In 2019, Al Hilal became the first West Asian team to win the Asian Champions League in more than a decade, while only one Chinese team reached the semi-finals in the past four years.
According to Fabrizio Romano that medical will take place in Paris.
On 3 April 2021, Pereira scored a brace in first-half stoppage time in an eventual 5—2 win at ; this sealed Albion's first victory at since 1978, and handed his first loss as the opposition's head coach.
West Ham were keen but couldn't match the wages on offer in Saudi Arabia.