Strong reasons lead Al-Ittihad’s management to expel Nuno Santo from leading Al-Ittihad Saudi
The fans of Al-Ittihad Saudi Club are eagerly awaiting the decision to oust the Portuguese Nuno Santo, the head coach of the first football team, after the negative results that the team achieved during the current season 2023/2024.
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The past few hours have witnessed great anger among the fans of the Brigadier General, after the loss to Al-Shabab by a clean goal, yesterday Friday, as part of the 12th round of the Riyadh League.
The departure of the Portuguese coach from the ranks of the Brigadier General is a matter of time, as the management of Al-Ittihad, headed by Anmar Al-Haili, is looking for a distinctive replacement to succeed Santo during the current season.
Reasons that hasten Santo’s expulsion from Al-Ittihad
Several reasons hasten the expulsion of Nuno Santo from Al-Ittihad, as the Portuguese coach loses focus during major matches, such as what happened in the matches against Al-Hilal, which ended with the latter’s victory 4/3, after being ahead 3/1, and Al-Ahly Jeddah, after losing by a clean goal, and could not compensate, in addition to his loss yesterday Friday, from Al-Shabab by the same result 1/0.
The second reason is the large cost that Santo has incurred on the Union treasury, after he insisted on contracting with Felipe Jota for 30 million euros, because he did not rely on him during previous matches.
The third reason for the approach of Santo’s departure from Al-Ittihad is due to the great hostility he created with a number of players, most notably what happened with Abdul Rahman Al-Abood, without any clear reason for this dispute.
Also, insisting on pushing players who are not at the level of Al-Ittihad Saudi matches during strong and big matches, which caused the decline in results.
In addition to the team’s negative results during the last 5 matches, where he failed to achieve victory, which angered the Union fans.
The fifth reason for the thinking of Anmar Al-Haili’s management in issuing a decision to leave Santo is the inability of the Portuguese coach to understand that the competition in the Riyadh League has changed from last season, after clubs succeeded in strengthening their ranks with players of high level.
Side talks are circulating between fans and also Al-Ittihad officials that the Portuguese coach intends these negative results that the team is suffering from, as he wants the management of the Brigadier General to issue a decision to leave him and then get the value of the penalty clause in his contract, which is estimated at 8 million euros, or more than 32 million Saudi riyals.
The management of Al-Ittihad had begun during the past few hours to communicate with a number of coaches to choose one of them to lead the team behind Santo after the last defeat from Al-Shabab.
