🇸🇦 Which high-profile football players have moved or moving to Saudi Arabia?

:rotating_light: Saudi side Al Ittihad are close to signing Celtic forward Jota! :saudi_arabia:

(Source: @FabrizioRomano)

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Al-Ahli have reached an agreement to sign Roberto Firmino until 2026, per @fabriziorom

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Steven Gerrard is close to joining Al-Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro League :eyes:

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:rotating_light: 45-year-old Gianluigi Buffon has an offer from a club in Saudi Arabia! :saudi_arabia:

A two-season contract: €15M-a-year! :money_mouth_face:

(Source: @Gazzetta_it )

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:rotating_light: David de Gea is a target for Al-Nassr, with a potential £250k-a-week contract.

[Source: @reluctantnicko]

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:memo: DEAL DONE: Saudi club Al-Hilal have appointed former Benfica manager Jorge Jesus as their new head coach. One-year contract. :portugal::handshake::saudi_arabia:

(Source: @Alhilal_FC)

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𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: Steven Gerrard has been appointed as new Ettifaq coach in Saudi league :saudi_arabia::england:

The English manager has accepted the job today :handshake:t2:

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Marcelo Brozović has signed contracts as new Al Nassr player. Deal valid until June 2026. :yellow_circle::large_blue_circle::saudi_arabia: #AlNassr

€18m final fee to Inter. Here we go confirmed.

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:rotating_light: Al Nassr have made a big offer for Andre Onana, linked with Man United.

[Source: @jamesbenge, @CBSSports]

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:rotating_light: Philippe Coutinho is one of Al-Ettifaq’s priorities. Steven Gerrard is keen to team up with his old teammate again. :saudi_arabia::brazil:

(Source: @JacobsBen)

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:rotating_light: Wilf Zaha has agreed deals with FOUR clubs after becoming a free agent this summer:

Lazio :it:
Fenerbahce :tr:
Al Nassr :saudi_arabia:
Crystal Palace :england:

He will now decide :thinking:

(Source: @SkySportsNews)

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:rotating_light: Al-Shabab have made an astronomical offer to sign Mauro Icardi. €80m over a two-year contract. :saudi_arabia:

They have also offered €20m to PSG for the Argentine striker. :money_mouth_face::argentina:

(Source: @Corriere )

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Steven Gerrard has made his first swoop as new manager of Al Ettifaq by poaching Liverpool analyst Ray Shearwood

Gerrard was officially confirmed as the next boss of the Saudi Pro League side on Monday at a formal unveiling in London.

And the legendary former Reds captain will now be taking analyst Shearwood with him to the Middle East after he accepted an approach from Gerrard earlier this week.

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:rotating_light: Al-Ahli want to reunite Sadio Mané and Roberto Firmino and have stepped up their interest in the forward.

Other Saudi clubs are also in for Mané and are waiting to see if he would leave Bayern.

[Source: @FabrizioRomano]

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:rotating_light: Al-Nassr have joined Al-Hilal in the race to sign Franck Kessie.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s side have already started negotiations with Barcelona, who would accept €20m, but Al-Nassr have offered less than €14m. :saudi_arabia:

(Source: @mundodeportivo)

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:rotating_light: The list of players confirmed in Saudi Arabia this summer:

:fr: Karim Benzema
:fr: N’Golo Kanté
:senegal: Édouard Mendy
:senegal: Kalidou Koulibaly
:croatia: Marcelo Brozović
:brazil: Roberto Firmino
:portugal: Rubén Neves
:portugal: Jota

The Cristiano effect? :money_mouth_face::money_mouth_face::money_mouth_face::money_mouth_face:

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It’s more the money effect!! :money_mouth_face::money_mouth_face::money_mouth_face::money_mouth_face:

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:joy::joy::joy::joy:.

Money is no doubt the major factor.

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:rotating_light: Newcastle’s French winger Allan Saint-Maximin, 26, has emerged as the latest Premier League player to be targeted by the Saudi Pro League.

[Source: 90min]

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:rotating_light: Al-Ahli have been pushing hard to sign Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina in the last few days. :saudi_arabia:

Several meetings have taken place with his brother, Nordin Amarabt, who is involved in the deal.

Sofyan’s priority remains to stay in Europe and already has an agreement with Atletico.

(Source: @Santi_J_FM)

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