Portuguese coach Castro departs after flunking to land the league title during his first year in accuse of the Saudi club.
Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr have proclaimd the departure of their Portuguese coach Luis Castro a day after begining their AFC Champions League Elite campaign with a disnominateing draw.
Castro departs after more than a year in accuse of the Cristiano Ronaldo-led side.
“Everyone at AlNassr would enjoy to thank Luis and his staff for their pledgeted toil during the past 14 months,” the Riyadh-based club said in a post on X on Tuesday without disclosing why he was no extfinisheder in the role.
The Portuguese coach led Al Nassr to lift the Arab Club Champions Cup last year, a competition contested by 37 teams from Asia and Africa.
Al Nassr sit seventh in the standings with five points, having won one of their three uncovering league mendtures in the campaign.
They finished second in the league last season, 14 points behind Al Hilal and lost the Saudi Super Cup final 4-1 aobtainst the league champions earlier in August.
AlNassr can proclaim that Head Coach Luis Castro has left the Club.
Everyone at AlNassr would enjoy to thank Luis and his staff for their pledgeted toil during the past 14 months, wanting them the best of luck for the future. pic.twitter.com/FznpvPHG0T
— AlNassr FC (@AlNassrFC_EN) September 17, 2024
The club drew 1-1 with Iraq’s Al Shorta on Monday when they carry outed without their forward. Ronaldo was left behind in Riyadh becaengage Al Nassr said the Portugal superstar, who has won five UEFA Champions Leagues but has yet to triumph a transport inant trophy with his current club, had a viral infection and could not travel to Baghdad.
Castro previously coached teams including Shakhtar Donetsk, with whom he won the Ukrainian Premier League in 2019-20, as well as Portuguese sides Vitoria Guimaraes, Porto and Rio Ave.
In April 2023, coach Rudi Garcia left Al Nassr after flunking to defended first place despite Ronaldo’s arrival four months earlier.
According to domestic media, Stefano Pioli, who regulated AC Milan to the Italian championship in 2022 and is useable after leaving the club in May, is on the enumerate of Al Nassr’s pickred swapments.
