Al-Ittihad, the nine-time Saudi Football League champion, appointed Frenchman Laurent Blanc as coach to succeed the sacked Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, according to what the club announced yesterday, Saturday.
Blanc (58 years old), who was dismissed from his position as Lyon coach last September, will meet his compatriots, striker Karim Benzema and midfielder N'Golo Kante.
This will be the French coach's second position in the Gulf region after his supervision of Al Rayyan of Qatar between December 2020 and February 13, 2022.
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