Last summer, due to the addition of the Saudi league, the European transfer market was particularly chaotic, including Neymar and Benzema, a number of top stars accepted high salaries from the Saudi league while still having Champions League-level strength, in addition to the interest in top stars, the Saudi league also maintained enough attention to players and talented young players who are at the peak of their careers, including Ruben Neves and Veiga, etc., have accepted invitations from the Saudi league, and have not chosen European clubs interested in them。 As more and more players join the Saudi league, they have once again increased their investment in transfers.
£2 billion, 5 targets
According to Ben Jacobs, a well-known football transfer journalist, the Saudi league has not won the AFC Champions League this season, and they will make an offer for European players again in the summer window, and this time the reinforcements will exceed the same period last year, for which more than 2 billion pounds have been prepared for the transfer fee, which will also cause many European clubs to have a crisis. Among Saudi Arabia's recruitment targets, in addition to Real Madrid's Modric, several of the top players are from the Premier League, including Liverpool's Salah, Manchester City's De Bruyne, Manchester United's Varane and Casemiro, these five players are also the biggest targets in the Saudi league's summer transfer period.
Saudi Arabia's league that changed its recruitment strategy
It must be mentioned that last year's Saudi league recruitment style was not dominated by high transfer fees, except for Neymar's transfer fee of 100 million euros, the transfer fees of other players almost matched their value last year, and there were few premiums. However, the Saudi league is willing to prepare high salaries for players, except for a few hundred million Mr. Billion, many other players' annual salaries exceed their salaries during their time in Europe, and even more than several times, which is the biggest reason for their success. However, the Saudi league is preparing for a transfer fee of more than £2 billion this summer, and it looks like there is room for improvement in terms of transfer fees and a change in the recruitment strategy.
The reason for the change of strategy is very important is that the salary alone can comfortably accept the offer from Saudi Arabia, but the attitude of the club is still very crucial, such as Manchester City and Liverpool, if they want to persuade them to give up Salah and De Bruyne, they must meet the requirements of the club, the transfer fee of these two players must cost at least 200 million pounds in the Saudi league, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve the transfer goal. With the Saudi league willing to pay both high salaries and high transfer fees, their recruitment will undoubtedly become smoother, not only for players, but also for Europe's major clubs.
Are the European giants ready
Of the five players mentioned above, Luka Modric and Varane's contracts expire at the end of the season, and the Saudi league only needs to agree with the players to complete the deal soon. However, Casemiro, Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne are all still under contract and will need to negotiate a transfer fee. In addition to them, including Lukaku, Lewandowski and others are actually within the scope of the Saudi league, next season the Saudi league can have 10 foreign players, the space for reinforcement is still very large, and the competitiveness and attention of the league can naturally be improved. It's just that the major European giants are ready to be robbed by the Saudi league?