Cristiano Ronaldo blows Guardiola to'Italy: shock offer from'Al-Nassr

Pep Guardiola further away from Italy: according to Spanish media rumors, Al-Nassr is about to submit a record offer to convince the Catalan coach to become the new coach of the Riyadh-based team after his farewell to Manchester City. According to Marca reports, the Saudi club is reportedly willing to offer an estimated annual salary of between $65 million and $95 million, potentially making him the highest-paid coach in the history of soccer.

The Saudis’ dream is to form the unprecedented tandem of Guardiola and Cristiano Ronaldo, who arrived at Al-Nassr in late 2022 and has become the face of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious soccer expansion project. CR7 after years of disappointment won the Saudi championship for the first time this season and now wants to repeat. Guardiola is about to leave Manchester City after ten years in which he led the club by winning, among other things, 6 Premier Leagues and the first Champions League in the club’s history, cementing his reputation as one of the most successful managers in modern soccer.

At Coverciano, the suggestion represented by the Manchester City coach is always alive, and there are those who dream of his arrival on the Azzurri bench. Among them would be also FIGC president candidate Giovanni Malagò, who in case of election could really try to convince the Catalan coach to try the adventure in Azzurro. According to a report in La Repubblica, the former Coni president wants to entrust the rebirth of the national team to the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach.

The obstacles are many, starting with Guardiola’s huge salary, who currently earns 24 million euros, a figure that is not sustainable by the Football Federation. The other two names in contention are those of Massimiliano Allegri, Roberto Mancini and Antonio Conte.