Former Liverpool forward Roberto Firmino has joined Qatar giants Al-Sadd on a two-year deal from Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli, Afrosport reports. The 33-year-old Brazilian spent two seasons with Al-Ahli after moving from Liverpool and helped them to the AFC Champions League title this year, scoring six times in 12 games and was named the best player of continental tournament. Al-Ahli announced his departure on Wednesday,...
Brazilian star Neymar has granted his first interview since completing a move to Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal, and the 31-year-old said he is "very excited" about the move. He further revealed that it "will be wonderful" to go head-to-head with big football stars like Karim Benzema and Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo, whom he credited for the huge influx of stars moving to the Middle...
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...
Algerian forward and 2016 CAF African Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez has completed a move to Saudi Arabian side Al Ahli on a four-year deal worth around £30 million until June 2027. The 32-year-old, who recently won the treble with reigning Premier League and European champions Manchester City, departs the Etihad after spending five years in a deal that made him the then-most expensive African...
The 2022–23 season was expected to be an exciting one for Liverpool, seeing as they lost the league to Manchester City on the final day of the previous season. However, the campaign didn’t go as planned as they struggled for a large part of it, with their failure to qualify for the Champions League a testament to a disappointing campaign. Jurgen Kloop’s side suffered a mammoth...
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