Franck Kessie and Riyad Mahrez were on target for Al Ahli in the Saudi Pro League on Friday night but it was not enough for all three points as they lost 4-3 to Al Nassr. Matthias Jaissle's side were three points ahead of the Knights of Najd but it was the latter that was in better form and went ahead in the fourth minute when Senegal's...
Riyad Mahrez and Franck Kessie scored as Al Ahli recorded a 2-0 win over Al Tai to continue their 100% start to the 2023-24 Saudi Pro League season. The Algerian and Ivorian were summer signings from Manchester City and Barcelona respectively and have instantly hit the ground running for the Royals. Al Tai were no trouble for Al Ahli and Mahrez gave his side the lead...
Franck Kessie scored his first goal for Al Ahli in a 1-0 win over Al Akhdoud in the Saudi Pro League on Thursday. The Ivory Coast midfielder is among a host of high profile players that left Europe for the Arabian Gulf this summer and joined Al Ahli for €12.5 million from Spanish giants Barcelona. Kessie was making his third straight appearance for the Royals after...
Sadio Mane has revealed he refused persuasion from former Liverpool teammates Roberto Firmino and Fabinho to join their Saudi Arabian Pro League sides before opting for Al Nassr. The Senegal international is a recent acquisition by the Knights of Najd from Bayern Munich, continuing a trend of seeing high profile players from Europe head to the Arabian Gulf this summer. Firmino and Fabinho are among those...
This should be another summer where players across Europe are making moves across the continent in the transfer window. That norm however seems to have changed as a list of high-profile players that started with Cristiano Ronaldo and now Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante, Roberto Firmino among others and have all headed to Saudi Arabia. This comes on the back of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) taking...
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