This is insane, the Saudi Arabian club that spent $400 million to beat Cristiano

Since December 2022 when Cristiano Ronaldo announced his decision to leave Manchester United to join Al-Nassr, the world soccer map has changed. From that moment on, Saudi Arabian clubs became a tempting destination for many top players who until then only considered European soccer as an option for their professional careers.

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Thanks to multi-million dollar offers, Pro League teams signed stars such as Sadio Mane, Karim Benzema, Marcelo Brozovic, Fabinho, Riyad Mahrez, Jordan Henderson, Gabri Veiga and Aymeric Laporte. Thus, Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahli and Al-Ettifaq became giants aiming to win the title in the 2023/24 season.

However, the club that fared the best was none of them, but Al-Hilal. With Jorge Jesus as coach, they had a great start to the season and are now the undisputed leaders of the tournament standings with 53 points, 7 more than Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr. Beyond the virtues of the manager, one of the reasons why they have achieved such good results is the choice of players.

Al-Hilal spent a lot of money to sign stars in all sectors of the field. The goalkeeper is Yassine Bounou, whom they bought from Sevilla for $22 million. In defense they added Kalidou Koulibaly from Chelsea for $25 million. In midfield, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic ($43 million from Lazio) and Ruben Neves ($55 million from Wolverhampton) were brought in. In attack came Malcom ($65 million, from Zenit), Aleksandar Mitrovic ($52 million, from Fulham) and, obviously, Neymar Junior. The Brazilian forward cost almost $100 million and arrived from Paris Saint-Germain.

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They were still not satisfied

Despite being the leaders of the Pro League, Al-Hilal were not satisfied with the signings they had made last summer and so now, in the January transfer window, they paid $25 million to Olympique Marseille for Brazilian defender Renan Lodi. With him, Jorge Jesus' team reached the impressive figure of $400 million spent this season on player signings.