New adventure for Fernando Hierro (56 years). After acting as sports director at Chivas de Guadalajarain Mexico, the former Real Madrid and National Team player has traveled to Saudi Arabia to finalize his signing for the Al Nassr. The conversations began weeks ago and, as Relevo has learned, the agreement is already a reality in the absence of the final signature and the official presentation, which will not take long.
Iron He landed in Riyadh a few days ago to sign the relevant contracts and sign his arrival. It thus joins one of the most fashionable leagues in the world due to its economic power. After signing stars, they want to strengthen themselves on the benches and in the offices. A perfectly laid out plan that has convinced the man from Malaga to end up leaving Mexico.
He will be in charge of making the signings at Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr. Laporte, Telles and Mané are also part of a squad that has not yet been able to wrest local hegemony from Al Hilal, the country’s largest club. Luis Castro, who landed in Riyadh at the beginning of this season, continues as coach. He still has one more year left on his contract.
It will be the fourth team in which Hierro will serve as sports director after being in the National Team, Málaga and Chivas. He has also coached La Roja – he took over the position during the 2018 World Cup in Russia after Lopetegui was fired – and Oviedo, in addition to being assistant coach at Real Madrid.
He is not the first Spaniard to go to the multi-million-dollar Arab league as a sports director. Ramon Planes He left the position of sports director of Betis to take charge of Karim Benzema’s Al Ittihad. Another manager, Esteve Calzada, acts as CEO at Al Hilal. In addition, ten national soccer players play there between the first and second division.
