2023-07-20 01:26:04
Global deals raise the value of the Saudi League to 461 million euros
After concluding many distinguished and amazing deals, the market value of the Saudi Professional League has risen to 461.45 million euros so far, according to the famous “Transfer Market” website.
A number of international players, such as Karim Benzema and Ngolo Kante, joined Al-Ittihad, Kalidou Coulibaly, Portuguese Robin Neves and Sergey Milonkovic Savic for Al-Hilal, Marcelo Brozovic and Siko Fofana for Al-Nasr, and Edward Mendy and Roberto Firmino for Al-Ahly.
This rise is a huge jump compared to previous years, which was, for example, in 2018 estimated at 257 million euros, then rose to 298 million euros in October of 2020, before it reached in the summer of 2021 to 368.25 million euros.
Karim Benzema.. a global icon in Saudi stadiums (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Al-Hilal snatched the top of the Saudi clubs with the highest market value, according to “Transfer Market”, as the value of Al-Hilal so far amounted to 140.65 million euros, by a large difference from the second-placed Al-Nasr club, whose value is 121.08 million euros.
The reason for Al-Hilal’s leadership is certainly due to its summer contracts so far, as it included Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly and Portuguese Ruben Neves, before concluding a deal to include Serbian midfielder Sergei Milenkovic-Savic for 40 million euros.
Al-Nasr topped the market value of Saudi clubs last season with 81.55 million euros, before falling to second place. Given that the team has only concluded two deals so far, including Croatian midfielder Marcelo Brozovic and Ivorian midfielder Siko Fofana.
Al-Ittihad ranked third with a market value of 77.03 million euros, then Al-Ahly fourth with 51.28 million euros, and by a large difference, Al-Shabab came fifth with 24.63 million euros.
The Saudi clubs took turns in the following positions, so the teams of Al-Ettifaq, Al-Taawon, Al-Fateh, Al-Taei, Al-Khaleej, Abha, Al-Fayhaa, Damak, Al-Wahda, Al-Okhdood, Al-Raed, Al-Hazm, and finally Al-Riyadh, the newcomer to the Roshen League, whose market value amounted to only 1.8 million euros.
The Saudi League currently leads the various leagues in Asia, surpassing the UAE League, the Japanese League, the South Korean League and then the Qatari League. While the Saudi League ranks 16th in the world, in the list topped by the English Premier League with a market value of 10.11 billion euros, then the Spanish La Liga, the Italian Serie A and the German Bundesliga.
The Savic deal contributed greatly to raising the value of the Saudi League (Asharq Al-Awsat)
The Saudi League outperforms many European leagues, as its market value exceeds the value of leagues in Austria, Scotland, Ukraine, Greece, Switzerland, Croatia, Denmark and Serbia.
And the Saudi League competition can increase in terms of market value when a number of currently pending deals are finalized. A deal to include Brazilian midfielder Fabinho to Al-Ittihad club is pending, whose market value, according to “Transfer Market”, is 42 million euros, and the Algerian wing’s market value is also. Riyad Mahrez, the candidate to join Al-Ahly club, 20 million euros. As for the captain of the Liverpool team, Jordan Henderson, and the candidate to join the club, the agreement has a market value of 10 million euros, while the market value of Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea is 13 million euros, and the French winger Moussa Diaby is 50 million euros, and the Brazilian winger Rafinha is 60 million euros, and they are all candidates for transfer. for the Saudi League in the coming period.
With only 45 days left until the end of the summer transfer market worldwide, the current Mercato has so far recorded many historic deals that will be recorded in football history until it is broken in the future, and this summer market is still full of surprises that may occur at any moment.
Firmino is one of the most prominent Saudi summer deals (Middle East)
The Englishman Declan Rice tops the list of the ten most expensive transfer deals that took place this summer, following moving to Arsenal at a value of 122 million euros, to become the most expensive deal in Arsenal’s history and the second most expensive deal in the Premier League career behind Enzo Fernandez, the most expensive player in the history of the Premier League, and Declan Rice became with this. Transfer is the most expensive English players in history.
Arsenal did not disclose the financial details of the deal, but British media reported that it cost the league’s runners-up 105 million pounds ($137.45 million).
The 24-year-old Rice deal surpasses Jack Grealish’s record when he moved from Aston Villa to Manchester City for 100 million pounds in 2021.
He also became the most expensive player in Arsenal’s history, overtaking Nicolas Pepe, who joined from French Lille for 72 million pounds in 2019.
But the deal is a fraction less than what Chelsea paid Benfica to sign midfielder Enzo Fernandes this year (£107m).
And in second place is the other Englishman, Jude Bellingham, who transferred from Dortmund to Real Madrid, at a value of 103 million euros, to become the second most expensive player in the history of Real Madrid, behind the Belgian Eden Hazard.
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