Saudi Pro League boom won't affect us, says Newcastle United director
Newcastle United chief executive Darren Eales insists Saudi Arabia's enormous investment in domestic football will not come at a cost to the project at St James's Park.
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The stars signing up for Saudi's football project
PARIS: Saudi Arabia has emerged as a force in the football transfer market this year, offering eye-watering salaries that have lured a host of big names to the oil-rich Gulf kingdom.
Saudi league set to kick off after raiding Europe's top clubs
When the new Saudi Pro League season kicks off on Friday (Aug 11) it will herald a new dawn for football in the Gulf kingdom which has spent close to half a billion dollars luring top players and coaches from traditional European powerhouses.
Rasmus Hojlund arrives for medical as Manchester United stance on Saudi Arabia transfer business revealed
Here are your top Manchester United headlines for the morning of Wednesday, August 2, 2023.
A kayaker takes a 11,000-km solo journey to 'reverse the bad.' There was lots of stealth camping
A Canadian kayaker who set out on an 11,000-kilometre solo journey from Nova Scotia, down to the Gulf of Mexico and back up the Atlantic coast last year, has reached the finish line in Halifax exactly 14 months later.
Manchester United unconcerned by Saudi Arabia transfer activity but spending set to continue
Erik ten Hag is unconcerned about the threat of the Saudi Pro League to Manchester United, despite the expectation that the big-spending clubs have a decade’s worth of backing ahead of them.
Fabinho Leaves Liverpool For Saudi Club Al-Ittihad
Brazil midfielder Fabinho has signed a three-year deal with Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad after completing his move from Liverpool on Monday. The 29-year-old was left out of Liverpool's pre-season squads for trips to Germany and Singapore after Al-Ittihad made a £40 million ($51 million) bid for him. He will join Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante at Al-Ittihad, one of four Saudi clubs controlled by the Gulf state's sovereign wealth fund.
Saudi champions Al Ittihad add Liverpool's Fabinho to squad of 'outstanding players'
Al Ittihad have confirmed the signing of Brazil midfielder Fabinho from Liverpool on a three-year contract.