Jose Mourinho in talks to replace Pitso Mosimane at Al Ahli-reports! 

After helping Saudi Arabian football giants Al Ahli regain their topflight status, it is now looking increasingly likely that Pitso Mosimane will be let go.

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Despite doing so well at Al Ahli, the owners of the club seem to have seen Mosimane as just a stepping stone, with reports of Jose Mourinho taking over surfacing. 

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Mosimane is currently the head coach of Saudi Arabian football giants Al Ahli, a side who had found themselves falling all the way to the country’s second division. The former Al Ahly coach then took up the job last year, as he was attracted by the prospect of bringing the club back to its former glories, and awakening a sleeping giant in the process. 

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Al Ahli had suffered the embarrassment of being relegated for the first time in their illustrious history, but Mosimane was able to secure the 1st division title with four games to spare, meaning their 0-0 draw to conclude the season did not really matter as it affected nothing at all.

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But even after that success, Mosimane could be forced to find a job elsewhere, as Al Ahli president Walid Moaz stated that “Pitso Mosimane performed well with the team, but the ambition is greater”. That hardly sounding like a vote of confidence in the man who just secured promotion for your club.

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Mosimane though, came out with some fighting talk, revealing that he had already turned down an offer to return to the African continent and to Egypt, while he sees himself at Al Ahli next season still.

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Since then, Mosimane has done various interviews about his situation at Al Ahli, making no secret of his displeasure at the conditions he is being subjected to. Now, if the latest reports prove to be true, he may not have to put up with the Saudi’s any longer, with talk that the club are targeting global superstar coach Mourinho to replace the South African. 

Al Ahli president to replace Mosimane with Mourinho?

Reports from Yallakora suggest that Moaz has met with Mourinho to open talks. This would make sense as the team have been linked with a few global football superstars which they hope will lead them into a new and successful era. For that, it is only natural for them to target a coach they believe will be of the same status and be able to handle players of the same calibre. 

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As it stands, Mosimane still has an option to extend at the club, which became automatic after he led them to promotion. It now remains to be seen how this matter will be dealt with.