"We want to invest in Saudi Arabia's future."
This was stated by Roberto Mancini from Riyadh during the official presentation of his new role as coach of the Saudi Arabia national football team.
The former blue coach thanked the Saudi federation "for the opportunity given to me" and underlined that he was "happy to have received so much appreciation for what I did with Italy".
«I'm proud of the job I've been assigned, there's a strategic project to be carried out that involves young people», continued Mancini, underlining: «There's a lot of work to do, it won't be easy but I think we can do it ».
From what has been learned, the coach from Jesi will have a contract until 2026, the year of the next world championships. Top secret, however, the amount of the engagement, but we are talking about tens of millions of euros.
(Unioneonline/lf)
