Man City Boss Pep Guardiola Says Ronaldo Paved the Way for More Stars to Move to Saudi Arabia
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has shared his thoughts about the Saudi Pro League, which has stolen the show in the last few months by signing some top players from Europe. Guardiola was speaking after his former player Riyad Mahrez completed a move to Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli for £30m.
Guardiola said Al-Nassr striker Cristiano Ronaldo made it easy for other players to move to Saudi Arabia since he was the first big player to sign for a Saudi Arabia club.
The likes of Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Ruben Neves, Kalidou Koulibaly, Roberto Firmino, and Jordan Henderson have joined Saudi Pro League clubs this summer already. Newcastle United star Allan Saint-Maximin is set to become the next player to leave the Premier League for Saudi Arabia.
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FootballRecently, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said he is not concerned about Saudi's growing influence in the sport because the Premier League took decades to build itself to where it is now, per the Athletic.
Guardiola credits RonaldoSpeaking while on the club’s pre-season tour of South Korea on Saturday, the former Barcelonacoach said after Ronaldo joined Al-Nassr, other players started moving to the Middle Eastern country.
However, he warned that the Saudi Pro League is here to stay and will probably challenge
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