Al Hilal busts the bank

The emergence of Saudi football on the world stage is already bearing fruit. The spending this summer was huge, including by several organizations, but there is one that stands out the most: Al Hilal. The club that signed Neymar, Neves, Bono, Malcolm…

And now, With the signing of Renan Lodi for 23 million euros, they are the second club in the world to have accumulated the highest expenses so far.. According to Transfermarkt, his total amount is 376 million euros.

Saudis They are second only to Chelsea, which tops the rankings with expenditures of €467 million.. There are very few numbers at the top, unpublished ones that exceed the records of big clubs. For example, Al-Hilal’s expenses currently exceed the biggest historical “losses” for the season by Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Those summers between 2017 and 2020 when e.g. The Madrid club signed Eden Hazard from Chelsea for 115 million euros.And Barcelona took control of Dembele.from Borussia Dortmund, for 135 million euros. These seasons, 2019/20 and 2017/2018 respectively, saw both clubs spend the most money.

In the summer after signing the Belgian, Real Madrid accumulated a total of 355 million euros in expenses. For their part, the Blaugrana, in the summer after Dembélé joined They spent 375 million euros.. The figures are very close to those of Al-Hilal.

Now the Saudis have only achieved sales of 1.3 million euros, so There are losses in their coffers of 374 million euros.. Signatures below: