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Board Gambling discussion
Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024
by
Docnaster
on 14/07/2024, 17:32:16 UTC
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Laurent Blanc has already signed with Al Ittihad and was officially presented by the Al Ittihad club today



He didn't manage to win the European Champions League as coach of PSG in the 3 years he was coach of PSG, he also doesn't see great things coming from him as coach of Olympique Lyon, so I wouldn't create high expectations about how his performance will be. next season as coach of Al Ittihad, but at least the Arabs are making good choices when it comes to choosing coaches to improve the quality of the Saudi league. I hope that next season Al Hilal will be champions again

Laurent Blanc's experience when he was still an active player cannot be doubted and with France he has even won the Euros and the World Cup. At club level, he has also won all the titles and he has also played for several big teams in Europe. However, his experience as a coach is not that good, but at least with PSG he always won so many titles in French competitions. The Champions League is not an easy thing for a coach like him and I think that is normal.

Apart from that, I think Al-Ittihad was quite right in choosing him as the new coach and I think he was very right in choosing to join Al-Ittihad. Previously, it was predicted that Stefano Pioli would become Al-Ittihad's coach, but it seems that a final agreement was not reached and therefore Al-Ittihad is lucky enough to still be able to get another European coach here.
Last season in the Saudi Pro League, Al Ittihad was poor with their performances which was why they couldn't keep up with the other strong performers in the league despite having a star-studded squad so signing an experienced manager like Laurent Blanc I think is the club management's way of making the club strong and competitive again. Despite having high profile players like former Balon D'or winner Karim Benzema, Al Ittihad wasn't convincing with their performances last season. The arrival of the former France international will bring renewed tactical strength to the team while improving their strength to compete with other top teams in the league. I believe in the tactical strength of Laurent Blanc which why I think he'll definitely succeed with Al Ittihad.