Sérgio Conceição arrives in Saudi Arabia to lead Al-Ittihad | OneFootball

Al-Ittihad posted on social media, on Thursday morning, the first images of Sérgio Conceição's arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being announced as the coach of the current Saudi champions.

Conceição was received with great enthusiasm: at the airport, he was presented with a welcome bouquet in the club's colors and arrived accompanied by the rest of the technical team – João Costa, Fábio Moura, Bruno, Siramana Dembélé, Diamantino Figueiredo, and Vedran. Smiling, the former coach of FC Porto and AC Milan had a coffee and showed off an Al-Ittihad scarf.

Remember that, at 50 years old, this is the first experience of Sérgio Conceição outside of Europe, after stints as the technical director of AC Milan, FC Porto, Nantes, SC Braga, Académica, V. Guimarães, and Olhanense.

The goal is to lead Al-Ittihad to a back-to-back championship, in a competition that is expected to be fierce with Al Nassr, led by Jorge Jesus – without a title since 2019 – and with Al Hilal, winner two seasons ago and now led by Italian Simone Inzaghi, with several Portuguese players involved in these three clubs.

Currently, Al-Ittihad is in third place in the standings, after four rounds, with nine points (three wins and one loss), three points behind Al Nassr, which has four wins in four games.

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