While Manchester City might have confirmed that will not be completing a sensational Saudi switch this summer, the Middle East has once again attracted a host of Premier League superstars.
With Aston Villa’s completing a £50million move to Al-Ittihad earlier in the week, the Frenchman is the latest Premier League superstar to join to Saudi Pro League.
Only continuing to hoover up plenty of European superstars following Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic move to the Middle East 18 months ago, the Saudi’s have proven that they are willing to break a string of financial records.
With the Saudi summer transfer window not set to slam shut until October 6th, we have taken a look at some of the other heavyweights that could be heading to the Middle East.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is set to leave Marseille for Al Qadsiah in the summer transfer window, according to Fabrizio Romano. The well-known and well-respected journalist has reported that Aubameyang is will join Al Qadsiah in the Saudi Pro League on a two-year contract.
Romano wrote on : “Pierre Emerick Aubameyang says goodbye to OM fans as he’s leaving the club, as expected.
“Auba will join Saudi Pro League side Al Qadsiah on two year contract, he’ll play alongside Nacho next season. Here we go, confirmed.
Aubameyang joined Marseille in the summer of 2023 after leaving Chelsea at the end of last season. The 35-year-old Gabon international striker made 30 starts and four substitute appearances in Ligue 1 last season. He scored 17 goals and gave eight …
Spain international Aritz Aduriz said his country should remain the favourite to take out Euro 2016 in France later this year.
Defending European champions Spain will be hungry to bounce back from a poor defence of their World Cup crown in Brazil in 2014 where they exited the tournament at the group stage.
Results have been less than impressive, too, with Spain struggling to a goalless draw against Romania after fighting to a 1-1 draw in Italy in their latest round of friendlies in March.
Spain are chasing a third-straight European Championship and Aduriz believes they will be the best team at the tournament, starting in June, backed up by big-game experience.
Today, the best team is the one with the most options. Spain is favourite because they are the…
Carlo Ancelotti insisted Real Madrid will reject FIFA s invitation to participate in the Club World Cup in 2025, citing a lack of financial incentive for the 15-time European champions.
The revamped competition has been expanded to allow 32 teams to compete in the tournament, which is set to take place in the United States at the end of next season.
It will be made up of teams from six federations, with Chelsea, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Madrid already qualified due to past success on the European and global stage.
FIFA have reportedly been discussing rights and prize money with clubs, but with concerns over player welfare due to a bulging fixture schedule, Ancelotti, who has won the competition three times with Milan and Los Blancos, believes …
Portugal coach Fernando Santos is hoping to see some improvement from his side ahead of Euro 2016 despite their 3-0 friendly win over Norway on Sunday.
Raphael Guerreiro and Eder added to Ricardo Quaresma s first-half goal as Portugal began preparations for next month s European Championship in France.
While Santos believes the result at the Estadio do Dragao was a positive one, there are still a number of things to work on before the tournament gets underway on June 10.
Portugal will contest Group F alongside Iceland, Austria and Hungary.
We entered the game well, the first 20 minutes were good although we needed a little more outwardness. But the opponent just could not play against us, Santos said.
After that Norway dropped their lines and we…
Real Madrid are interested in signing Leny Yoro from Lille in the summer transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that Lille value Yoro at over £50 million, and that Spanish and European giants Madrid are one of the clubs who are very interested in him.
Yoro has been on the books of Lille since 2017 and has come through the French club’s youth system. The 18-year-old has now established himself as one of the regulars in the first team and is widely considered one of the better centre-backs in France.
The defender has made 20 starts and one substitute appearance in Ligue 1 for Lille so far this season. He has scored two goals in those games. Lille are fourth in the Ligue 1 table at the moment with 38 points from 22 matches. Meanwhile, Real Madrid current…
Joachim Low cannot wait for Germany s Euro 2016 opener against Ukraine and is confident that his side can cope with the pressure of being one of the favourites to win the tournament.
World champions Germany begin their quest to add European Championship glory to their triumph in Brazil two years ago when they take on Mikhail Fomenko s team in Lille on Sunday.
Low s men are widely fancied to repeat a feat achieved by France at the turn of the century and Spain in 2010 by holding both the world and European crowns simultaneously, and the head coach was in relaxed mood when he spoke to the media on Saturday.
I m ridiculously excited for it to get started, he said. The expectations are high, but we re more than capable of dealing with that.
Centre-back Mats…
Nottingham Forest welcomed their seventh addition of the transfer window with the arrival of Paraguay international Ramon Sosa from Talleres.
Sosa, who grabbed a goal and an assist at this year s Copa America for Los Guaranies, has signed a five-year deal at the City Ground for a reported £11m transfer fee.
The 24-year-old scored six goals and added seven assists in all competitions for Talleres last season.
Sosa began his career in his native country where he won the Copa Paraguay with Olimpia in 2021 before moving to Argentinian side Gimnasia.
He contributed 13 goal contributions (six goals and seven assists) in his debut season with the club, which led to a move to Talleres.
Sosa registered 17 goals and 13 assists in 56 appearances for th…
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for patience as questions remain over whether Qatar could be stripped of the 2022 World Cup.
The governing body s ethics committee are investigating claims made by a report in the Daily Telegraph in relation to alleged bribes.
The report said former FIFA executive committee member Jack Warner and his family requested payments from his Qatari colleague Mohamed Bin Hammam not long after the World Cup vote.
Blatter said he would wait for the ethics committee to report back instead of speculating.
I can only answer what I have said and I am not a prophet to see what will come out of any problems we have in international football, he said.
This problem (alleged bribes) is now dealt with by independent party and let them dea…
Bayern Munich have announced that head coach Thomas Tuchel will leave the club at the end of the season.
Tuchel’s position has come under scrutiny following a woeful run of results that has left the Bundesliga champions facing the prospect of a first season without winning a trophy since 2011-12.
Bayern chief executive Jan-Christian Dreesen told the club website: “In an open, good conversation we came to the decision to mutually end our collaboration in the summer. Our goal is to carry out a sporting realignment with a new coach for the 2024/25 season.
New direction for the new season: FC Bayern and Thomas Tuchel to end their working relationship in the summer.
— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN)
“Until then, every individual at t…