Aubameyang: “Cristiano told me he wants me to stay at Al Nasr”

In the revelation that the Cristiano Ronaldo had contacted him, expressing his desire to remain in Al Nasr proceeded o Vincent Abubakar. The 31-year-old striker left the Saudi club during the January transfer window for Besiktas.

The regulation that allows the Al Nasr to use only five foreign footballers had sparked developments of the Cameroonian’s departure after his arrival “CR7”. However, as the 95-time international with the African country clarified, the end of his cooperation with the Saudi Arabian team had nothing to do with his presence Cristiano Ronaldobut with his own personal issues stressing that he had made this decision a long time ago.

In detail what he said about the communication with the Portuguese superstar:

“We talked and he told me he wants me to stay in the team. I told him that I was leaving for personal reasons. He asked me where my family was and I told him in France so I’d rather be somewhere closer.”

THE Abubakar which in the recent World Cup he scored twice and was placed for what he discussed with the team coach Rudy Garcia:

“When Cristiano arrived, Rudy Garcia called me into his office and told me that someone had to leave. It would be either me or Jalolindin Masaripov from Uzbekistan. I answered him that I want to leave, to be honest I have decided for a long time. Cristiano’s presence would limit my time and I had several suggestions. Al Nasr wanted to keep me until the end of the year.”

Edited by: Charalambos Lessis