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Messi, Ronaldo and Ramos (PSG official website, Reuters)
Cristiano Ronaldo was just the opening shot. Marka believes that in the coming years we will see Saudi Arabia become a golden cage for quite a few coaches and players. In recent years, players from Europe have already started arriving, but from the moment CR7 moved to El Nasser, it seems we are on the way to a new era.
“Saudi Arabia wants everything – from Leo Messi to the attempts to convince Luis Enrique to come. The country wants to promote its football and it seems that it has no limits,” says Marka. What led to the change? The government of Saudi Arabia has decided to change its approach and open its pockets so that football can gain momentum in the country.
All this was done in the shadow of Saudi Arabia’s desire to host the 2030 World Cup. It started last summer when it was Al Hilal, Al Nasser’s rival, that tried to lure Cristiano, but the move was not possible at the time and in the end it was his current team that acted quickly and closed the The strategic procurement.
The other teams are not going to sit quietly and according to reports, clubs have asked the government for financial assistance to make the league more competitive. Madina wants to see the dream duel from the last decade in La Liga between Leo Messi and Ronaldo regularly, but in the meantime they will have to settle for the friendly match between the two in a week.
In Saudi Arabia, they aim to try to convince the flea to sign with one of the teams in the country and offer him, hold tight, about 400 million euros. At the same time, the Argentine is very close to renewing his contract at Paris Saint-Germain and is not currently interested in moving to the country. In recent times in Saudi Arabia, there has been talk not only about players, but also about coaches, when the name of Luis Enrique came up.
A few weeks ago, the coach received an offer which he rejected, when in Spain they claim that he is also being courted by Atlético Madrid, Chelsea and the Brazilian national team. Back to the players, in ‘Marca’ it was reported that Al Nasser wants to add Luka Modric, Serio Ramos, Angel Di Maria, Yannick Carrasco, Eden Hazard and more. “Of course it won’t be easy, but it wasn’t easy with CR7 either and in the end he signed,” they say in Spain.
Saudi Arabia is going to become the golden refuge of great footballers/coaches
He wants it all: from Messi to trying to sign Luis Enrique
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Informa @jfelixdiaz— MARCA (@marca) January 12, 2023
