A new adventure on the bench awaits Pioli, convinced by the huge salary he will receive, he will be the highest paid in the championship
His farewell from Milan was announced well in advance and became reality a few days before the last Serie A match against Salernitana, which also coincided with the last match in red and black of two senators such as Giroud and Kjaer. For Pioli, the end of a cycle that still has a decidedly positive balance.
Pegs he led the club for five yearsbringing both Italy and Europe back to the top, with a Champions League semi-final that had been missing for 17 years and a newfound appeal abroad.
It all started in the year before Covid, a period that served to develop some talents hired by Maldini and Massara and who today form the backbone of the team that will be available to Paulo Fonseca.
The role played by Zlatan Ibrahimovic was central, first as an offensive terminal, then as leader of the locker room and hen for young people and now remained at managerial level to make his contribution to the Rossoneri cause.
Pioli disappointed for not having received any calls from the Serie A
Pioli was hoping for a call from some Serie A or Premier League clubs but he is forced to stay put, unless he accepts this new work challenge which, however, smacks of retirement, albeit very well rewarded from an economic point of view.
Napoli had included him in the list but then turned to Antonio Conte and Fiorentina and Lazio had also thought of him as a replacement Vincenzo Italiano and Igor Tudor. An offer from an Arab club is expected in the next few hours and then the ball will pass to the Emilian coach who will have to give an answer.
Pioli is a candidate for the bench of a Saudi club, new adventure in Arabia for him?
Stefano Pioli who could in fact leave Italy and start again from Saudi Arabia. The former Milan coach, according to what Fabrizio Romano reports, is serious candidate for the bench of Al Ittihad, the historic club from Jeddah, which will say goodbye to the Argentine Marcelo Gallardo at the end of the season.
Saudi championship which has achieved ever greater value and resonance after, in last summer’s transfer window, many top players of the caliber of Benzema, Kanté and Milinkovic chose to move to the African country, accepting rich wages.
