Saudi press reports revealed that Italian Roberto Mancini is close to leaving training Saudi national teamWith the possibility of the former technical director returning Hervé Renard To lead the team again.
Renard had left training for the Saudi national team, during the month of March 2023, in order to train with the French women.
Al-Riyadh newspaper said that the management of the Saudi Football Federation has not calmed down since the end of the first Saudi national team’s match with its Bahraini counterpart in a goalless draw, and that there were urgent meetings between the federation’s senior officials, which included discussions about taking a decision to first dismiss the technical director of Al-Akhdar. Roberto Mancini Choosing an alternative coach who has high potential and experience in the field of training, meaning a big name.
The newspaper added that there is news circulating about the return of former French coach Hervé Renad, with whom the national team produced good results, most notably qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar and the great victory over the world champion Argentine national team by two goals to one. The dismissal decision and the name of the replacement, whether Renad or another name, will be announced in the coming hours.
In the same context, the Moroccan newspaper “360 Sport” reported, citing Saudi sources, that Hussein Amouta is a candidate to coach the Saudi national football team, succeeding the Italian Mancini, who will be dismissed from coaching Al-Akhdar due to poor results.
At the same time, press reports revealed that Al-Hazm coach Saleh Al-Mohammadi was nominated to succeed Roberto Mancini in coaching the Saudi national team, after the negative results achieved by the Italian coach in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the most recent of which was a scoreless draw against Bahrain yesterday, Tuesday, in the fourth round of the qualifiers.
The Saudi national team presented a negative performance in the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, winning one match, losing the other, and a draw was decided as a result of its two matches in the World Cup qualifiers.
The Saudi national team occupies third place in the third group standings for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, with 5 points.
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