“Coach Luis Castro is the person Ronaldo supported to replace coach Rudi Garcia, who was fired by Al Nassr last season. However, after more than one season, this Portuguese coach has not yet been able to help the team win the title. Not winning the championship as expected, along with Ronaldo’s frustrating incident of not receiving a medal and mocking the home team’s players in the Saudi Arabian Super Cup final, led to coach Luis Castro’s decision that whoever wins will have all the responsibility,” newspaper Marca said.

“Although the decision to fire has not been announced, coach Luis Castro has left Al Nassr Club. The team’s president, Ibrahim Al Muhidib, will soon make an official announcement after consulting with sporting director Fernando Hierro. Al Nassr is currently negotiating to invite coach Sergio Conceicao, also another Portuguese, to replace him,” reported Marca newspaper.

Al Nassr Club has not won any official championship title since recruiting the famous player Ronaldo in early 2023. While going through 3 generations of coaches including Rudi Garcia, Luis Castro and Dinko Jelicic. Soon to be the fourth leader.

Al Nassr’s goal is to regain the Saudi Arabian football championship from rivals Al Hilal. However, already at the start of the 2024-2025 season, they continued to fail in the Super Cup final.

Next week the Saudi Pro League returns, with Al Nassr kicking off against Al Raed at 1:00am on August 23. However, the team soon had a change in the coaching bench.

“Coach Luis Castro is said to be suffering the same fate as the previous coach Rudi Garcia, who was fired after failing to satisfy Ronaldo, which angered the famous player when the home team lost the match. Al Nassr’s leadership always put Ronaldo in the top position at the club, so coaches are always under pressure if they cannot help the home team achieve the expected results,” Marca reported.