Saudi Arabia plans to reduce foreign players in the new season

The Saudi Football Federation plans to reduce the number of foreign players to six or even five players next season, the Saudi daily Al-Iqtisadiya reported.

The Saudi Football Federation is considering two options for the adoption of one of them from the next version of the Saudi league: allow each club to register six foreign players, including the foreign goalkeeper, or registration of five foreign players only in the presence of the goalkeeper, The first is the closest.

The last edition of the Saudi league competition saw the participation of eight foreign players in each club, with only four players per club, including an Asian player..

The Saudi team's exit from the 16th round of the Asian Cup in UAE played a role in the Saudi Federation's reflection on the reduction of foreign players of the new season.

It should be noted that the current version of the Saudi championship has seen the participation of many Egyptian players, including Mohamed Abdel Shafy with Al Ahly, Mohamed Atwa with Al-Raed and Hussein Al Sayed with the agreement.