The Big Five are no longer the ultimate destination, and Arab development begins with money and ends with projects of intense seriousness.
Football is changing. And it will continue to do so. Just as the long servants of the clubs become more and more expendable, information workers for large companies, and even the idols who have given so much to their employers, so do the most honorable leagues, the elite leagues that are beginning to assimilate the perceived changes: leagues like the Saudi Pro League have the resources to lay the groundwork for dethroning their seats. put them out of the spotlight. Well, without tradition, they have decided to seriously invest and convey the attention of the fan and even of television, who appreciate more the product of the Middle East, knowing by heart the markets that their sheikhs on the counting fingers off their hands and/or taking on their champions before the courses begin, farmers’ leagues that matter more in the battle to retain the category than in the serious battle for the titles.
Neymar confirmed it: Cristiano Ronaldo opened the doors so that the figures dared to take the plunge and bet on that amalgam of financial security and vision of the future, and the rain of tears has not stopped. The Portuguese, who arrived at Al-Nassr in Talisca, was hung precisely on the calendar year by the greatest reference in Inter’s midfield, Marcelo Brozovic, the captain of Lens who had recently qualified for the Champions League groups Seko Fofana, World Cup players Alex Telles and Otávio, one of the best Africans of our time like Sadio Mané and the treble winner Aymeric Laporte, who expects his bonuses to increase with minutes of play.
Al-Hilal is not far behind, who, alongside Ney, dared to compose a Greatest Hits with luxury protagonists such as Yassine Bono (best goalscorer of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and current monarch of the Europa League with his Seville of the soul) , Rúben Neves (the heart of Wolverhampton), Kalidou Koulibaly (the other half of Senegal’s power), Sergej Milinković-Savić (the highest scoring midfielder in Lazio’s history), Malcom (already included in Brazil’s squad ) and Aleksandar Mitrović (the most prolific goalscorer the English Championship has seen in the last ten years). And believe me, if there were no international transfer limit, the selections would be even more European, because there is no fund in the wallet that finances casts with renewed stadiums and big dreams.
In Al-Ahli, there are Édouard Mendy, Roberto Firmino, Riyad Mahrez, Allan Saint-Maximin, Franck Kessié, Gabri Veiga, Merih Demiral and Roger Ibañez, returning champions and internationals relevant to the competitiveness of their teams. Jordan Henderson eventually signed with Moussa Dembélé for Al-Ettifaq, while Al-Ittihad relied on the solidity of Marcelo Grohe at the gate, the solvency of Fabinho at the start (yes, at first glance all of Liverpool seems to be here!) , the claw of a world champion like N’Golo Kanté, eternally prized by Chelsea observers, and Karim Benzema, who needs no other word to be presented as a weighty argument in the rival goal. All balloons d’or left the Old Continent.
Cris, the second best footballer of the 21st century, is a true ambassador of Arabia in the world and fully believes that youth should be at the center, so that transcendence resounds in every corner, but prejudices and European hegemony are already catapulted . Argentina is the best in the world, but the Arab triumph against Lionel Messi and his golden gang basically served as an epilogue for football to change, reconfigure, move forward, release and expand. Because the ball will never stop rolling, even if they foul it, insult it and make unjustified decisions that lead to an evolution towards a better air.
Source: Goal