Alert Gerrard, the reason why his Saudi adventure is turning into a horrible nightmare

After arriving at Al-Ettifaq this summer and benefiting from an ambitious transfer window, Steven Gerrard wanted to give a new boost to his coaching career after a failed stint at Aston Villa, but at the moment, the adventure of the English technician is turning sour, as he would be living an absolute nightmare as the manager or the team based in Dammam..

The Liverpool legend, who had a difficult start in the club given the great problems he faced to communicate with his new players, very soon asked for the signing of Jordan Henderson from Liverpool, the former Red Georginio Wijnaldum from PSG, Moussa Dembele from Olympique Lyonnais and Demarai Gray from Everton to have a better understanding and increase the level of the team to compete in the Saudi Pro League.

However, the plans of the English manager wouldn’t have been completed, as Gerrard, after €36.3 million euros spent on transfers, would have requested the signing of five more names including Marcel Tisserand (ex Monaco, Wolfsburg, Fenerbahçe), Robin Quaison (ex Palermo and Mainz) or even Vitinho (ex CSKA Moscow and Flamengo) who were already established players of the championship.

Al-Ettifaq have seriously gone out of the spotlight

In this sense, the team is currently poor ranked despite their spending in the market. as the players managed by Gerrard are facing through a poor momentum in the league, and they were already eliminated from the Saudi Arabian Cup in the 1/8 finals, while Al-Ettifaq have seriously gone out of the spotlight, setting a difficult situation for Steven Gerrard, who already asked for more signings in the next few market windows. “We have to show in this window, and also the summer window, that we are serious and that we want to be competitive at the top of the league, and not where we are currently”, he explained in his last press conference.