Portuguese newspaper: «global» interested in contracting with coach Shabab Alahli

Ronaldo encourages Saudi Al Nasr to negotiate with Jardim

  • Leonardo Jardim. Emirates Today

  • Cristiano Ronaldo.Archive

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Portuguese media confirmed that the Saudi club Al-Nassr expressed interest in signing Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim, to lead the team next season. The newspaper «Record» that the good relationship between Shabab Al Ahli coach with the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo encourages to move forward towards earning the services of Jardim to take over the coaching of the team to succeed Croatian Dinko Jelicic, who leads the «global» temporarily until the end of the season, after the club dispensed with the services of French coach Rudi Garcia.

She pointed out that the good results achieved by Jardim with Shabab Al Ahli, led by the Dubai Knights to achieve the ADNOC Professional League title for the eighth time in its history, and for the first time in seven years, in addition to his knowledge of the Saudi league and his training of Al Hilal last season, as he led the team to win the AFC Champions League title, contributed to motivating Al Nasr to sign him.

She explained that the Turkish Fenerbahçe is also monitoring the position of the Portuguese coach, whose contract with Shabab Al-Ahli expires next June, pointing out that coach Jorge Jesus will not continue with the Turkish club.