Al-Ahli has the least success of the big four clubs in Saudi Arabia, it is not more popular than Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad or Al-Nassr, but that doesn’t stop them from strengthening themselves the most this summer.In the space of 24 hours, the Jeddah club announced the arrival of two big stars. Yesterday Franck Kessie from Barcelona, today Roger Ibanez from Roma!The Brazilian stopper had a dilemma at one point when the possibility of going to the Premier League appeared (Nottingham Forest called him), but the financial moment took its toll and prevailed.In the end, a four-year contract was concluded during which Ibanez will earn 40,000,000 euros net.Roma also did well. In the name of compensation, the Wolfess collected 28,500,000 fixed, plus 3,000,000 through bonuses, and there are also percentages of future sales. Italian colleagues state that it is 20 percent…📝 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘: Al-Ahli have signed Roger Ibañez from AS Roma. ✔️🇸🇦 €28.5m fee + €3m add-ons.(Source: @ALAHLI_FCEN) pic.twitter.com/vF2dILHtrn— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) August 10, 2023 Ibanez is Al-Ahli’s sixth big signing. In addition to the mentioned Kessie, Riyad Mahrez, Roberto Firmino, Allan Saint-Maximin and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy were brought in.Sounds really good, doesn’t it?Al-Ahli spent a little more than 123,000,000 euros on all these reinforcements. Of course, the Saudis will not stop there. The next target is Piotr Zielinski from Napoli.
