Al-Nasr said in a statement posted on his official account on Twitter: “The club’s management decided to terminate the contractual relationship with the coach of the first football team, Mr. Pedro Emmanuel, thanking him for the period he spent as coach of the team, and Mr. Marcelo Salazar will lead the team technically until the announcement. About the new coach.
The management of Al-Nasr contracted with coach Emmanuel to succeed the Brazilian Mano Menezes, and he supervised the team in only 5 matches, two in the AFC Champions League and 3 matches in the league, during which he achieved only one victory over the Emirati unit, before losing in the Asian semi-final against Al Hilal, Then he loses to Al-Ittifaq and Al-Shabab in the league, in return for a draw against Al-Fayhaa.
The dismissal of Emmanuel is the ninth in the league, and Al-Nassr is the second team to dismiss coaches in one season.
In the same context, the Al-Nasr administration agreed to the resignation submitted by Hussein Abdel Ghani, Executive Director of Football.
Abdul-Ghani’s resignation came against the backdrop of public pressures that demanded his departure, after the team’s results had worsened in the past period, expressing its dissatisfaction with the work he presented to the team, especially at the level of psychological preparation, in addition to solving some internal problems.
The previous Al-Nasr administration assigned Abdul-Ghani the task last November 30, and contributed with the team to winning the Super Cup, before submitting his resignation a year later.
In addition, the first team started, on Tuesday, its internal camp in the Eastern Province, which will continue until next Monday, during which it will play a friendly match against Al-Ettifaq.
The Al-Asimi team, which occupies the ninth place in the league table with two matches postponed, is missing 6 members who are currently with the national team, as well as the Cameroonian duo Vincent Abubakar and Uzbek Jalaluddin Masharipov, who are with the teams of their countries.
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