Firstly - just an opinion - ( I dont know anything)
If your a senior exec, in a prominent position - Sporting Director / Director of football ( whatever the title is that week) Well liked by the chairman, largely doing a good job, some good hits, a few duds but nothing that dosent happen to any other clubs, overall well respected in the club & the industry - a new manager comes in who openly credits you with good work ethic & good achievements - a manager with a record of not staying more than 2 years in any location - maybe there is a disagreement on individual players / direction / strategy etc who really knows, maybe there wasn't - in any event, if there was going to be a power struggle (which again remains as largely tittle tattle) DF would very likely still be in a position long after OG had gone
Does that really sound like a reason to up sticks & try life in KSA ?