After the spectacular move of Cristiano Ronaldo as well as the eye-catching transfers of Neymar, Fabinho and Karim Benzema, the Saudis will again try to lure some of Europe’s biggest names to the Middle East in the summer.
There is a list of nearly 100 possible candidates, with 20 main or “elite” targets – Saudi officials hope to convince nearly half of those top candidates to switch. This was also the approach in summer 2023.
At the top of the wish list are Salah and De Bruyne 90min-Info is considered the top two targets in the league.
In Saudi Arabia it is assumed that Salah would be willing to move to the country at some point. There will be another attempt to sign the Liverpool star (contract until 2025) this summer, although it is not yet clear whether he will leave Anfield this summer – a decision on a new contract is not expected until later this year .
As for De Bruyne, the Manchester City playmaker’s representatives have yet to give any indication of his interest in a move to Saudi Arabia.
City are interested in tying De Bruyne to a new contract – his current contract also runs until 2025 – and Pep Guardiola has publicly expressed his desire to continue working with the Belgian.
“I want him to stay, but I don’t know,” Guardiola said recently. “I’ve heard some rumors but I don’t know if there’s an offer, I don’t know if Saudi Arabia wants him. I want him to stay until the end of his career.” [hier] Remains.”
City would demand a total package well over £100m to release De Bruyne. The figure could perhaps even be closer to the £150m Liverpool offered for Salah last summer.
In Saudi Arabia the dream is for Salah to move to Al Hilal and play alongside Neymar (if he stays), Ruben Neves and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, while De Bruyne is more likely to be courted by Al Nassr or Al Ittihad, the two of them They are also working on signing Raphael Varane from Manchester United.
The decision on which club can bid for De Bruyne will be made internally in Saudi Arabia to avoid two clubs bidding against each other.
Another name to keep an eye on is Thiago Alcantara. Al Ettifaq is one of several Saudi clubs looking to negotiate a pre-contract deal with the Liverpool midfielder.
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2024-02-28 11:44:12
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