Saudi clubs have spent nearly 450m euros in the close season signing players with a new Saudi Pro League season kicking off Friday.
Following are the main clubs' recent large purchases:
Al-Ittihad (manager: Nuno Espirito Santo since 2022)
N'Golo Kante from Chelsea. (free)
Karim Benzema from Real Madrid. (free)
Jota from Celtic. (25m pounds)
Fabinho from Liverpool. (40m pounds)
Al-Ahli (manager: Matthias Jaissle since 2023)
Edouard Mendy from Chelsea. (16m pounds)
Roberto Firmino from Liverpool. (free)
Riyad Mahrez from Manchester City. (35m euros)
Allan Saint-Maximin from Newcastle United. (27.2m euros)
Franck Kessie from Barcelona. (12.5m euros)
Roger Ibanez from AS Roma. (28.5m euros)
Al-Nassr (manager: Luis Castro since 2023)
Marcelo Brozovic from Inter Milan. (18m euros)
Alex Telles from Manchester United. (6m pounds)
Seko Fofana from RC Lens. (25m euros)
Sadio Mane from Bayern Munich. (40m euros)
Al-Hilal (manager: Jorge Jesus since 2023)
Kalidou Koulibaly from Chelsea. (17m pounds)
Ruben Neves from Wolverhampton Wanderers. (55m euros)
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio. (40m euros)
Malcom from Zenit Saint Petersburg. (60m euros)
Al-Ettifaq (manager: Steven Gerrard since 2023)
Moussa Dembele from Olympique Lyonnais. (free)
Jack Hendry from Club Brugge. (6.9m euros)
Jordan Henderson from Liverpool. (12m pounds)
