chose Ralf Rangnick, but I met twice with John Murtough and Darren Fletcher [United’s director of football and technical director respectively].
“I came very close to coaching this club and was very motivated to go, who wouldn’t be motivated to coach United? Any coach. United’s simple interest has allowed me to be sure of my ambitions in the future.
“I have always thought that the great players are the easiest to manage because they are very intelligent, I verified this with Francesco Totti at Roma.”
Al-Nassr fans have already displayed just how excited they are about Ronaldo’s arrival by snapping up replica shirts and chanting his name in the stands.
Watch the video of AL-Nassr coach speak below:
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