{"id":137542,"date":"2023-08-29T16:14:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/?p=137542"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:14:14","slug":"saudi-arabia-appoint-italys-roberto-mancini-as-national-team-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/saudi-arabia-appoint-italys-roberto-mancini-as-national-team-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia appoint Italy\u2019s Roberto Mancini as national team coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mancini, 58, led Italy to the Euro 2020 title but failed to qualify for\u00a0last year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am immensely honoured to be offered the position as Saudi Arabia national team manager,\u201d Mancini, who has signed a four-year contract, said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe this is a great opportunity for me, to experience football in a new country, especially with the growing popularity of football in Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe presence of top players in the\u00a0Saudi Pro League\u00a0indicates the potential for growth in the national football scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, the world\u2019s biggest crude oil exporter, has made waves this summer by\u00a0buying a host of players\u00a0from European clubs for teams in the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil star\u00a0Neymar\u00a0was the latest in a growing list of big names to be attracted by the huge sums offered by the Saudis after\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0kicked off the trend by moving to Al Nassr in January.<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-newsletter-slot\">\n<div class=\"sib-newsletter-form general-style\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup Widget\">\n<div class=\"sib-form-container\">\n<div class=\"sib-container--large sib-container--horizontal\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mancini, 58, led Italy to the Euro 2020 title but failed to qualify for\u00a0last year\u2019s World Cup. \u201cI am immensely honoured to be offered the position as Saudi Arabia national team manager,\u201d Mancini, who has signed a four-year contract, said on Sunday. \u201cI believe this is a great opportunity for me, to experience football in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":137543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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