This story was reported by many news outlets that Karim Benzema has been having a frosty relationship with the Portuguese manager. That was how Rudi Garcia was sacked as Al Nassr because of the misunderstanding he was having with Cristiano Ronaldo. These coaches should know that some players need to be tolerated because they are very expensive and the club will not want to lose them for anything.
It is believed that Nuno Santos was not consulted about the signing of Benzema and the French striker didn't fit in his plans and this didn't go well with Benzema. There were also speculations that the former coach of Al Ittihad didn't want Benzema to be the captain of the team. It became clear every day their differences were irreconcilable so one person needed to leave the club. The poor performance of the club made the coach the victim and so he was used as the sacrificial lamb.
United Arab Emirates club Al Ain coach Alfred Schreuder has resigned from the club after spending just a few months. It is believed that the Dutch coach with replace Nuno Santos. For now, Al Ittihad's assistant coach Hassan Khalifa will be in charge of the club.
New signings and putting the team in a dilemma of evicting and retaining one out of two options. When the situation happened with Ronaldo, it was said that it's cos of his influence, money and capacity. Now it's Benzema's turn, what will be said. For me I'd blame Saudi league because the teams are trying all their possible best to be recognized.
Al Nassr before Ronaldo joined weren't heard about, All of a sudden, they're talked about occasionally, It's rumoured that the league wants to secure a spot in the UEFA champions league and they shouldn't be blamed for doing all it takes to make meaning, they'd rather do away with those that doesn't really matter and retain those that actually do matter, It's kind of life's lifestyle, no doubt every team there, if in that situation will do the same as Al Nassr had done or even worse, It's all for a purpose
I don't know but likely in the coming months, we should expect to see more of these occurrences.