2023-06-23 00:50:56
Saudi Arabia is being the Main protagonist in this start of the transfer market. It has always been considered Saudi Professional League as a destination for players who are in the twilight of their career and who want to shell out a Big amount of money.
However the saudi government He has been wanting one for years competitive league in your country, full of world-class footballers. To do this, the goal is for each team to have a minimum of two level players. And this year it seems that they can achieve it.
Cristiano Ronaldo during his presentation with Al-Nassr. Photo: Getty Images
After the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo to Arabia at the beginning of the yearthe league grew at the media level and, since then, several teams have tried tempt players with exorbitant contracts. Mainly, they are focusing on players from the Premier League, above all, of teams that are linked to the Arab country. And that is the case of Chelsea FC.
Saudi Arabia is investing in the Premier League for a few seasons through public investment funds. Thanks to these funds, buy shares of English clubs like Newcastle or Chelsea, seizing a part of his property. It should be noted that these financings are away from the saudi statethus complying with the regulations of the Premier League, what fixes that a country cannot be behind the ownership of a club.
Todd Boehly at a Chelsea match. Photo: Getty Images
After the Roman Abramovich’s departure as Chelsea owner in February 2022, Todd Boehly bought him in the summer. The businessman from the North American investment group took ownership of the club, along with Clearlake Capitaland public investment fund lead by Chris Jurasekwho holds the position of Executive Director blue. Hence, Saudi Arabia is investing in the London club.
Help needed for Chelsea
Los blues they made many incorporations during the 22/23 campaign, making transfers at too high prices that are now beginning to take their toll. They find themselves in need of getting rid of several important players in solving the problems of Fair Play financial.
Saudi Arabia is trying to help Chelsea, trying to sign their most important players, with a current contract, to reduce the wage bill. The first to come out was the French centre-back, N’Golo Kantéwhich will go to Al-Ittihad to play the next three seasonscharging 25 million for each of them.
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Kante will not be the only one blue to go to Arabia. Kalidou Koulibaly, Hakim Ziyech, Edouard Mendy y Callum Hudson-Odoi They have many ballots to be the next to leave Stamford Bridge. The four have agreed on their contract with their new club and are waiting for it to be made official. It is probable that some other player, like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, can go to Middle East.
It is clear that the saudi investment funds have invested in the equipment of the Saudi Professional League to contribute to the Chelsea rout and get, on the other hand, world class players to have one high level competition.
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