Cristiano Ronaldo’s Saudi membership Al Nassr introduced the departure of Portuguese coach Luis Castro on Tuesday, a day after beginning their AFC Champions League Elite marketing campaign with a disappointing draw.
Monday’s 1-1 stalemate with Iraq’s Al Shorta within the Asian competitors compounded a sluggish begin to the home season with the present contract of Ronaldo, 39, resulting from expire subsequent summer time.
“Al Nassr can announce that head coach Luis Castro has left the membership,” mentioned an announcement posted on X.
“Everybody at Al Nassr wish to thank Luis and his workers for his or her devoted work throughout the previous 14 months, wishing them the perfect of luck for the long run.”
Castro, 63, is the third coach to depart Al Nassr since Ronaldo’s groundbreaking arrival in early 2023 on a contract that was mentioned to web him 400 million euros over two-and-a-half years.
Frenchman Rudi Garcia rapidly left that April, adopted by a short stint by Croatian coach Dinko Jelicic earlier than Castro was appointed in July final 12 months.
The extremely embellished Ronaldo is but to win a Saudi trophy with the Riyadh membership, together with his sole silverware up to now being final 12 months’s Arab Membership Champions Cup.
Al Nassr, who completed a distant second within the final Saudi Professional League season, have drawn twice in three matches at the beginning of the brand new marketing campaign.
Ronaldo’s arrival heralded a rash of high-profile signings by Saudi golf equipment final 12 months, with Neymar and Karim Benzema amongst these choosing the oil-rich, conservative kingdom.
