Another Saudi move: Al-Nassr swoop for Bayern player again | OneFootball

The Saudi top club Al-Nassr is once again drawing from FC Bayern. According to current reports, the Ronaldo club is snapping up FCB physiotherapist Gianni Bianchi.

Just days before the end of the transfer period, FC Bayern is causing a surprise – off the field. Not a player, but a long-standing member of the support staff is about to leave.

As reported by BILD, Gianni Bianchi, who has been the physiotherapist of the German record champion for 18 years, will leave the club. The 60-year-old Italian is heading to Saudi Arabia to join the club Al Nassr, where he will, among others, take care of former Bayern star Kingsley Coman.

Last appearance against HSV

Bianchi will be part of the FCB staff for the last time on September 13th during the Bundesliga home game against Hamburger SV. Following that, he will move to Riyadh. The transfer is said to have come about mainly at the initiative of Coman. The Frenchman asked Bianchi two weeks ago if he would like to accompany him to his new club – successfully.

Bianchi came to Munich in 2006 as the personal physio of Luca Toni – and remained with the club even after Toni's departure in 2010. In the years that followed, there were repeated attempts to lure him away from FC Bayern. Among others, Miroslav Klose (Lazio Rome) and Franck Ribéry (AC Florence) tried, according to BILD, to persuade the physio to make a move – to no avail. But now he is answering the call from Saudi Arabia.

Reunion with many familiar faces

At Al Nassr, Bianchi will encounter a whole host of prominent names: alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Coman, Sadio Mané, Joao Felix, Marcelo Brozovic, Aymeric Laporte, and Inigo Martinez are also under contract with the Saudi top club.

Bianchi's departure marks the end of an era. For almost two decades, he was not only active as a physiotherapist but also a constant trusted person for numerous FCB professionals – a loss that will undoubtedly leave its mark internally.

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