Saudi Arabian football champion Al-Ittihad has another high-profile French player to accompany Karim Benzema at the team next season. (More Football news)
Saudi Arabian football champion Al-Ittihad has another high-profile French player to accompany Karim Benzema at the team next season.
Saudi Arabian football champion Al-Ittihad has another high-profile French player to accompany Karim Benzema at the team next season. (More Football news)
N바카라™Golo Kante completed his move from Chelsea on Wednesday, with Al-Ittihad welcoming the 32-year-old midfielder with a series of tweets containing the hashtag 바카라śWelcomeBox2Box바카라ť 바카라” referring to his hard-running style of play.
He will reportedly earn more than $100 million across the length of a four-year deal at a club based in Jeddah and coached by former Tottenham and Wolverhampton manager Nuno Espirito Santo. It recently won the Saudi league ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo바카라™s Al-Nassr.
Kante, who won the World Cup with France in 2018, the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021 and has been one of the best players in the Premier League in recent years as a back-to-back champion with Leicester and Chelsea, has struggled with injuries over the past two seasons.
That hasn바카라™t put off Al-Ittihad from apparently spending big on Kante, a few weeks after bringing in Benzema after the expiry of the reigning world player of the year바카라™s contract at Real Madrid. There was not immediately a statement on Al-Ittihad바카라™s website regarding Kante바카라™s signing.
The big names 바카라” albeit players nearing the end of their careers 바카라” are being enticed to the Saudi league, where spending is being fueled by a move by the kingdom바카라™s sovereign wealth Public Investment Fund to take a majority ownership stake in four of the country바카라™s top clubs, including Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr. The move is part of a 바카라śprivatization project바카라ť that encourages public sector organizations to invest in sports, with soccer teams a priority under the initiative backed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Another of those four teams, Al-Hilal, tried to buy Lionel Messi but Argentina바카라™s World Cup winner decided to join Inter Miami in the United States.
A slew of leading players are being linked with moves to Saudi Arabia in this European offseason, including Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez, Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and Wolverhampton midfielder Ruben Neves.