Guardiola’s agent admits Al Nassr talks to coach Cristiano Ronaldo | OneFootball

The glorious cycle of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City has come to an end, a period in which he won ten titles (including the long-awaited Champions League) over a decade. The Spanish coach will remain linked to the club as a Global Ambassador for City Football Group, but there are already a few suitors who want him in their dugout next season. The one that has made the most progress is Al Nassr, dreaming of having him coach Cristiano Ronaldo.

His agent, Josep Maria Orobitg, confirmed that he received a call from Saudi Arabia, at a time when the Spanish manager’s farewell in England already seemed to be on the horizon. “There was contact a month and a half ago, just contact, with no commitment or written offer,” he told Okaz.

At the same time, he denied reports claiming that the newly crowned Saudi champion had offered him around 130 million euros per season, a figure that would make him, by a wide margin, the highest-paid coach in history. “It’s not that much money…,” the agent said.

Of course, for Al Nassr it would not be a problem to put an even bigger offer on the table in order to pair him with the ageless Portuguese goalscorer, whom Pep faced in the Clásicos between Barcelona and Real Madrid more than a decade ago and suffered against on several Champions League nights. In 16 meetings, he scored eight goals against him.

“Cristiano is a monster…,” said the former Barça coach, full of praise. Though he immediately added a clarification: “And Messi was the father of that monster. And both have done something incredible over the last 15 or 20 years.”

After being crowned champion of the 2025-26 Saudi Pro League, coach Jorge Jesus was asked whether he felt proud that Guardiola might replace him next season, and he was blunt: “No. He’s the one who should be proud to replace me, not the other way around.”

In any case, if one looks to the future today, nothing is clear in the Catalan’s camp. He will take his time to analyze offers, not only financial ones, but sporting ones as well. “At this moment, none of them has much chance of signing Guardiola,” Orobitg said bluntly.

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