Zlatko Dalić won competition for a new job, a Barca legend

Namely, there was interest from South Korea and Saudi Arabia, and even Colombia. The story of Saudi Arabia is interesting, the national team was taken over by a Greek before the World Cup. Giorgos Doniswho drew with Uruguay (1-1) and Cape Verde Islands (0-0) at the World Cup, lost as expected against Spain (4-0), and Arabia was last in the group.

The Saudis are terribly angry that they did not win in the crucial, third game Cape Verde Islandsthe last place in this group is considered a disappointment, so Donis is dangerously “hanging”. Although he has not “fallen” yet, unlike Hong Myung-bo, the coach of South Korea.

In the meantime, it seems that the Saudis, 58th in the Fifa ranking after the end of the World Cup, are turning to another solution. Instead of an experienced coaching name, they want to bring in a playing legend of the Spanish national football team. Xavija Hernandez (46). He, like Dali, knows football in the Middle East very well because he managed Al Sadd from Qatr, he said that he is ready for election work. His last job was in Barcelona, ​​which he left in 2024.