DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Three months after being fired from Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain, Christophe Galtier was hired Thursday to coach Qatari champion Al-Duhail.
Al-Duhail announced the signing a day after terminating the contract of Hernan Crespo, the former Argentina striker who led the Doha club to the Qatar Stars League last season.
The club had cited a “deterioration in the team’s results” from Crespo, adding a 1-0 home loss to Iran’s Persepolis in the Asian Champions League organization this month.
One of Galtier’s first games in qualifying will be against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr, the Saudi club leading the organization after two rounds. This meeting will take place in Riyadh on 24 October.
Galtier said goodbye to PSG in July after just one season with the team and after winning the French championship.
He is due to stand trial on Dec. 15 in Nice, France, to face allegations that he made racist and anti-Muslim remarks while coaching the city’s soccer club.
Al-Duhail did specify the length of Galtier’s contract.
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