Al Nassr Sacks Head Coach, Rudi Garcia

Cristiano Ronaldo’s new club, Al Nassr on Thursday announced the dismissal of its head coach, Rudi Garcia.

“Al Nassr can announce that head coach Rudi Garcia has left the club by mutual agreement,” they said in a statement on their English-language Twitter feed.

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

Garcia, 59, was appointed last July and leaves with Al Nassr second in the Saudi league, three points behind leaders Al Ittihad.

He has previously coached Lille, Marseille, and Lyon in his homeland and also had two and a half years in charge of Roma in Italy.