Assistant coach at Al-Ahli

Alexander Hauser now follows the call of the desert

Next Tuesday, he embarks on a new chapter - a great adventure: Alex Hauser is leaving behind champions RB Salzburg and the Austrian Bundesliga to work as assistant coach at Al-Ahli in the multi-million Saudi Pro League! "I'm really looking forward to this new challenge."

"It was already on the cards!" Alexander Hauser says goodbye to the Dosen empire after five years at Salzburg. "Because Matthias (note: Jaissle) and I always stayed in touch." Two and a half years together on the coaching bench in Salzburg (at second division team Liefering and then at subscription champions Red Bull) - that's a bond.

In addition, the 40-year-old St. Johanner did not want to go back to the academy, "because I have also established myself in the professional game". Which would no longer have been possible under neo-coach Lijnders at Red Bull. . .

There are plenty of incentives for the third-placed player in the Saudi Pro League: "Champions League in Asia, very good earnings, Hauser is honest. "But I'm most looking forward to working with big stars." Like Firmino (Bra), Mahrez (Fra) or Kessie (Ita). "In Salzburg, apart from Andi (Ulmer), there were only boys."

The family will stay in Tyrol, "but our goal is to see each other once a month". Especially as Hauser also has to obtain his UEFA Pro license in Austria. The direct Munich-Jeddah connection makes it possible.