The Moroccan international leaves Nervión and signs for three seasons with Neymar’s new team; the transfer is about 20 million euros.
Yassine Bono is no longer a goalkeeper for Sevilla, which on Thursday, August 17, 2023 confirmed the transfer of the Moroccan goalkeeper to Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia, the same one who had announced the recruitment of Neymar a few hours ago.
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Bono’s signing for Al-Hilal is for the next three seasons and represents an income of almost €20 million for the Sevilla club. In this way, the former Girona player will also share a dressing room with renowned international footballers such as Rúben Neves, Kalidou Koulibaly, Malcom and Milinković-Savić.
Seville official statement
“Bono leaves Sevilla FC after playing 142 officials with the Nervionense shirt, winning two UEFA Europa Leagues, one Zamora Trophy, winning 58 clean sheets and being nominated as the best goalkeeper in the world at The Best gala, where he finished in third place.
Bonus even adds something to your resume a goal scored, the one that led to the tie at Valladolid in the 20/21 campaign. The Moroccan, who would arrive from Girona FC in the last days of the 19/20 season market and started as a substitute for Tomas Vaclík, said goodbye to Nervión. His debut took place on October 3 of that year in the Europa League, in the Sánchez-Pizjuán against the Cypriot APOEL. In LaLiga, it premiered in Getafe in February, after the Czech goalkeeper had to retire at half-time due to an injury.
His final breakthrough is set after the return to football after giving birth, where he returns to center stage after another injury to Vaclík, against SD Eibar, prevented him from finishing the season as a starter. Bono grabbed the gloves and didn’t let go of them, playing the last four days and especially the final phase of the UEL in Germany, where he stood out with a great performance against Wolverhampton in the quarter-final – saving a penalty from Raúl Jiménez – and the memorable semi-final match against Manchester United, where his heroic performance enabled the team a final in which he was also a key player against Inter Milan. All this leads to the unavoidable Execution of Girona’s purchase option, making Bono a Sevilla player in all respects, in the summer of 2020.
The 20/21 season played 33 of the league games and a total of 45 games, adding the Champions League and Copa del Rey. In 21/22, already with Dmitrovic as a competitor under the crossbar, he remains a regular, except for his march to the Africa Cup in January. In addition, Bono would take that same course the 100 official appearances playing for Sevilla, against Levante UD, where he also set the spectacular record of 50% clean under the goalposts of Sevilla, something no one had done in the 21st century. This season, the Moroccan would end with another milestone for his statistics and those of Sevilla FC, achieving the first Zamora Trophy in history, the highest individual recognition for a goalkeeper in Spain, with 24 goals in 31 games played and a coefficient of 0.77 goals against.
The Moroccan goalkeeper would premiere the year 2023 through to the gala The Best of FIFA nominated as the best goalkeeper in the world, thanks to his great previous campaign, finished third in the voting behind Emiliano Martínez and Thibaut Courtois. In this 22/23, Bono will play 36 matches between LaLiga, Champions, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League, where again He was again decisive for the red and white interests, delivering performances that will be remembered forever against Manchester United, Juventus and was the hero in the penalty shootout against Roma that would give the seventh cup to the red and whites. For example, Bono would play against Manchester City, in the final of the European Super Cup, his last game as a Sevilla player.
Bonus has a official farewell act on upcoming dates, if possible. Sevilla FC thanks Bono for his work and achievement in this phase that is coming to an end and wishes him the best of luck in this new future that is opening up for him. Thank you Bon!”
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