Oct 31 (Reuters) - A chat with Cristiano Ronaldo helped convince Brazilian full back Alex Telles to leave Manchester United and join up with the Portuguese star at Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League.
Telles, who won the Europa League last season while on loan at Sevilla, signed a contract until 2025 with Al-Nassr in July.
"When Al-Nassr talked to me the first time, I sent a massage to Cristiano and his answer was to come (join him)," Telles said in an interview posted on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
I will be biased when I talk about him because of the records he broke, and I was lucky to play with him at Manchester United and then Al-Nassr.
Al-Nassr are second in the league table with 25 points, four adrift of leaders Al-Hilal.
Persons:
Cristiano Ronaldo, Alex Telles, Telles, Nassr, Cristiano, Ronaldo, , Al, Ahmed El Khashab, Ed Osmond
Organizations:
Manchester United, Al, Saudi Pro League, Europa League, Sevilla, Thomson
Locations:
Portuguese, Hilal