Italian reports: Spalletti is a candidate to succeed Fyler in Al-Ahly

Press reports revealed that Italian Luciano Spalletti, the former coach of Roma and Inter Milan, is a candidate to succeed Swiss Rene Fyler, technical director of the Al-Ahly club, upon his departure from the Red Castle early next year. month.

The Italian site “inews24” said today, Sunday, that Spalletti is close to assuming the leadership of Al-Ahly after initial contacts between the two parties, and it appears that the negotiations are advanced as the technician expressed his willingness to embark on an exceptional new experience in your busy career.

He added that Spalletti has gained great fame in Egypt in recent years, especially as he took over the leadership of Egyptian international Mohamed Salah in Rome in the 2016/2017 season, when the current Liverpool star scored 19 goals for the Italian national team.

The 61-year-old Spalletti has been away from technical positions for more than a year since his departure from Inter Milan and, regardless of his experience in Russia with Zenit Saint Petersburg between 2009 and 2014, he has never left Italy.

Spalletti was a candidate to lead Al-Ahly before the start of the current 2019/2020 season, but the club finally settled for the appointment of Rene Fyler, who won the Super League and the Egyptian League with the team, and led him to the semi-finals of the African Champions League.

Al-Ahly is reported to have announced that he will officially decide Fyler’s fate next Thursday, at a time when Smouha’s match in Wednesday’s Egypt Cup may be the last for the Swiss manager, a few weeks before the Champions League. African League.