Clubs make a fortune selling players to Saudi Arabia

Aston Villa, PSG and Man City are clubs that profit from selling players to Saudi Arabia.

Aston Villa earned a total of £121 million by pushing Jhon Duran (to Al Nassr) and Moussa Diaby (to Al Ittihad) to play in Saudi Arabia over the past year.

Behind Aston Villa are Porto , who also made a fortune from clubs in the Saudi Pro League. Otavio helped Porto pocket £51.9m from his move to Al Nassr, while Galeno's move to Al Ahli earned the Portuguese club £43.2m.

PSG agreed to sell Neymar to Al Hilal and earned 77.8 million pounds. This is also a record expensive contract in the history of the Saudi Arabian club. In addition, PSG also earned 6.9 million and 4.3 million pounds respectively by selling Georginio Wijnaldum (to Al Ettifaq) and Danilo Pereira (to Al Ittihad).

Man City earned £30m when Riyad Mahrez joined Al Ahli in 2023. Then Aymeric Laporte and Joao Cancelo helped the blue half of Manchester earn a total of £44.8m in transfer fees when joining Al Nassr and Al Hilal.

The duo of Edouard Mendy and Kalidou Koulibaly helped Chelsea earn 36 million pounds when they played in the Saudi Pro League. Then, the sale of Angelo Gabriel to Al Nassr also helped "The Blues" earn another 19 million pounds.

Liverpool are also one of the teams that profited from Saudi Arabia, when they successfully sold Fabinho (40 million pounds) and Jordan Henderson (12 million pounds) to Saudi Arabian clubs.

Another Premier League representative who sold a key player to Saudi Arabia was Wolves , when they sold Ruben Neves to Al Hilal for a fee of 47 million pounds. Later, Daniel Podence also helped the club pocket 5 million pounds by joining Al Shabab.

Man City fell to Al Hilal After Inter lost to Fluminense, it was Man City's turn to lose 3-4 to Al Hilal in the round of 16 of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ on the morning of July 1.

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