The Saudi Arabia Al Hilal announced on Friday (2) the resignation of Jorge Jesus, 70. The Portuguese is one of the quotes to take over the Brazilian team, which for more than a month is without a commander after the resignation of Dorival Júnior, 63.
In a statement, the Saudi club said the termination occurred in a mutual agreement. “The Council [do clube] He expressed his appreciation for the efforts made by the coaching staff since last season, “says an excerpt from the statement.
The Portuguese ends its second spell in Saudi football after almost two complete seasons in charge of Al Hilal. Hired at the beginning of the second half of 2023, he arrived to lead the cast at a time when the club made major investments, as well as much of the league.
Last season, Al-Hilal won the Saudi Championship for the 19th time, and also recorded a record of 34 consecutive wins, the biggest sequence ever recorded in football history.
In all, there were 105 games in this passage, with 81 wins, 14 draws and 10 losses – a success of 81.6%.
Jesus was in his second time at the club. He was already known there for his work done in the 2018/19 season, before taking over Flamengo, when he became known to the Brazilian public.
Free in the market, Portuguese is expecting to be sought by CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) to take charge of the Canarinho National Team.
He, however, was not the entity’s first option. Over the past few weeks, the Confederation has failed its attempt to hire Italian Carlo Ancelotti, currently ahead of Real Madrid.
In addition to Jesus, another Portuguese is also quoted for the position. This is Abel Ferreira, coach of Palmeiras.
On Thursday (1), the São Paulo club, however, issued a note to deny that the CBF had made any contact with its board to try to take the coach of the team.
