It would be interesting if legend Maldini and coach Mourinho were at the same Saudi Pro League club.

"Paolo Maldini is currently the number 1 candidate to become the new Technical Director of Al Ittihad Club in the Saudi Pro League (Saudi Arabia). The former Technical Director of AC Milan Club will soon make a decision on his future and the possibility of joining Al Ittihad is being seriously considered," Fabrizio Romano said in a tweet posted on his personal social network account X (old Twitter) on November 11.

Paolo Maldini rebuilt AC Milan to win Serie A in the 2021-2022 season, but was then abruptly fired.

Paolo Maldini, now 55 years old, is a legendary player of AC Milan and Italian football. Last June, he clashed with AC Milan's board of directors over transfer policy and was abruptly fired.

This is the first time in his career that Paolo Maldini has had to go through an unhappy situation with AC Milan, the only team he played for throughout his playing career from 1984 to 2009, playing 647 matches and scoring 29 goals.

Not to mention, it was Paolo Maldini who laid the foundations to rebuild AC Milan under the new owner (Elliott Management Group), in just 3 years from 2018, to then win the Serie A championship for the first time in 11 years in the 2021-2022 season.

Potential stars that Paolo Maldini brought to AC Milan such as Theo Hernandez, Rafael Leao, Olivier Giroud, Fikayo Tomori and Mike Maignan, are now mainstays of the San Siro team.

In the near future, after a period of silence, Mr. Paolo Maldini is considering the possibility of returning to work as Technical Director of Al Ittihad Club in the Saudi Pro League.

Coach Mourinho has no plans to negotiate a contract extension with AS Roma. He recently confirmed the possibility of going to Saudi Arabia to work in the near future.

According to La Repubblica (Italy): "Al Ittihad Club is also secretly negotiating with Coach Mourinho to convince this coach to come to the Saudi Pro League from June 2024, when the contract with AS Roma Club expires. Coach Mourinho and the AS Roma leadership currently have no plans to negotiate a new contract extension. Therefore, when the 2023-2024 season ends, this coach will officially consider the offer from Al Ittihad".

Al Ittihad Club has just fired coach Nuno Espirito Santo and appointed coach Hassan Khalifa as interim coach until the end of the season. Previously, in the summer transfer window, coach Mourinho had rejected two offers to work in the Saudi Pro League with the highest salary in the world of about 30 million euros/year.

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