Is Cristiano Ronaldo responsible for the sacking of Al Nassr coach? Here is the whole truth
April 13, 2023
Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr have announced how their coach Rudi Garcia has been sacked. Rumors have now been flying around on wheter the club’s Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo could have had a hand in it.
Ronaldo has in the past found himself on the wrong side of his managers. These include Manchestre United’s Dutch coach Erik ten Hag.
It was his fallout with the formwer Ajax manager that saw him kicked out of the Red Devils thus signing for Al Nassr. Ronaldo also found himself on the wrong side of Portugal‘s former coach Fernando Santos during the recent World Cup in Qatar.
However for Rudi Garcia, it was fallout with the entire team. The Frenchman is saud to have lost control of the dressing room as he clashed with the players.
On top of that, Garcia has not met the club’s expectations according to further sources. They currently sit 3 points behind Al-Itthad with just 7 games to go.
Al Nassr’s hierarchy is said to have had a meeting with Ronaldo before sacking Garcia. And the 5 time Ballon Do’r winner showed dissatisfaction with he coach.
The club chiefs therefore reportedly decided to go with his take in order to please them and sacked the coach.
Ronaldo joined the Saudi Pro League last year in a 173 million pound deal woorth a year.