According to media reports, the Al-Hilal administration decided to dismiss Portuguese Jorge Jesus from coaching the team after being eliminated from competing for all titles this season, the latest being the loss to Al-Ahli last Tuesday in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League.
The reports clarified that Jorge Jesus’s assistant, Mohammed Al-Shalhoub, will temporarily coach Al-Hilal until a new coach is contracted in the upcoming period.
On its part, sources confirmed that the Al-Hilal administration has entered negotiations with Portuguese Nuno Santo, the former coach of Ittihad and current coach of Nottingham Forest in England, and his compatriot Marco Silva, the coach of Fulham in England.
They also entered negotiations with Italian Massimiliano Allegri, the former coach of Juventus, and Carlo Ancelotti, the coach of Real Madrid, to contract with one of them to lead the team starting from the FIFA Club World Cup.
