Numerous players left Europe’s top leagues during the 2023 summer transfer window to cash in fabulous sums of money in Saudi Arabia. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Aleksandar Mitrović played fantastically in the championship there the previous season but did not make a name for themselves at the EURO2024 recently played in Germany. Thus, the lack of competitiveness in the Middle East affects performances on the bigger stage, as was the case with the recently concluded continental tournament.Now, football fans in Europe will have the opportunity to see in action what it looks like when a player returns from Saudi Arabia after a wasted season, but at the same time, at an age when it is still not too late to rehabilitate his career. Allan Saint-Maximin moved from Newcastle to Al Ahli in the summer of 2023 at the age of 27, and has now left the Jeddah giants for a one-year loan at Fenerbahce.##NAJAVA_MECA_8219300##The financial details of the transfer are probably the most interesting part of the whole deal, considering that the Canaries will pay €8,000,000 for a one-year loan. In addition, Fenerbahce will pay 4,500,000 euros of annual salary, while Al Ahli will pay the remaining 2,500,000 euros. By the way, Saint-Maximin’s salary was originally 10,600,000 euros per season, but the Frenchman agreed to reduce his salary to 7,000,000 in the second year of the contract. Saint-Maximin scored only four goals in 31 games in Saudi Arabia.The former fan favourite of the Magpies became Fener’s third signing in the summer transfer window, having previously Oguz Aydin arriving from Alanya and Cenk Tosun from Besiktas. The main goal that has been set before Jose Mourinho is qualifying for the Champions League, in which Fenerbahçe has not played since 2008.Welcome to Fenerbahçe, Allan Saint-Maximin! 💛💙 pic.twitter.com/8a2SD18OVY— Fenerbahçe English (@Fenerbahce_EN) July 17, 2024
