Guardiola on Al-Hilal's radar... and Inzaghi under pressure

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has emerged as a potential candidate to take over at Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal should the club decide to part ways with current manager Simone Inzaghi. Al-Hilal started their Roshan League campaign strongly before suffering their first defeat of the season, a 2-0 loss to NEOM in the sixth round, leaving them with 15 points from six matches. The club's sporting management has identified three prominent coaches as possible replacements in anticipation of a change in management, with Guardiola at the top of the list, alongside Aston Villa's Unai Emery and Germany's national team coach Julian Nagelsmann. According to the source, there are currently no formal negotiations between Al-Hilal and any of the three coaches or their representatives. The names remain within the realm of internal discussions and recommendations within the sporting management, with no final decision yet made regarding the future of the coaching staff. Inzaghi remains in his position for now, while Al-Hilal's management monitors the team's performance in upcoming matches and will reassess the Italian coach's situation if results continue to decline or if new indicators emerge that warrant a change. The report indicated that Inzaghi's continuation was uncertain for a large part of the summer transfer window, before Al-Hilal finally decided to keep him and have him lead the team during the current season.