Saudi Pro League football: Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Neymar and other big transfers

Saudi Pro League made its biggest splash in the footballing world by bringing in an out of favour Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United in January 2023. That transfer created shockwaves with an unconventional league signing a quality player from a European giant.

Even though his move to Al Nassr came on a free in January 2023, the league’s financial might could not be ignored with a 200 million euro bumper contract being offered.

This summer window, that has been taken to the next level. All of Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante, Edouard Mendy, Roberto Firmino, Jordan Henderson, Riyad Mahrez, Fabinho Sadio Mane and Neymar have joined teams in Saudi Arabia with the sovereign wealth fund - Public Investment Fund (PIF) - being put to use for football deals.

List of top football players to have joined the Saudi Pro League:

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United to Al Nassr)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid to Al Ittihad)

Ruben Neves (Wolves to Al Hilal)

N’Golo Kante (Chelsea to Al Ittihad)

Edouard Mendy (Chelsea to Al Ahli)

Jota (Celtic to Al Ittihad)

Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea to Al Hilal)

Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan to Al Nassr)

David Ospina (Al Nassr)

Roberto Firmino (Liverpool to Al Ahli)

Seko Fofana (Lens to Al Nassr)

Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City to Al Ahli)

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio to Al Hilal)

Malcom (Zenit St Petersburg to Al Hilal)

Jordan Henderson (Liverpool to Al Ettifaq)

Moussa Dembele (Lyon to Al Ettifaq)

Jack Hendry (Club Brugge to Al Ettifaq)

Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle United to Al Ahli)

Fabinho (Liverpool to Al Ittihad)

Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich to Al Nassr)

Neymar (PSG to Al Hilal)

Yassine Bounou (Sevilla to Al Hilal)

Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham to Al Hilal)

Otavio (Porto to Al Nassr)

Gabri Viega (Celta Vigo to Al Ahli)

Roger Ibañez (AS Roma to Al Ahli)

Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City to Al Nassr)

Franck Kessie (Barcelona to Al Ahli)

Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid to Al Shabab)

Luiz Felipe (Real Betis to Al Ittihad)

Merih Demiral (Atalanta to Al Ahli)

Demarai Gray (Everton to Al Ettifaq)

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