After decades of exporting ’black gold’, the Middle East countries are now determined to give their citizens much more, but in the sports department. Accustomed to luxury, they want to present themselves as a region where only the best is available, and that means that football must be like that as well. After the Saudis mournfully watched the world gather at the World Cup in Qatar, they decided to intrigue the football public themselves. How else but with millions? Or billions. They have already brought in Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, and are waiting for the official arrival of N’Golo Kante, while the relevant ministries are still searching, so according to the latest information, offers have also been sent to the addresses of Tottenham’s Hyeong-Min Son, Chelsea’s stopper Kalidou Coulibaly, Atletico’s the duo of Saul Niguez and Matt Doherty, and more or less every player of the new European champions Manchester City.Heung-min Son has no interest in a big-money move to Saudi Arabia: ‘I have many things to do in the Premier League—money doesn’t matter to me now’ pic.twitter.com/CTSkEFoul3— B/R Football (@brfootball) June 20, 2023 First on the list is Riyad Mahrez, followed by Ilkay Gundogan, Bernardo Silva and Joao Cancelo, without whom the Citizens would survive. Gianluca Di Marzio, a transfer market specialist, openly says in an interview for Sky: The Saudis currently want – everything!”Koulibaly is very close to moving to Saudi Arabia. The Saudis, at this point, want every player. They want Tottenham’s Son. They offered him 120,000,000 euros for a four-year contract, plus 60,000,000 euros to Tottenham. I don’t believe that Daniel Levy will sell Son, but Saudi Arabia is trying to convince every player”.Barca and Juve in Saudia Super League?! So illusional that it could even become realityThe problem is that not everyone is ready to replace the benefits of living in Europe with the rigid system of Saudi Arabia. Bernardo Silva, for example, would prefer a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, who also want him. Even the Rennes goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, at the age of 38, did not want to go to the Middle East but will spend the last season in France. Even Luka Modrić did not want to participate in the Saudi experiment, despite the offer of 200,000,000 euros. We already know that Lionel Messi chose Inter Miami before Saudi Arabia, and a negative answer came from Steven Gerrard, who was called to the chair by Al Etifaq.”They invited me there to look at a potential offer, which I did. I’ve analyzed it in the last couple of days, but at the moment I’m of the opinion that I’m not going to accept it” Gerrard told Channel 4.The new football revolution: Ruben Neves sold to the Arabs for 55,000,000, Verratti, Koulibaly, Gundogan, Coutinho could followThis wave of aggressive attacks will continue for some time because, as we know from the past – the ones who take the risk first are the ones who fare best financially. It’s just that most still seem to view this Saudi surge with a serious dose of scepticism. Because it’s not all about money. There is also something in the quality of life, and the difference is immeasurable compared to Europe. Also, the plan of the Saudis is to create a league whose quality will be among the 10 best in the world, but how realistic is that? It’s hard to say now because they really do have billions to throw around, but it still doesn’t seem like a simple task.##NAJAVA_MECA_7331137##
