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Simone Inzaghi reveals 'big sympathy' for Saudi football as he completes lucrative Al-Hilal switch with Italian coach set for debut showdown against Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid

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<p>The move will see the former Inter coach manage the Saudi-based outfit until June 2027. According to a <a href="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1930384382809763959?t=zYLy9xhbjoNcetDcjXU1MQ&amp;s=19" target="_blank">report by journalist Fabrizio Romano</a>, the deal was done by agents Federico Pastorello, Tommaso Inzaghi and Luca Bascherini.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="it" dir="ltr">Benvenuto, 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐢 🇮🇹💙 <a href="https://t.co/olLFlhRQJ1">pic.twitter.com/olLFlhRQJ1</a></p>— AlHilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_EN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alhilal_EN/status/1930378414956921235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Inzaghi was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/simone-inzaghi-happy-inter-despite-reports-of-eur30m-agreement-with-al-hilal/blt7bd4eaccce92bc6e" target="_blank">reportedly Saudi-bound even before his side's humiliation in the Champions League final</a>, with media suggesting he was in talks over a lucrative deal. Inter <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/psg-player-ratings-vs-inter-champions-league-final-desire-doue-achraf-hakimi-khvicha-kvaratskhelia/blt24794f494c5999b3" target="_blank">lost the final 5-0 to Paris Saint-Germain</a> in a heart-breaking end to the season as the Nerazzurri missed out on a treble of trophies. It is his second loss in a Champions League final, having gone through the same in 2023 as they lost to Manchester City. Following that defeat, the manager resigned from his role and chose Al-Hilal as his new challenge.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>After completing the formalities, Inzaghi said: “My desire had always been to be able to go and coach abroad as well as in Italy and for me Al-Hilal is a great opportunity in my career. Al-Hilal is a club I know because I follow Arab football. We have been to play here in Saudi Arabia with both Lazio and Inter, so it is a championship that made me follow them, and I have always followed Al-Hilal with big sympathy because they have Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, whom I have coached before at Lazio, and I am happy to have found him at the club.”</p>

WHAT INZAGHI SAID

<p>Inzaghi’s debut as the Al-Hilal manager will be against Real Madrid on June 18, in the Club World Cup.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR INZAGHI?

Simone Inzaghi reveals 'big sympathy' for Saudi football as he completes lucrative Al-Hilal switch with Italian coach set for debut showdown against Xabi Alonso's Real Madrid | Goal.com

Al-Hilal have officially announced Simone Inzaghi as their new manager.

Simone Inzaghi reveals &apos;big sympathy&apos; for Saudi football as he completes lucrative Al-Hilal switch with Italian coach set for debut showdown against Xabi Alonso&apos;s Real Madrid

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