This season, Al-Ittihad is in difficulty. Having secured the title last year after a remarkable season in the league, the Jeddah club is experiencing a terrible return to Earth. Currently eighth in the league, Karim Benzema’s teammates have just been beaten during the clash against Al-Ahli in the league. A defeat which caused enormous harm to the reigning Saudi champion.
Indeed, as we exclusively reported to you this weekend, Sergio Conceicao, who arrived a few weeks ago, is already strongly contested. While his methods are not unanimous, the Portuguese coach is under pressure from a locker room which has already let him down. And with 13 points behind leader Al-Nassr, the situation is getting hot for the team in yellow and black. Able to be sacked quickly, the Portuguese coach could be replaced in the coming weeks and several names are already starting to emerge. Among them, Didier Deschamps.
Didier Deschamps to Al-Ittihad after the World Cup?
As reported this Monday by the daily The TeamAl-Ittihad would like to enlist Didier Deschamps in the future. However, the transaction is far from being completed. While he will play his last World Cup at the head of the Blues this summer, the former OM coach does not want to hear about his future before this deadline. So, Al-Ittihad will have to be patient. Recently, the 57-year-old coach had explained that he had been able to “have contacts” with Saudi Arabia and that he would not close any doors in the future.
If he joins Saudi Arabia and Al-Ittihad, Deschamps could find N’Golo KantĂ©, 2018 world champion and present for the November meeting with France. A reunion which could also take place with Karim Benzema with whom the story is more tormented. There also exists a world in which Didier Deschamps is signing up this summer with Al-Ittihad where Benzema and KantĂ© would no longer be: both players are at the end of their contract with the Saudi club on June 30.
