Saudi Arabia’s Herve Renard denies team got Rolls Royces for Argentina win

There won’t be 26 new Rolls-Royces hitting the streets of Riyadh after all.

Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard struck down a report that his entire team was being gifted luxury cars by the royal family following their shocking 2-1 win over Argentina. Numerous publications reported this week that crown prince Mohammed bin Salman would be giving out RM6 Million Rolls-Royces, but it seems that the claim in fact surfaced via a tweet from a Pakistani dentist, who was ill-informed.

“There is nothing true about this,” Renard said. “We have a very serious federation and ministry of sport and it is not the time to get something at this moment. We only have played one game, have two very important [group stage] games and we are hoping for some more.

“I don’t know if you remember the press conference before Argentina. I said the Argentina game is one of the three important games we have to play. The only good thing at the end of this group stage is to finish No. 1 or No. 2.”

Saudi Arabia lost 2-0 to Poland in its second group stage match on Saturday morning, needing a win to secure advancement to the knockout stage.

Saudi Arabia forward Saleh al-Shehri also called the report false.

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“It’s not true,” he said. “We are here to serve our country and do our best. That is the rewards.”

Perhaps. But a Rolls would be a nice add-on.