Following Cristiano Ronaldo's path, Jose Mourinho will also go to Saudi Arabia

The Pro League has become one of the top tournaments in the world. Since the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo by Al-Nassr in December 2022, Saudi Arabian clubs have spent millions of dollars to convince top players to leave Europe and follow the Portuguese striker's path.

Karim Benzema's arrival at Al-Ittihad was another of this summer's big surprises, as the French player left Real Madrid a year earlier than expected. There he will partner N'Golo Kanté and Fabinho. Al-Hilal signed Malcom, Ruben Neves, Kalidou Koulibaly and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic; while Al-Nassr surrounded Ronaldo with other stars such as Seko Fofana, Marcelo Brozovic, Alex Telles and Sadio Mane.

But it's not just players that Pro League clubs are signing, coaches too. Steven Gerrard became the second highest paid manager in the world at Al-Ettifaq, second only to Pep Guardiola. And now Jose Mourinho joins the list, but with a different detail: he will not leave his job at AS Roma.

According to the newspaper As, 'Mou' was hired by the board of directors of the Mahd Sports Academy for the next 3 years. There he will be an advisor and will have the objective of "searching and valuing new talents to form a generation of champions consistent with the incredible investments of these months".

Still in Serie A

While dedicating part of his time to his new task in Saudi Arabia, the manager will continue at AS Roma, where he arrived 2 years ago and achieved good results. In 2022 he won the Conference League and last season he reached the final of the UEFA Europa League. Now he will try to improve the performance, and for that he has already signed center-back Evan Ndicka, right-back Rasmus Kristensen and midfielder Houssen Aouar.