Abel Ferreira rejects Cristiano Ronaldo’s team and for Al-Hilal

Coach Abel Ferreira reinforces his appreciation for Palmeiras on a weekly basis. Amid several attacks from clubs abroad in the last two years, the Portuguese player remained unyielding and snubbed millionaire offers.

The last two clubs that tried to remove the Lusitanian coach from the Football Academy were the Saudis Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, according to information from ESPN.

Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo as the star of its squad, also from Portugal. Al-Hilal, who eliminated Flamengo in the last Club World Cup, still haven’t found a star and suffered with Lionel Messi’s refusal, but will soon be reinforced. The two clubs also have in their sights Luís Castro, commander of Botafogo, leader of the Brasileirão.

Abel Ferreira would have received a proposal of 20 million euros per year, approximately R$ 105 million. Palmeiras was not approached by Saudi clubs to negotiate. Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal bumped into the Portuguese agents, who consulted the coach and passed on the negative without allowing contacts to evolve.

Happy at Palmeiras, Abel has a contract until the end of 2024 and has already said that his family will be decisive in defining whether he accepts a proposal to renew the Alviverde team. Last year, his two daughters and wife moved from the Porto region to São Paulo to accompany Abel.

The Portuguese did not stay until the end of his contracts at Sporting Braga, Portugal, and PAOK, Greece. In both cases, Abel was sought after by new interested parties, the Greek team and Palmeiras, who had to pay a termination fine to remove the coach from the clubs.