Mancini set to be named Saudi Arabia coach: Italian media

Roberto Mancini will probably be named Saudi Arabia coach on Monday after quitting the Italy job earlier this month, in keeping with Italian media experiences on Sunday.

Newspaper La Gazzetta Dello Sport reported that Mancini has signed a four-year contract with the Gulf state with an annual wage of 25 million euros ($27 million) and will probably be introduced to media on Monday.

Saudi Arabia, which beat eventual champion Argentina eventually yr’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar, has been and not using a nationwide crew coach since Herve Renard left to take cost of France’s girls’s crew.

The oil-rich nation has made waves this summer season by shopping for a number of gamers from European golf equipment for groups in its Saudi Pro League.

Brazil star Neymar was the most recent in a rising listing of massive names to be attracted by the large sums provided by the Saudis after Cristiano Ronaldo kicked off the pattern by shifting to Al Nassr in January.

Neymar left Paris Saint-Germain for Al-Hilal this month, with a supply near the negotiations telling AFP that he’ll earn 100 million euros a season.

Mancini’s resignation from the Italy job got here as a serious shock, as earlier this month the 58-year-old had been handed accountability for the nation’s Under-21 and Under-20 groups.

He was closely criticised for his resolution particularly following early experiences that he was set to just accept a mega-money transfer to Saudi, which he denied was the rationale behind his resignation.

Mancini, who was changed by former Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti, had a combined time in his 5 years as Italy coach, victory at Euro 2020 seeming to revitalise a troubled soccer nation.

But the Azzurri did not qualify for final yr’s World Cup following a disastrous play-off defeat to North Macedonia, the second straight time they missed the world’s greatest soccer event.

Mancini received the 1991 Serie A title and 4 Italian Cups with long-time membership Sampdoria, the place he starred in assault alongside recently-deceased Gianluca Vialli.

Once changing into a coach he received three extra ‘Scudetti’ at Inter Milan – one assigned to the membership within the aftermath of the ‘Calciopoli’ match-fixing scandal, after which received the Premier League with Manchester City in 2012.