Ange Postecoglou don sign two-year deal to be new head coach of Saudi Pro League champions Al-Nassr. The club announce am for statement, saying “A new chapter. Mr Ange Postecoglou appointed as head coach of the Al-Nassr first team. The contract spans two seasons. We wish him and his staff every success in their journey.”
The 60-year-old Australian manager dey take over from Jorge Jesus, who stand down after winning the league title for Al-Nassr last May. Postecoglou go now lead squad wey get superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, wey help the club win the title on the final day of the season.
Postecoglou career don span Australia, Japan, Scotland, and England. He win league titles with Brisbane Roar, Yokohama F. Marinos, and Celtic. For 2025, he guide Tottenham to Europa League glory, but dem sack am two weeks later after the club finish 17th for Premier League. After that, e get short stint for Nottingham Forest, wey last only 39 days and eight games without win, including six defeats. That one be the shortest managerial reign for Premier League history.
Before coming to England, Postecoglou manage Australia men’s side from 2013 to 2017. He also get links with Scotland job after Steve Clarke step down, and Kazakhstan, but media talk say im wage demands too high for the central Asian side.
Now, im don come to Saudi Arabia to work with Sadio Mane and Ronaldo. Mane, the Senegalese international, don play for Al-Nassr since 2023 and get 51 goals and 35 assists from 129 appearances. The new league campaign go start on August 13.
Postecoglou be big Liverpool fan from im youth. Im yarn for one press conference as Spurs boss say: “It was the ’70s, so you went one of two ways: it seemed they only used to show Liverpool or Man United in Australia at the time. So a couple of my best mates went Man United, so I went the other way so we could keep it interesting. Like any kid, I had the posters up on my wall, so Liverpool was my team. But you grow up, things change.”
Im also talk about Kenny Dalglish: “When Kenny came in ’77, it went to another level for me. I became totally obsessed with him and my dad loved him. He was just a special player. He wasn’t that quick or strong but he had that bit of magic.”
