Jorge Jesus don confirm say im dey leave Al Nassr after dem win Saudi league champion. Im yarn with Sport TV, the Portuguese coach bin talk say im no dey think to return to Portugal, but Turkey fit be where im go continue im career.
When dem ask am if im fit go back to Benfica, im talk say: “E dey out of question. For these decisions, there always be small anxiety for the first minutes. The team bin dey relax gradually, our opponent bin close well well. We open the game with a goal from set piece. E bin very hard work. When I accept this challenge, when Cristiano Ronaldo and Semedo invite me, I know say e go be the hardest challenge for my coaching career. To win this championship, we must be much better than our opponents. As I tell Cris, ‘I go help you become champion and then I go my way.'”
Jorge Jesus bin yarn about im effect for Saudi Arabia: “E no be only for Saudi Arabia. I win for Portugal, for Brazil, Fenerbahçe, Al Hilal. The only country where I no be champion na for Fenerbahçe. Maybe I get story to finish for Fenerbahçe. I go think. I go go Portugal for some days holiday. Then I think to go Brazil for some days, see my friends. Next year we go see where I go land.”
When dem ask am about Guardiola possibly replacing am, im talk: “Pride? No. E be dat one wey suppose get pride to replace me, not me for am.”
Jorge Jesus bin also talk say no club for Europe fit pay am: “When I talk with Cristiano Ronaldo, for beginning dem invite me to sign two-year contract, but I only want one year. E bin very tough championship, you need make decisions, sometimes you take bullets, e dey very draining. E bin wonderful year, I must enjoy elsewhere.”
Im bin rule out going back to Brazil: “I think say no. For Brazil, I fit only coach Flamengo or the national team. I no want to be Brazil coach for January last year. E bin decision wey—I no say I regret—but I bin very loyal to Al Hilal because I want go to Club World Cup and win Asian Champions League. I no get neither. But na decisions wey we must take for life. Football na my passion, I don be coach wey lose, but more times I win. When projects finish, I get many options to choose, like now. For Europe e hard because of my contract for Saudi Arabia. No club for Europe get capacity to pay me. I no go continue for Saudi Arabia, we go see where I go enjoy new project. I still get great intellectual and physical capacity. Dis na my life.”
Im yarn about Cristiano Ronaldo emotion after winning title: “Im get very big passion for football. I tell am: ‘I only accept dis project because of you, if no be so I no come. We go win both and you go leave here with title.’ Dat na wetin happen. We no get time to yarn well, im dey tired, I dey tired. I go go Portugal, im go go national team, and I think for June I must decide my life. I go take option. I return to Portugal on June 24.”
When dem ask am about Fenerbahçe fans dreaming, im talk: “Dem fit dream. Already one party don show interest. No be only Fenerbahçe, another Turkey team invite me. Dere be three big teams for Turkey: Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, and Besiktas. Among dem, two don contact me. The second team still dey secret. Fenerbahçe fans fit dream.”
For possible return to Benfica if Rui Costa call am, im talk: “Make we imagine say I return to Portugal now, wey e impossible. E go be for sporting reason, because financially no chance. I earn more for one month than one year for Portugal for any Portuguese team, and I no worry. Benfica, for Turkey I get stadium wey dey shout my name, today dem see am here too, for Brazil same thing. For Portugal I win many titles for Benfica, but e never happen. Return to Benfica? E dey out of question. Benfica na big club, I get big pride say I coach Benfica, I be coach with most titles for the club, but for dis moment e dey out of question.”
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