Saudi league maintains position as second most expensive Asian competition

With a market value of 473 million euros

MANAMA: Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Cup, in Saudi Arabia, maintained its market value on the Asian continent, the second most expensive value after the Chinese Premier League, with a market value of 2.28 billion riyals (473 , 70 million euros) and ahead of the Japanese third division on the mainland. (EUR 344.20 million).

The agreements reached with Saudi clubs during the second winter period contributed to the rise in the market value of Prince Mohammed bin Salman's professional league, which reached 1.636 billion Saudi Riyals, according to the German transport market, the first global value for football and player transfers.

In the second round of the professional tournament Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, there were 88 local and foreign players and a player of the category "birth", or 89 players, including one at the top of the most active clubs of the winter Mercato with 12 players. While Faisali was the least-registered foreign player and another locally.

While the 16 clubs took advantage of the registration period launched by the Professional Committee and conditions of players in the Saudi Football Federation on January 7, and concluded on February 4, the registration of a foreign player at least ; Al Ahly is the only club to have hired a player in the birth category.

The 47 new foreign players from 26 countries were: Spain, Italy, Romania, Jordan, Sweden, Nigeria, Portugal, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Australia, Tunisia, Syria, Ghana, Belgium, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Congo, Algeria. , Côte d 'Ivoire, Morocco, Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea and Serbia.