Saudi press reports revealed that the Emirati club Al Jazira, which includes among its ranks Mohamed Elneny, the Egyptian national team player, may lose its coach, Hussein Amouta, after the Moroccan coach entered the circle of interests of the Saudi Federation to succeed the Italian coach Roberto Mancini. Saudi national team.
The Moroccan newspaper “360 Sport” reported, citing Saudi sources, that Hussein Amouta is a candidate to coach the Saudi national football team, succeeding the Italian Mancini, who will be dismissed from coaching Al-Akhdar due to poor results.
At the same time, press reports revealed Nomination by Saleh Al-Mohammadi Al-Hazm coach to succeed Roberto Mancini in coaching the Saudi national team, after Negative results achieved by the Italian coach In the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the most recent of which was a scoreless draw against Bahrain yesterday, Tuesday, in the fourth round of qualifiers.
The Saudi national team presented a negative performance in the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, winning one match, losing the other, and a draw was decided as a result of its two matches in the World Cup qualifiers.
According to the Saudi newspaper Al-Jarida, Al-Hazm coach Saleh Al-Mohammadi is a strong candidate to succeed Mancini as coach of the Italian national team, if the latter’s departure is announced in the next few hours.
The newspaper added that there was a comparison between Saleh Al-Mohammadi and Saad Al-Shehri among the strongest candidates to succeed Mancini.
The Saudi national team occupies third place in the standings of Group C of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, with 5 points.