Nottingham Forest’s hope that they could upset the Saudis and rob them of the already-seen signing was short-lived. It hasn’t been made official yet, but the job is done, as confirmed by Jose Mourinho himself: his stopper and one of Roma’s most important players – Roger Ibanez (24), is a new Al-Ahli player.’I turned down Saudis, I’m a prisoner of the word given to my players’According to the reports of the portal of all relevant sources from Italy, the Wolfess collected 25,000,000 fixed euros from this deal, and they will easily be able to receive a bonus of 10,000,000. Bearing in mind that Atalanta paid only 9,000,000 for the Brazilian two years ago, this will be a serious benefit, primarily for the financial books of the Roman club, which has been struggling in recent months with Financial Fair Play and for this reason only brings players out of contract.##NAJAVA_MECA_7409456##And from the financial side, of course, Ibanez himself also did well. As previously announced, a three-year contract worth as much as 30,000,000 euros net has been prepared for him! Or 10,000,000 per season. In his entire career, the Brazilian did not earn as much as he will in just one year in Jeddah…Jose Mourinho announced on Instagram:”I know you will miss me. Thank you for your last shirt. Now you can finally pay a proper meal for me and my staff. Enjoy Saudi Arabia.”The deal is done. ✅✍️#Ibanez #AlAhli #Mourinho ⚽ pic.twitter.com/sjJBD0Daqw— Angelo Mangiante (@angelomangiante) August 7, 2023 A reminder – Al-Ahli have been on a big offensive in recent weeks. And that transfer market offensive does not stop. They brought in Riyad Mahrez, Roberto Firmino, Allan Saint-Maximin, goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, and now Roger Ibanez.They spent 105,000,000 euros on all these transfers (not counting the 10,000,000 that will go to Ibanez’s bonuses), and they already have new targets. Three are supposedly primary: Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) and Merih Demiral (Atalanta).
