Carrasco at the airport in Riyadh
Carrasco at the airport in Riyadh

Saudis' gift for Carrasco's 30th birthday - flowers and a 39,000,000 euros contract

Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 04.09.23. | 12:17

The Belgian arrived in Riyadh, a three years deal on the table to be signed today...

At one time, he felt the charms of Chinese football. Now it's the turn of the Arabic language. Yannick Carrasco (30) is a guy who likes to try everything and on his 30th birthday, he will become the new player of Saudi side Al-Shabab.

The transfer with Atlético Madrid was agreed a few days ago and it should amount to around 15,000,000 euros. And since the details of the personal conditions were finally clarified, the Belgian representative landed in Riyadh.

According to the announcements of numerous European media, Carrasco will sign a three-year contract and collect 39,000,000 euros for the said period.

Al-Shabab do not belong to the famous four most important clubs in Saudi Arabia, but it is not insignificant in the football nomenclature there either. Moreover, with six titles, for example, it has more trophies than the mighty Al-Ahli.

The team is led from the bench by Marcel Kaiser, the recent coach of Ajax and Sporting Lisbon, and alongside Yannick Carrasco, the biggest star is Argentine Ever Banega, who is also the captain.

Al-Shabab spent the most money this summer on Habib Diallo, the 28-year-old striker of Strasbourg, whom they paid 18,000,000 euros.

With Carrasco's arrival, the clubs of the Saudi Pro League raised their spending this summer to 888,500,000 euros. And since there are still ten days left until the end of the transfer window in Saudi Arabia, there is no doubt that they will spend a BILLION EURO on new players.

Currently, the only European league that has spent more than the Saudis (apart from the unbeatable Premier League with a new record of 2,810,000,000 euros spent on reinforcements) is the French Ligue 1 (900,000,000). It is clear that that figure will be transferred as soon as tomorrow or the day after tomorrow...


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TransfersAtletico MadridSpainLa LigaAl Shabab FCSaudi ArabiaSaudi Pro LeagueBelgiumYannick Carrasco

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