Cristiano Ronaldo convinced Jose Mourinho to change his plans when an offer from Saudi Arabia appeared.

Jose Mourinho has claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia earlier this year prompted him to consider moving to the Middle Eastern country as the next step in his career.

The craziest proposal in history
Previously, Jose Mourinho confirmed that he received “the biggest and craziest offer in football history for a coach”. Accordingly, Al Hilal, where Neymar is currently playing, sent a salary offer of 50 million pounds/year to Mourinho but he refused. However, Ronaldo’s move to Al Nassr in January prompted Mourinho to change his mind.

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Mourinho has achieved success in two years leading AS Roma. In the first season, he helped AS Roma win the Europa Conference League, and in the second season, the team reached the Europa League final and lost painfully to Sevilla after a penalty shootout. Regardless, Mourinho’s future in his third season at AS Roma remains uncertain due to the team’s poor performance in Serie A.

Meanwhile, 38-year-old Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player in the wave of European football players moving to Saudi Arabia. Ronaldo left Manchester United for Al Nasr in January.

Immediately after that, the Saudi Pro League witnessed the appearance of superstars such as the reigning world golden ball winner Karim Benzema, Neymar, N’Golo Kane, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Alex Telles, Ruben Neves, Edouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly, Jordan Henderson and coach Steven Gerrard.

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Saudi Pro League almost got the duo Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe if these two superstars did not refuse. Jose Mourinho is currently a member of the board of directors of Saudi Arabia’s Mahd sports academy. He expressed his desire to lead a Saudi Arabian club after leaving AS Roma.

Earlier this month, Jose Mourinho said: “During the holiday, I received the biggest and craziest offer a coach has ever received in the history of football. And I refused. I did it because I made a promise to my players, I made a promise to the fans and I made a promise to the owner of the club AS Roma.”

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Ronaldo successfully persuaded Mourinho to change his decision
Now, however, the Portuguese strategist spoke to MBC Egypt TV channel (owned by MBC Saudi Group), in which he expressed his desire to move to Saudi Arabia in the future: “I will to Saudi Arabia in my free time. I firmly believe that I will work there.

I don’t know when, but I’m pretty sure about it. No one knows the future, but I will definitely do this (work in Saudi Arabia). The door in Saudi Arabia is always open for me. I want to feel that and develop my career there.”

Jose Mourinho went on to say that Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to the Middle Eastern country in January gave him the inspiration to consider his own future moving to Saudi Arabia, which he had previously had doubts about. that the stars from Europe will move there.

Jose Mourinho added: “Cristiano Ronaldo was the first to go there and immediately gave a different perspective. The players at first thought it was a “one-man show” (Ronaldo), but in the summer they realized that things were really changing.

Many players, not just at the end of their careers, but some in the best years of their careers have gone to Saudi Arabia. The competition here is real, not only in the Saudi Arabia domestic league, but also the AFC Champions League is very interesting.”