Jorge Jesus left for Austria this Tuesday morning where he will join Al Hilal, his new club in Saudi Arabia. At the airport, the coach talked about the possibility of counting on Bernardo Silva, a City player who has a proposal from the Saudis, and downplayed the controversy with the player from his time at Benfica when he drafted him as a left defender.
“Of course I would like to be able to count on Bernardo Silva, he is one of the great players in the world. I know why people ask me that question. It has nothing to do with one and the other. Those were things that happened and there is not a problem. It was different thoughts from a coach and a player. He was very young. He is still very young, he is 28, he got married this week, he is going to start a new life. I would like for him to come to Al Hilal, but I don’t know if he wants to,” Jesus said, quoted by O Jogo newspaper’s website.
Asked if he would put Bernardo Silva back in left defense, Jesus was compelling. “The left defense didn’t fit, but Pep [Guardiola] he also put him on the left, you can ask him the same question”, he replied, not knowing how the process goes: “I don’t have any file from any player. This would arrive in Paris in two hours, return to Portugal and now go to Austria. I haven’t spoken to anyone else, I don’t know what the files of possible players are like. Now I’m going to find out everything.”
Jorge Jesus also commented on Di María’s return to Benfica, who guided him through his time at Luz’s club, and approved the signing as a different player, but he can add a lot to any team. important to their coach’s idea of a game… 35 years old? Age is not a problem. He is a player with no serious injuries in his career, age is not an issue in today’s football”.
Source: DN
