RIYADH: Al-Hilal president Fahd Bin Nafel refused to touch upon the potential for signing Lionel Messi, insisting his Saudi Arabian facet is “extra vital than only one participant”, as followers clamour for the World Cup winner.
“Do not ask me about Messi,” Bin Nafel informed reporters when requested after Al-Hilal’s victory within the King’s Cup ultimate in Jeddah on Friday in regards to the Argentine celebrity’s switch rumours.
“I cannot inform you any information. If something comes out from our media centre, you’ll get it.”
In one other interview on the pitch, as the gang shouted “Messi, Messi”, Bin Nafel stated: “The group is extra vital to me than a participant. Any star who involves our membership ought to know that we’re an enormous membership. We purpose to enhance (the workforce)… When you deal with one individual, you lose the group.”
Al-Hilal have been coached by former Argentinian worldwide striker Ramon Diaz since February 2022, after a primary stint on the Riyadh-based workforce between October 2016 and February 2018.
After two unexceptional years at Paris Saint-Germain, the wealthy oil kingdom of the Gulf provides an “huge” monetary alternative for the 35-year-old Messi, a supply near the negotiations informed AFP on Tuesday in Riyadh.
“Do not ask me about Messi,” Bin Nafel informed reporters when requested after Al-Hilal’s victory within the King’s Cup ultimate in Jeddah on Friday in regards to the Argentine celebrity’s switch rumours.
“I cannot inform you any information. If something comes out from our media centre, you’ll get it.”
In one other interview on the pitch, as the gang shouted “Messi, Messi”, Bin Nafel stated: “The group is extra vital to me than a participant. Any star who involves our membership ought to know that we’re an enormous membership. We purpose to enhance (the workforce)… When you deal with one individual, you lose the group.”
Al-Hilal have been coached by former Argentinian worldwide striker Ramon Diaz since February 2022, after a primary stint on the Riyadh-based workforce between October 2016 and February 2018.
After two unexceptional years at Paris Saint-Germain, the wealthy oil kingdom of the Gulf provides an “huge” monetary alternative for the 35-year-old Messi, a supply near the negotiations informed AFP on Tuesday in Riyadh.
The deal would imply the report seven-time Ballon d’Or winner doubtlessly joins his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo within the Saudi league because the Gulf state lavishes its oil wealth on sport.
