Riyadh: Issa Al-Hakami
Frenchman Rudi Garcia, the new coach of the Saudi Al-Nasr team, promised to give with his assistant staff and players the best of his experience, to achieve global results in the new season, which begins on August 25th.
The French coach revealed in an interview broadcast on the Al-Nasr club website regarding the history of his negotiations with Al-Nasr, “A year ago, there were continuous contacts between me and the club’s president, Musli Al Muammar, to the extent that the relationship between us became personal. The president wanted me to come in the winter, but that did not happen.”
He added: “During the last period, I was following the team, and I have a full perception of it now. There have been many fluctuations during the season, but the end was good, and we have an ambitious plan of action, and we finished two deals to strengthen the lines, which are at the level of the ambitions that the fans are waiting for, and I came for Work and achieve success.
He expressed his happiness with the pace of work for the next season: “Everything encourages positive moves on the part of the sporting director, Quran, for our camp in Marbella, and he even told me that we will play once morest Espanyol following 7 days from the start of the camp, following two weeks, and there is preparation for the rest of the friendly matches.”
Garcia affirmed that he was keen to succeed, and said: “Throughout my career, continuity has accompanied me. My motto is, as we say in French, ‘We will wet the shirts in order to obtain the best possible results’.”
Regarding his presence in Saudi Arabia for the first time, he said: “I am happy to be in Riyadh, and I will be keen during the breaks to discover more places, especially the city of Al-Ula, which I heard regarding, and keen to visit it.”