When Kalidou Koulibaly moved from Napoli to Chelsea last summer at the age of 31 and signed a four-year deal worth a staggering €10,000,000 net per season (€18,000,000 gross), many said it was one of the best deals of the summer, for Napoli and the player. Before that, he had half of that salary in Italy… And also – Chelsea paid compensation of 38,000,000 euros to the Neapolitans.A year later, Koulibaly left Chelsea for an even richer contract. But not because he was excellent in Chelsea but because of the football boom in Saudi Arabia. The transfer of the Senegalese to Saudi Al Hilal, which has been announced for days, was made official today. As Mozzart Sport Kenya learns, the transfer amount of the commitment is 27,000,000 euros, and the Senegalese signed a three-year contract worth 25,000,000 euros net per season. Thus, from the age of 31 to 35, Koulibaly will earn much more than for the entire previous part of his career, since in Napoli at the peak of his form he had a salary of 6,000,000 euros net per year.Welcome Koulibaly in @Alhilal_FC 💙 pic.twitter.com/MYeHO4QdqS— Ibrahim Alshammari🇸🇦 (@ibrahim_Abbas__) June 25, 2023 Koulibaly is the fourth big transfer bomb since the Saudi offensive on big football names started this summer. First Al Ittihad brought Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante, then Al Hilal responded by buying Ruben Neves for 55,000,000 euros from Wolverhampton, and now they added Koulibaly.Al Hilal is the most trophy-winning, most popular and richest club in Saudi Arabia. “The Real Madrid of the Middle East” some call it. In previous years, famous names such as Bafetimbi Gomis, Luciano Vietto, Sebastian Giovinco played there, but from this summer, the club turned to some of the most famous names in world football as part of the national strategy. Al Hilal has a practically unlimited budget, which it showed with the biggest offer in the history of sports when it offered Leo Messi 600,000,000 euros per season. Then 200,000,000 to Luka Modrić for three years. The two of them refused, but some others did not…##NAJAVA_MECA_7340221##First came the great Portuguese midfielder Ruben Neves, and now Koulibaly. The Senegalese is 32 years old and with this contract he has settled the existence for his family’s future generations. But this is not the end of the transfer bombs in Al Hilal. The club from Riyadh is expected to bring in an even bigger name. The targets are Neymar, Mohamed Salah and Bernardo Silva, who has the best chance of accepting. And Max Allegri could sit on the coaching bench.Koulibaly’s arrival from Chelsea to Saudi Arabia is the first in the exodus from Stamford Bridge. In the coming days, his compatriot Edouard Mendy should become the new goalkeeper of Al Ahly, and Hakim Ziyech should strengthen Al Nassr, in which Cristiano Ronaldo plays.Official, confirmed. Kalidou Koulibaly joins Al Hilal on €23m fee to Chelsea — permanent transfer on three year deal. 🇸🇦He’s gonna play together with Rúben Neves. pic.twitter.com/ogEQn8zaX7— Ezeogo Ean (@PureRoyalBreed) June 25, 2023
