Former Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand said he did not understand criticism of Saudi Arabia for being active in the transfer market when signing star players.
— For many years, I did not see such negativity when players were going to end their career in the United States. They said, “Bravo, you deserve it, go have fun.” And now they blame the players for doing the same, but in Saudi Arabia. They say, “You shouldn’t go.”
They say the Saudi league only buys success with money, but when the Premier League bought the best players from Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Germany… criticized the Premier League. I didn’t see anyone comment, “Too bad, how can they do that?!”. When the preference was given to Italy, no one said, “It’s a shame that the Italians do that. Or when Barcelona and Real Madrid regularly bought the best players. But because Saudi Arabia is doing this, people are angry. But there have always been clubs and leagues that have done it every year,” Ferdinand said on his YouTube channel.
A number of star players joined Saudi clubs this summer, including Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Roberto Firmino, Marcelo Brozovic and Kalidou Koulibaly.
Source : MatchTV
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