Football, Mercato – Budget to come and transfer control: a very calm summer Saudi Pro League – Eurosport

Seen from Europe, all the reasons were available. The blow from the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo would have subsided. Departure of some players, Jordan Henderson up front, it would have cooled those most attached to the European way of life among them. The intentions of the PIF, the Saudi sovereign fund, would face the difficulty of being attractive in a competition that is too uncompetitive. And in the end, the Saudi Pro League would become a kind of eastern MLS, with its early retirees in sunny cities and the youth buried with bad advice from representatives.