Article by Romeo Ene – published on Thursday, July 03, 2025, 16:33 / Updated Thursday, July 3, 2025 16:33
Cosmin Contra (49 years old) offered the first reaction after took over Al Kholoodlast time the 9th place in the championship of Saudi Arabia. He explained the reason why he took this challenge.
Free for more than 6 months, after the separation of Damac, the former coach of Romania returns to the Golf, where he will have as objective to save from relegation.
Asked if he will transfer Romanian players to the new team, Against He did not provide a concrete response and be limited by saying that he will make a decision according to the club's strategy.
Cosmin Contra signed with Al Kholood and offered the first reaction: “Normal that small teams want to save themselves from relegation”
“There is nothing easy in life, to know. I am reconciled because they are the only ones who forced to reach an understanding. The first time we did not understand, then they came back and were very insistent.
This is very important in the end. I received promises that everything will be fine and that we can do a good job there. In football you can not ask for guarantees, the only thing that exists is the word of the people in the club.
The objective of the club is to save from relegation, but I want to finish as high in the standings. There are teams with money in Saudi Arabia, especially the first 4. normal teams want to save themselves from relegation. We need to find a balance and bring players to help us. We also see what budget we will have for transfers.
We will see if we will bring Romanians, I can't tell you anything now. We analyze the lot we now have now available and the needs we have. After that we will see what the transfer period can offer us. There are many things that are in the fog now because we do not have everything very clear about the club budget ”, explained against, for sportpesurse.ro.
Contra signed a contract valid one season, until the summer of 2026, and was presented with the help of a clip in which it is nicknamed “Colonel”, but Saudi does not show him the face, but presents it, through a photo created with the help of artificial intelligence.
The last 3 mandates of Cosmin Contra were all in teams from Saudi Arabia: Al ITTihad between August 2021 and July 2022, Damac between March 2023 and December 2024.
