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Failure not an option as Ange Postecoglou gears up for biggest challenge yet alongside Ronaldo | John Duerden

theguardian.com · 19h · first reportShare

The Australian has become Al-Nassr’s 12th coach of the 2020s and while taking over a star-studded squad may seem a comfortable gig, it will be anything but in the Saudi Pro League When Ange Postecoglou left Nottingham Forest in October , few would have predicted his next port of call would be Riyadh, but taking over Al-Nassr is likely to be one of the biggest challenges of his varied career. This is a coach who always wins something in his second season but there is little chance of a second season if there is no trophy in the first. The fact that he is the club’s 12th coach in the 2020s alone is a stark reminder that failure is not an option, and the financial issues that have meant a quiet summer in the transfer market won’t be accepted as an excuse. In May, Cristiano Ronaldo lifted the Saudi Pro League title and soon after Al-Nassr head coach Jorge Jesus, the septuagenarian who has won something in the first season of his last two Saudi spells, left to take the Portugal job. Taking