Gallardo still directs in Saudi Arabia: he would be Cristiano Ronaldo’s coach against Messi’s PSG

After confirming your departure from River and say goodbye in a friendly tournament in Mendoza and Chile, Marcellus Gallardo He will temporarily return to directing in professional football. His return will come in a friendly match, in which he will lead a team that would include none other than Cristiano Ronaldo and that he will face one of the Muñeco clubs in his time as a footballer, PSG.

“I want to tell you that on January 19th I will be driving the Riyadh seasonwhich will be made up of players from Al Hilal yes Al Nasser, against Paris Saint-Germain. See you soon, a hug,” announced the Doll in a message shared by Turki Al-Sheikh, Arab government minister. Also expected the presence of Lionel Messi in the opposing team, in what would be the first confrontation between the player and the DT since the 2015 Club World Cup final between River and Barcelona, ​​with a 3-0 culé victory. He also attended that meeting Pete Martinezone of the symbols of the Gallardo in River era and which he will also direct in this exhibition.

The friendly will be part of a festival in Saudi Arabia bearing the name of Riyadh season, the same team that Gallardo will stop, in which the government seeks to promote various cultural activities. The current edition, which began in late October and will continue until January 22, includes perfume exhibitions, the sale of Saudi products, an amusement park and various live shows, culminating with a concert by the band Imagine Dragons at Msool Park, Al Nassr’s stadium.

Gallardo thus resumes the role of technical director that he had abandoned after saying goodbye to River in an international triangular match played in November, in which beat Colo Colo 4-3 in Santiago and then said goodbye with an emphatic 4-0 against Real Betis, from Spain, at the Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza. “It has been weeks of very strong emotions. The end of the journey has come. One of the best trips imaginable,” said the most successful manager in Slumdog Millionaire’s history at the end of his stay at the club. “I am infinitely grateful to the players and everyone who has accompanied this eight-and-a-half-year cycle.. They have been a very important support, they have been very loyal. We cried a lot this week, because when you leave the house you have a very strong feeling. I’m happy to be able to say goodbye like this, I love you and I’ll miss you.”

The former agent of River, Monaco, PSG and DC United, among others, has yet to receive any official offers from other teams, despite linked in the press to the Monegasque team, with whom he won Ligue 1 as a player in 2000, and to the Brazilian team. In any case, it is expected that at the end of this friendly in Saudi Arabia he will continue his “rest” period after Núñez’s long stay at the club, with the pre-season in June proving to be the most opportune moment for the emergence of new opportunities, especially in the Old Continent.

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