Goal | 25.07.2026 17:13As if that were not enough, there is also the strange case of some mega transfers to Saudi Arabia,a country that in recent years has built increasingly strong ties with the world of finance and English football. It has also lured in managers and directors who left the Premier League to settle in the ultra-rich Saudi Pro League on six-figure salaries. Then come the players, and the latest case is former West Ham Crysencio Summerville: just when Roma thought they had sealed it with their latest bid of €50 million including bonuses, Simone Inzaghi's Al-Hilal suddenly swooped in and, with €80 million on the table for the transfer fee and a huge salary of €15 million net per season, took the England international. Their squad still includes, though nobody knows for how long, a certain Darwin Nunez, another player who could have gone anywhere after his disappointing spell at Liverpool but who in the end chose Saudi petrodollars.
