Saudi club Al Nassr announced Wednesday the appointment of Stefano Pioli as coach of the side headed up by Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo. The Italian replaces Luis Castro, who parted ways with the club on Tuesday after a slow start to the season, both domestically and in the AFC Champions League. “Pioli is Nassrawi,” Al Nassr said a statement on …

Al Nassr forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has spoken to two of his former Real Madrid team-mates about joining him in Saudi Arabia. This comes after they lost to Al Hilal in the King’s Cup final this week. Marca reports that Ronaldo has called up Nacho Fernandez and Casemiro in an effort to convince them to move to the Middle East. Both …

Al-Nassr has chosen to replace Cristiano Ronaldo with a 20-year-old star striker, Meshari Al-Nemer for the next two games. This is following the red card the 39-year-old got in the Saudi Super Cup game against Al-Hilal. Al-Nassr’s appeal was rejected, which means the Portuguese megastar will not be available for the next two league games. Manager Luis Castro has decided …

An Argentine coach, Antonio Mohamed has said that he turned down an offer from Al-Nassr after Rudi Garcia was sacked. Mohamed, who is presently the coach of Liga MX side UNAM, said he had four discussions with the Riyadh-based club to become their new manager, but he didn’t want to break his contract with UNAM. Al-Nassr recently parted ways with …