AFTER AN EXPENDITURE OF ALMOST A BILLION EUROS
Fear is over! Saudi Arabia closes its transfer market
Tranquility returns to the teams in Europe with the closure of the summer transfer window in Saudi Arabia, which ended "much" after the European one and posed a real threat to the planning of the teams
Finally, it has closed the market of signings in Saudi Arabia, seven days after it finished in the European continent. They were a lot of the clubs that were concerned by possible offers and movements of the Saudi when they already had 'closed' his staff. The most sounded case has been the one of Mohamed Salah, by which offered more than 250 million euros, although the Liverpool denied at all times to the offer and finished remaining like an anecdote.
The true is that it has remained clear that the Saudi football has arrived to mark the difference and, more important still, remain. It will be a danger for the clubs keep to his stars because, to hit of talonario, in the Half Orient have built a League that begins to be more than competitive. In the process, only this summer, have spent almost billion of euros. In fact, to world-wide level, only surpasses him the Premier League.
Saudi Arabia invested €957,1m in signings
According to data collected by 'MARK', in Arabia invested 957,1 million euros in the market estival, only by behind the English League with a cost of 2.810 'kilos'. It Tie it 1 it remained third in the ranking with €898,6m of investment, whereas the 'top 5' close it the Series To (€854,3m) and Bundesliga (€748,3m). LaLiga, by his part, has remained displaced until the sixth square with a cost of 'alone' €440,8m.
Along the summer, the Saudi League 'stole' several stars to the European football. The most sounded names are the ones of Karim Benzema, Neymar Jr, N'Golo Kanté, Roberto Firmino, Ruben Neves, Kalidou Koulibaly, Edouard Mendy, Marcelo Brozovic, Jota, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Jordan Henderson, Riyad Mahrez, Allan Saint-Maximin, Fabinho, Sadio Mané, Franck Kessié, Yassine Bounou, Merih Demiral or Aleksandar Mitrovic. They have left clear that are to do grow to his League and that this summer has been only a small warning.
