This whole thing feels like that year or two when Chinese teams were splashing money. I wonder if the Saudis keep it up year after year. If they do, the face of club soccer is about to change forever.
They'll probably do it until they host the world cup. Maybe it's extreme now because they want to make a big splash, but I think they're gonna spend a lot of money for players, stadiums, bribes, etc to be able to host in 2034.
Thing is... 2034 is a long way away still. If they keep spending like this they'll be the worlds top league by then. At the moment people brush off the saudi league by saying things like "you're only going their for the money, there is no real competition there"....but what happens when that's not the case any more?
It's not something I want, but people are really sticking their heads in the sand trying to hide from that very real possibility.
PSG fan here, slightly sad to hear that because this guy has produced amazing football with us. But too infrequently Tu justify his wages unfortunately. Time for him to go and the transfer amount is nice 👍 Good luck Ney
Nike Inc. said it ended its partnership with Neymar after the Brazilian soccer star wouldn’t cooperate in a probe of sexual assault allegations against him made by a company employee.
The Journal said the employee told friends and colleagues in 2016 that Neymar had tried to force her to perform oral sex in his New York City hotel room, citing people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by the newspaper. The employee was helping coordinate logistics and events for Neymar and his group, it reported.
Money rules some players, I hope they don't end up like others players, who went there and didn't even get money.
I did reade article in the athletic about this.