Spain’s Ramón Blanes, sporting director of the al-itthad Club, is working on many files relating to the coming foreign players, and the new technical director of the First Football al-itthad team, succeeding Argentina’s Marcelo Gallardo, who Luai Nazir, the club’s president, has announced that he will not be a team coach next season.
Despite the high penalty requirement that could cost the club’s treasury, the Federalists are working hard to terminate the coach’s contract.
According to press reports, the Federation ‘ Luai Nazir, president of the recently inaugurated club, spoke of one of the main reasons why Gaiardo had not completed his duties by excluding Frenchman Karim Benzema, a key part of the Saudi sports project, and the al-itthad Club’s project, and demanding that he be removed from the team, calling on club officials to reject the request.
According to the same sources, club officials have many reservations about Gaardo’s daily performance and work during his coaching assignment last season.
The Etihad Club is the only club among corporate clubs that began preparing for the next season without the presence of a technical director. The trio of Crescent, Nusr and Ahli enjoy technical stability with the presence of the same coaches from last season.
The club began preparing for next season through the sports committee chaired by Ania Domingos Oliveira, chief executive, and with Ramón Blanes, sporting director. According to Luai Nazir, the club’s president, “he is working with the duo to be the future chairman of the committee.”
The Etihad club faces many challenges in the coming period, with a hot summer awaiting it, both in terms of foreign signings and in terms of contracting with the coaching staff ahead of the start of the team’s camp on July 12 in Spain.
According to Luai Nazir’s talk to the “Middle East”, the new federal president began working early with the sports committee to address these challenges, including the loan or sale of players linked to contracts with the club.
