Rudi Garcia loses his job as Cristiano Ronaldo gets surprise new Al Nassr coach

Al Nassr showed Rudi Garcia the door on Thursday and handed little-known Croatian Dinko Jelicic the chance to boss Cristiano Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League.

Roma head coach Jose Mourinho had been linked with a possible Ronaldo reunion, having coached the Portuguese at Real Madrid.

Spanish newspaper AS this week claimed Mourinho had been offered a two-year contract worth €100million.

For now at least, Al Nassr have put Jelicic in charge, promoting him from his position in charge of their under-19 team.

The Riyadh-based club said: Al Nassr can announce that head coach Rudi Garcia has left the club by mutual agreement.

The board and everyone at Al Nassr would like to thank Rudi and his staff for their dedicated work during the past 8 months.