Saudi Arabia has landed another football icon after Liverpool great Steven Gerrard was hired as manager of Al-Ettifaq on Monday.
The former England captain is the latest star name to be lured to the oil-rich kingdom as it embarks on an ever-expanding recruitment drive.
Saudi Arabia has landed another football icon after Liverpool great Steven Gerrard was hired as manager of Al-Ettifaq on Monday.
The former England captain is the latest star name to be lured to the oil-rich kingdom as it embarks on an ever-expanding recruitment drive.
Gerrard, who has managed Scottish club Rangers and Premier League side Aston Villa since retiring as a player, follows another former Liverpool star, Robbie Fowler, who was hired by Al-Qadisiyah last week.
바카라śHere is the source of the legends,바카라ť Al-Ettifaq tweeted. 바카라śWe바카라™re thrilled to announce Steven Gerrard is our new head coach.바카라ť
Gerrard hasn바카라™t managed a team since being fired by Villa last season when the club was just one place above the Premier League relegation zone.
It brought an abrupt halt to a coaching career that looked set to soar after Gerrard led Rangers to the Scottish league title in 2021 and broke Celtic바카라™s streak of nine championships on the run.
Before joining Villa, he had been tipped to be a future Liverpool manager and a successor to Jurgen Klopp.
Al-Ettifaq, which plays in the lucrative Saudi Pro League, is yet to sign a major player in an offseason that has seen Karim Benzema, N바카라™Golo Kante and a number of stars from Europe바카라™s top leagues head to the country to join Cristiano Ronaldo, who signed for Al-Nassr in January.
As a player, Gerrard won many of football's biggest club trophies, including the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005. He won seven more major cups during a highly-decorated career, but never lifted the Premier League title.