After new huge bid revealed two days ago, documents are now approved by all parties involved.

Ney will travel to Saudi this week. Two year contract. Number 10.

PSG set to receive bit less than €100m fee.

Medical to be completed today.

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    1 year ago

    This whole thing feels like that year or two when Chinese teams were splashing money. I wonder if the Saudis keep it up year after year. If they do, the face of club soccer is about to change forever.

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      1 year ago

      They’ll probably do it until they host the world cup. Maybe it’s extreme now because they want to make a big splash, but I think they’re gonna spend a lot of money for players, stadiums, bribes, etc to be able to host in 2034.

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        1 year ago

        Thing is… 2034 is a long way away still. If they keep spending like this they’ll be the worlds top league by then. At the moment people brush off the saudi league by saying things like “you’re only going their for the money, there is no real competition there”…but what happens when that’s not the case any more?

        It’s not something I want, but people are really sticking their heads in the sand trying to hide from that very real possibility.

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          1 year ago

          The Saudi league will never be a top league I think. No offense to anyone but playing for a European club and competing in the champions league will surely remain the ultimate goal for the foreseeable future.

          The money is what draws players for the time being. Saudi Arabia has lots of money now but that country is doomed and foreigners are not gonna be happy to live there, especially players’ partners. When the extreme amount of spending stops then top players will have no reason to go there.

          Cause honestly, why would any top player move there if not for insane amount of money? It’s not a nice place to live (especially compared to London, Barcelona, Milan, Munich, etc) and without the champions league and the lack of history of the local league… I feel like they’re never going to consistently be able to get top players for the next ten years.

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      1 year ago

      Thought I read somewhere that they had a couple billion to invest in the next decade or so. Wish I could remember where I read it, could be wrong.

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        1 year ago

        Same it’s a very large sum like that but it is finite so it won’t last forever

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    1 year ago

    PSG fan here, slightly sad to hear that because this guy has produced amazing football with us. But too infrequently Tu justify his wages unfortunately. Time for him to go and the transfer amount is nice 👍 Good luck Ney

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    1 year ago

    Money rules some players, I hope they don’t end up like others players, who went there and didn’t even get money. I did reade article in the athletic about this.

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    1 year ago

    I feel like he could have gotten a few more Ballon D’or top 3 if he stayed at Barca.