{"id":13821,"date":"2023-11-19T07:09:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T07:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudi-league.com\/?p=13821"},"modified":"2023-11-19T07:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T07:09:03","slug":"itthad-jeddah-officially-announces-jayardo-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudi-league.com\/league-news\/itthad-jeddah-officially-announces-jayardo-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Itthad jeddah officially announces Jayardo contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">On Saturday, the itthad of Jeddah announced the appointment of Argentina&#8217;s Marcelo Gallardo as technical director of the Tigers, succeeding Portuguese Nuno Santo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The club crowned Roshn League last season, 2023\/2022, revealed that they had signed the 47-year-old coach to a one-and-a-half-year contract.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/saudi-league.com\/club\/al-ittihad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">itthad\u00a0 jeddahClub<\/a> said through its account on the platform &#8220;X&#8221; (previously Twitter): &#8220;The Board of Directors wishes success to the coach and his assisting apparatus, and to contribute with all members of the team to the aspirations of the itthad fans entrusted to stand behind her club, and support him throughout his career.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thrilled to welcome Gallardo, our new coach from Argentina! \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u063a\u0627\u064a\u0627\u0631\u062f\u0648_\u0627\u062a\u062d\u0627\u062f\u064a<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gallardo2Ittihad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gallardo2Ittihad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h8vUgGpTQL\">pic.twitter.com\/h8vUgGpTQL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ittihad Club (@ittihad_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ittihad_en\/status\/1725981645889520062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The Tigers welcomed Marcelo Gallardo in several tweets, saying in one: &#8220;Gaardo is a leader of the technical rudder in the Tiger Battalion&#8221;, and in another: &#8220;Argentine Technical School back in Al-litthad&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Marcelo Gallardo had started his coaching career with Uruguayan club Nacional in 2011, then led Argentina&#8217;s River Plate Club for almost 8 years, during which he had achieved a number of tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">According to Saudi newspaper Al-Youm, once the technical director arrives in the Kingdom, the Argentine will receive a huge annual salary of up to 22 million euros, becoming one of the world&#8217;s highest paid coaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">According to sports news, Giardo will become the world&#8217;s second-highest paid coach after compatriot Diego Simeone, head coach of the Spanish team Atletico Madrid (37 million euros per year).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Giardo will overtake Spain&#8217;s Pep Guardiola, the England manager, who receives an annual salary of 20 million euros, and the Liverpool manager. 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