The historic footballer of Liverpool and the England team, Steven Gerrard, will continue his career as technical director by signing a contract to manage Al-Ettifaq of Saudi Arabia as part of the great flow of European personalities who have decided to travel to the Middle East to raise the sporting level of the Saudi league.
The information about this important signing was released by the Saudi Arabian team itself through a statement in which they welcomed their new strategist and wished him every success in this new stage where they will seek to be crowned champions. of the tournament.
“Where legends meet. We are delighted to announce that Steven Gerrard is our new first coach,” the Saudi club announced on its Twitter social network account along with some images and videos showing Gerrard wearing the team’s colors.
Al-Ettifaq’s main objective for this season is to be able to have a better record than they achieved during the 2022-23 campaign; during the last harvest they finished in seventh place out of 16 competitors.
Let’s remember that Steven Gerrard comes from directing Aston Villa in the English Premier League, a team he left last October when he did not achieve the expected objectives.
Given this result, the team’s board of directors began to mobilize to hire a large number of players who were active in Europe to continue what was achieved by Al-Nassr together with Cristiano Ronaldo; The most recent of these contracts was precisely that of the English coach to try to give the squad a new perspective on the game.
This is part of an impressive move in which some of the most iconic players in European football such as Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kanté and Ruben Neves have signed for clubs in that championship to take advantage of the high salary levels that Saudi clubs are offering. Arabia.
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