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Brasilianska stjärnan Neymar gick under sommarn till saudiska Al Hilal. (AP)

Prislappen på fotbollsköpen i Saudiarabien: 11 miljarder

Under våren och sommaren har fotbollslag i den saudiska ligan genomfört flera enorma värvningar. När transferfönstret stängde i natt stod det klart att hela 11 miljarder svenska kronor hade spenderats av ligans klubbar, rapporterar Reuters med hänvisning till revisionsnätverket Deloitte.

Enligt ett pressmeddelande från nätverket är det första gången sedan 2016 som en liga har spenderat mer pengar än någon av de fem stora europeiska ligorna.

Trots den stora summan är det inte saudiska SPL som har spenderat mest pengar under transferfönstret. Den titeln går till engelska Premier League som köpte spelare för motsvarande nästan 15,5 miljarder kronor.

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Saudi Pro League
Wikipedia (en)
The Saudi Pro League (SPL), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL), for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of association football in the Saudi league system. The first season of competition was the 1976–77 season. The league had been operating as a round-robin tournament from its inaugural season until the 1989–90 season, after that the Saudi Federation decided to merge the football League with the King's Cup in one tournament and the addition of the Golden Box. The Golden Box would be an end of season knockout competition played between the top four teams of the regular league season. These teams would play at a semi-final stage to crown the champions of Saudi Arabia. The league reverted to a round-robin system in the 2007–08 season. The association is also regularly ranked with the highest coefficient in Asia due to successful and consistent performances in the AFC Champions League by its clubs. Al-Hilal is the most successful team, holding 18 titles in its history and most recently winning the title in 2021–22. Al-Ahli, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr are also some of the most successful teams in the league. Beginning in 2023, the league has experienced international widespread exposure due to attracting numerous top level players from European leagues through financially lucrative contracts, immediately becoming a star-studded league. The nation's Public Investment Fund took 75% stakes in four founding members (Al-Ahli, Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal, and Al-Nassr) in the same year as part of the Saudi Vision 2030 program.

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