Saudis have already invested more than 800 million euros since Ronaldo arrived

Neymar and Otávio were the most expensive stars to reach a league that has four clubs investing in reinforcements. Al-Hilal coached by Jorge Jesus has led the market, having already spent 353 M€. CR7 remains the highest paid.

2023-08-29

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the doors and warned that the Saudi Arabia League would become one of the best in the world. At the time, many doubted what he was saying, but the truth is that it didn’t take long for the winds of change to be felt in football in that country. If it is true that CR7 arrived at Al Nassr at zero cost, after terminating his contract with Manchester United, this summer there are many stars that were in European football that are arriving in Arabia, in such a way that Saudi clubs have already invested more than 843 million euros in reinforcements, more than double the Spanish League (384 million euros) and still ahead of the Italian Serie A (754.9), Bundesliga (661.6) or the French Ligue 1 (681.7). Ahead of the Saudi League is only the Premier League (2320 million euros),