Ben Jacobs, a European transfer market expert who works for CBS Sports in the U.S., said on the 21st (Korea Standard Time), “This summer, Saudi clubs will spend £2 billion (about 3.398 trillion won) overall in the league, including transfer fees, annual salaries, and agent costs. Saudi clubs spent £750 million (about 1.27 trillion won) on the transfer fee alone last summer,” predicting that Saudi clubs will also show active movements in the summer transfer market in 2024.
Currently, the most desired players by Saudi clubs are PL superstars Kevin De Bruyne and Mohamed Salah. Some Saudi clubs are already moving to recruit De Bruyne. 토토사이트 순위
Reporter Jacobs said, “Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal have already approached and expressed their interest in DeBrainer’s camp. Manchester City will expect a transfer fee of over £100 million if they accept the offer. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is still known to want DeBrainer’s contract extended.”
Salah was the most wanted player by Saudi clubs last summer, but the transfer was not made. There is an expectation that Salah will go to Saudi Arabia someday, but it has not been long since he renewed his contract with Liverpool, so it is expected that it will be early by 2024.
After the two players, Son’s big name is Son Heung-min. A Jacobs reporter said, “I will also approach Tottenham captain Son Heung-min, who was always on the 2024 recruitment list. Son firmly refused to move to Saudi Arabia last summer. He will be a very difficult target to secure, but so did Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino. Both eventually accepted the move to Saudi Arabia.”
In the summer of 2023, the Saudi clubs were interested in him, but he ended the rumor with a statement that reassured the entire nation. Son said, “I’m not ready to go there yet. I think I have a good PL, and I have a lot of work to do. Didn’t (Ki) Sung-yong tell you once? “The captain of the Republic of Korea doesn’t go to China.” To me, money is not important right now.
It is important to take pride in playing my favorite soccer and playing in my favorite league. I still have a lot of homework to do in the PL. I think fans of my team will like it. I will go back and prepare well,” he said in person, adding that he will not hesitate to stay at Tottenham. So far, this idea is expected to remain unchanged, and Tottenham will not send Son Heung-min to Saudi Arabia.