Saudi Arabia’s Ambitious Transfers: Analyzing the Kingdom’s Impact on European Clubs

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The kingdom’s offensive on the market, which actually concerns four clubs having mainly recruited prestigious players but at the end of their career, does not worry European clubs too much. For the moment.

As a “surprised observer”, the former coach of Paris-SG and current Bayern Munich, Thomas Tuchel, suggests waiting to see more clearly and this is almost the position that predominates in the Europe of the soccer. The onslaught of Saudi Arabia on the transfer market was in a flash. After Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival in December from Al-Nassr, the Saudis have been recruiting with a vengeance since June, starting with Ballon d’Or Karim Benzema, followed by some of the most gifted footballers of recent years. (N’Golo Kanté, Sadio Mané, Riyad Mahrez…).

In its frenzy, the kingdom does not upset the secular progress of football: a petrodollar remains a dollar. Does he just participate in his capitalist inflation by rewarding

2023-08-10 09:59:13
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