Al Nassr, a group with a great figure Cristiano Ronaldotoday announced the acquisition of Fernando Hierro as sports director for two years. Just six days ago, the man from Malaga ceased to hold this position at the Mexican Chivas de Guadalajara.
Cristiano and Hierro teamed up at Real Madrid in the 2014-15 season, when the former white team defender was an assistant Carlo Ancelotti, ending his first term at the entity led by Florentino Perez.
Hierro will oversee all sporting planning for Al Nassr, a Riyadh club seeking to end its arch-rival’s hegemonyl Al Hilal, who just achieved the double after winning the Saudi Pro League for the fourth time in the last five editions and the King Cup for the second consecutive year.
In the same Al Nassr competition, despite the inclusion of Cristiano Ronaldo in January 2023, They finished second, in the Saudi Pro League, 16 points behind Al Hilal and in the King Cup, losing the final on penalties (1-1 and 5-4).
His first words
Hierro was introduced this Tuesday and his first words were said to the fans: “I am very happy to join this club. I want to congratulate all the fans of Al Nassr. We will meet soon and we will work together . I’m sending you a big hug.”
Hierro arrived in October 2022 at Chivas del Guadalajara and in a year and a half stay, the Mexican team reached the final of Clausura 2023, the first since 2017, but lost to Tigres UANL. In the last Clausura 2024, Chivas reached the semifinals.
Other Spaniards in Arabia
Before Hierro, they landed Ramon planeswho left the position of Betis sports director to go to Karim Benzema’s Al Ittihad in January, and Esteve CalzadaCEO of Al Hilal since November 2023.
Hierro is a player for Valladolid, Real Madrid, Al Rayyan of Arabia and Bolton of England. As a coach, he led Oviedo and the Spanish national team and served as sporting director at the Spanish Federation, Málaga, Chivas de Guadalajara and now Al Nassr.
Source: La Verdad
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