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Saudi Pro League: The winners and losers of a historic summer transfer window

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Midnight on Thursday, September 7, marked the end of the most memorable transfer window in the history of not just Saudi, but Arab and Asian football.

In the space of just a few weeks the Saudi Pro League (SPL) jumped from being a regional competition on the periphery of the global sport to the single most discussed league in the world.

Lionel Messi and Mohammed Salah might not have arrived but Karim Benzema, Neymar, Sadio Mane, Jordan Henderson and many more made the SPL a viable destination for football’s elite.

As the window shuts and attention turns to the football on the pitch, we review the best, the worst and the most surprising of the summer transfer activity in the kingdom.

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