In May, Cristiano Ronaldo declared that the Saudi Arabian league would be one of the top five in the world, and sheikhs have invested hundreds to make that claim a reality.
The most important transfers made by teams in Saudi Arabia
His leaders Al-Nasr they brought Ronaldo important teammates: Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich), Seko Fofana (Lance), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), Alex Telles (Manchester United).
Other teams didn’t expect anything either, and Karim Benzema, Neymar and Roberto Firmino will compete this season.
Al Ahli: Eduard Mendy (moved from Chelsea), Franck Cassie (Barcelona), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City), Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle).
Al Ittihad: N’Golo Kante (Chelsea), Fabinho (Liverpool), Jota (Celtic), Karim Benzema (Real)
Al Hilal: Georges Jesus (coach), Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea), Serhiy Milinkovich-Savic (Lazio), Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton), Malcon (Zenit), Neymar (PSG).
Al-Ettifaq: Steven Gerrard (coach), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Moussa Dembele (Lyon).
According to Le Parisien, 8 of the 10 highest-paid footballers in the world play in Saudi Arabia: Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema (200 million euros per year), Neymar, N’Golo Kante (100), Sadio Mane, Jordan Henderson. (40), Riyad Mahrez (35) and Kalidou Koulibaly (30). Only Kylian Mbappe (70 years at PSG, France) and Lionel Messi (45 years at Inter Miami, USA) managed to reach this peak thanks to development in other countries.
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