Ronaldo comes out of silence on the departure of Garcia

Cristiano Ronaldo used his social networks to discuss the departure of his coach Rudi Garcia, pushed out by Al-Nassr.

Promoted in July 2022 to new coach of Al-Nassr, Rudi Garcia is now free on the transfer market. This Thursday, and as expected, the Saudi club communicated the departure of the French technician, whose contract still ran until June 2024. To replace him and pending the arrival of a new coach, Dinko Jelicic – until then coach of the U19 team based in Riyadh – settles on the bench of the current runner-up to Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League.

The former OL manager, who will have won 18 victories in 26 matches in all competitions but will not have resisted a deleterious relationship with his workforce, would have been pushed towards the exit under the pressure of a certain Cristiano Ronaldo . Enlisted for zero cent last winter, in the wake of his breakup with Manchester United, the 38-year-old Portuguese star would have approached his employer and would have demanded the departure of the native of Nemours, now free to find a new point of fall.

“A pleasure to work with you”

The former Real Madrid legend – 11 goals in 12 games with the Arabian Peninsula club – did not take long to react to the dismissal of the Habs, on his page instagram. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner showed great diplomacy and praised his collaboration with Rudi Garcia, posting a photo in which we see him shaking his hand. “It was a pleasure to work with you. I wish you all the best for the future.”

Without the Frenchman but with “CR7”, Al-Nassr will try to win the championship title in the coming weeks. At the end of the first 23 days, the partners of Alvaro Gonzalez point to three units of Al-Ittihad, a team coached by Nuno Espirito Santo.