Dozens of stars have arrived this past summer the exotic league of Saudi Arabia. The petrodollars that have been flooding European football for years have been breaking the market for some time attracting veteran stars to his young league.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the season in the summer of 2022 and in the last summer market there were many stars who allowed themselves to be tempted by the millions of the sheikhs.
Neymar, Benzemá, Firmino, Kante and Mahrez were the most prominent names but also young players with great projection such as the Galician Gabri Veiga They landed in Arab lands.
In fact, experts suggest that the next objective of the Saudi Arabian league is precisely to acquire young talents from European football.
Within the list of foreign footballers who have joined Saudi teams There is also a middle class. Players who seek there the economic stability that clubs in the Spanish league cannot ensure. Is the case of former Alavesista Álvaro Medrán.
The footballer trained in the Real Madrid youth academy, arrived in Arabia in January 2022 to become the big star Al-Taawoun.
Medrán, who played five games with the Real Madrid first team after making his debut under Carlo Ancelotti in 2014, decided to leave Spain after several experiences in Getafe, Valencia, Alavés and Rayo Vallecano.
After two years at the Chicago Fire of the MSL American, the midfielder arrived in a league in which his team, after a good season, was fighting to escape the relegation spots.
Now, almost two years later, Al-Taawoun leading march in a competition where they must compete with the economic power of Al Ahly, Al Nassr, Al Hilal and Al Ittihad, the four ‘big’ clubs that have capital from the Saudi fund.
🤗 Do you know who the leader of the Arab League is?
❌ Neither Cristiano’s Al Nassr, nor Neymar’s Al Hilal, nor Benzema’s Al Ittihad
1️⃣🇸🇦 In Arabia rules… the Al Taawon of @alvaromedran! And the Spanish celebrate it like this 🎉
📹 @SPL_EN pic.twitter.com/r7HzbtqdpX
— MARCA (@marca) October 5, 2023
Al Taawoun’s number 10 has been there for more than a year and a half being the franchise player of his team and Their numbers speak for themselves. The exalbiazul is the most outstanding player outside the big four Saudi clubs and Ettifaq which has Gerrard on the bench and Henderson, Mousa Dembélé and Wijnaldum in the squad.
— Alvaro Medran Just (@AlvaroMedran) June 11, 2023
⏱ Minute 85 of the game…
🤯 Y @AlvaroMedran score this great goal to win the game
🤩 What a debut in the #ACL2022 con @AltaawounFC!🏆 All matches @TheAFCCL live on #LaLigaSportsTVPlus 👇
— LALIGA+ (@LaLigaPlus) April 8, 2022
2023-10-25 15:37:50
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