The Saudi League… 34 international stars join their teams in the “FIFA Days”
The number of players who were called up to their teams during the Saudi Professional League suspension period reached 34 players representing 20 teams from different continents, to participate in the “FIFA International Days” that are held during the current month of September.
The Portuguese legend, Cristiano Ronaldo, leads the list of players who have been called up; As the captain of Al-Nasr joined his country (Portugal) to play two matches in the European Nations Cup 2024 qualifiers, and with him his compatriot Ottavio, the Al-Nasr player, and Ruben Neves, the Al-Hilal player.
The star of the Brazilian national team, Neymar Jr., who recently joined the Al-Hilal team, joined the samba team during the current downtime, and with him Al-Ahly defender Rogerio Ibanez.
English star Jordan Henderson, captain of the Al-Ettifaq team, joined his country’s national team during the current downtime.
And the Liverpool player had previously indicated that he had contacted England coach Gareth Southgate before moving to the agreement to find out the extent to which he was affected by this step, but the latter made it clear to him that he would continue with his options, which is what happened in the current period.
The star, Riyad Mahrez, Al-Ahly player, presented the list of Algerian national team players during the current downtime, and his compatriot, Mustafa Ben Zaghba, the goalkeeper of Damak, joined him.
The Moroccan quartet joined the Atlas Lions team during the current hiatus; This list presents Yassin Bono, the goalkeeper of Al-Hilal team, as well as Munir Al-Muhammadi from Al-Wehda team, in addition to Jawad Al-Yamiq, the player of Al-Wehda team, and Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah, the Al-Ittihad striker.
Senegalese Sadio Mane, the Al-Nasr player, presented the list of those joining the Senegal national team from the Saudi Professional League, and his compatriot Khalido Coulibaly, the Al-Hilal team player, joined him, as well as Eduardo Mendy, Al-Ahly goalkeeper, in addition to Habib Diallo, the youth team player.
Ghislan Konan, the Al-Nasr team player, was present in the list of his country (Côte d’Ivoire), which also witnessed the joining of his compatriot, Frank Kessie, the Al-Ahly club player.
Turkish Merih Demiral, who joined the ranks of Al-Ahly club this summer, continued his presence in the Turkish national team list, and was called up during the current downtime.
Al-Hilal duo, Aleksandar Mitrovic and his compatriot Savic, joined their national team (Serbia), while Marcelo Brozovic, the Al-Nasr team player, joined the Croatian national team, and Spaniard Emeric Laporte, the Al-Nasr team player, joined the list of his country (Spain).
The Swedish Robin Quaison, the striker of the Al-Ettifaq team, continued to be present in the list of his country (Sweden), while Jack Hendry, the player of the Al-Ettifaq team, joined the Scotland national team, and the Polish Krzechowiak, the player of the Abha team, continued his presence in the list of his country (Poland).
Riyad Mahrez will join the Desert Warriors mission (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The Bosnian Ibrahim Sihik, the goalkeeper of the Gulf team, was present with his country’s national team (Bosnia and Herzegovina), in addition to his compatriot Simrut, the midfielder of the Al-Fayhaa team, and the Macedonian Al-Yuski, the Al-Ahly team player, was present in the (North Macedonia) national team list, and the Zambian Sakala, the Al-Fayhaa team player, joined the national team list. His country, Gabonese Didi Ndong, striker of the Riyadh team, and South Korean Kim Seung-gyu, goalkeeper of the youth team.
The England coach summoned Al-Ettifaq captain Henderson (Getty Images)
Omar Gonzalez, defender of Al-Raed team, was summoned to the Cameroon national team during the current downtime, and next to him were the Abha duo, Davies Ibasi, in addition to striker Ekambi.
It is noteworthy that the Saudi Professional League ranked fourth in the world among the most spending clubs during the summer transfer period (846.6 million euros), and Al-Hilal had the lion’s share of Al-Hilal after spending about 353 million euros on its global deals, led by the Brazilian Neymar with an amount of 90 million euros.
Riyad Mahrez will join the Desert Warriors (Middle East) mission cut out
The infusion of money from Saudi Arabia led to the faltering of the plans of some major clubs, as the Algerian international, Riyad Mahrez, left Manchester City, the European and England champion, to the Saudi Al-Ahly, and Jordan Henderson, captain of Liverpool, agreed, while the Serbian international striker, Alexander Mitrovic, preferred to pack his luggage and move from Fulham to Al-Hilal.
Despite the financial temptation, Liverpool stuck to the services of its Egyptian star, Mohamed Salah, after he rejected a huge offer of 150 million pounds ($ 190 million) from the Saudi club Al-Ittihad.
The England coach called up captain Al Ettifaq Henderson (Getty Images) cut out
The departure of Portuguese midfielder Ruben Neves, who is only 26 years old, from Wolverhampton to Al Hilal, was a warning bell for what the future holds about the bleeding of talent from the Premier League, as the championship faces additional challenges, with local stars preferring professionalism in foreign tournaments despite the luxurious offers presented to them locally.
2023-09-04 07:56:36
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