BBCNEWS Newsnight June 4, 2024 22:04:00
It's been the summer of saudi football transfers. players like roberto firmino, edouard mendy and riyad mahrez have alljoined al ahly, one of four major saudi football clubs recently ta ken over by the country's public investment fund, which also bought english club newcastle united last year. one of the game's biggest stars, cristiano ronaldo, now earns a reported 175 million a season playing for al—nasr, who have just poached his former real madrid teammate, karim benzema. but it's the possibility of france captain kylian mbappejoining the leading saudi side al hilal for an eye—watering ...