If anyone is going to profit from the Saudi Arabia offensive on European football, it’s Chelsea and its players! Only a few days after N’Golo Kante’s official transfer to Al Ittihad, Kalidou Koulibaly, Hakim Ziyech, and certainly Edouard Mendy, will follow their former teammate’s path. According to the reports from Britain, the Senegal defender agreed on a transfer to Al Hilal with Ruben Neves, as the club from Saudi Arabia agreed both the fee and personal condition with the club and the player. Koulibaly could be presented as a new reinforcement of Al Hilal by the end of the weekend. He’s already been filmed at Riyadh airport, arriving to have his medicals and complete the paperwork.’🎥 لحظة وصول اللاعب “كوليبالي” إلى الرياض 🛩️. pic.twitter.com/nJCypMJy1P— Saudi Sky Sport (@SaudiSkySport) June 24, 2023 What is certain for now is that the Senegalese will sign a three-year contract with the new club, and the financial details are still the subject of speculation. However, if the announcements are correct, Coulibaly should receive almost 140,000,000 euros for the whole duration of the contract! More precisely, about 46,000,000 euros per year… On top of all that, a solid amount will also be paid to Chelsea, as the sum of 20,000,000 euros is mentioned. That’s just over half of the money spent last summer on his transfer from Napoli.Playing hard to get: Chelsea refuse third bid for MountCoulibaly definitely didn’t fit in at Chelsea and the Premier League. Brought in to partner Thiago Silva in defense, the Senegalese was quickly dropped out of the first team, and in the meantime became the third, and even the fourth or fifth solution in a loaded defense after the arrival of Benoit Badiashile. He played 32 games, but it soon became clear that the rhythm of the Premier League was not for him, that is, that he was not providing games like he did in Napoli during the best years of his career. While Koulibaly will go to Al Hilal, Ziyeh will be waited with open arms in Al Nasr, while Mendy will go to Al Ahly. Koulibaly allegedly convinced Romelu Lukaku to come to Saudi Arabia for a while, but the strong Belgian (at least for now) is staying in Europe.##NAJAVA_MECA_7339162##
