El Muñeco will return to lead a team almost a year after leaving River, with an astronomical salary.
The mystery came to an end and Marcelo Gallardo’s future has been defined: It won’t be a selection or squad from Europe, let alone Argentina or South America. Ultimately, Muñeco decided to move to a less competitive but growing league thanks to stars like Saudi Arabia, where he will obviously earn a huge salary to lead the team. Al-Ittihad.
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As it turned out, El Muñe signed a contract for one and a half years, until June 30, 2025, with an extension clause for a further 18 months, for a salary that amounts to 20 million annually. That is, only with the first tranche of the link you are guaranteed 30 million, not including possible prizes for objectives.
Napoleon had decided to no longer be River’s coach at the end of 2022 and took a ‘sabbatical’ year, during which he decided to reject several offers for competitions that are a priori much more demanding than those of the Middle East, where He will coach players of the stature of Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kanté, Joao Neves and Fabinho.
It should be remembered that the relationship between the 2015 and 2018 Copa Libertadores champion coach and the Arab sheikhs began when he was chosen to lead Riyadh’s season team against PSG, a match remembered for facing Lionel Messi, still at the French club. Cristiano Ronaldo.
Source: Goal