Saudi Pro League kicks off after raiding Europe’s top football clubs
1 year, 4 months ago

Saudi Pro League kicks off after raiding Europe’s top football clubs

Al Jazeera  

The Saudi Pro League kicks off on Friday following a year of high-profile transfers and amid criticism that Saudi Arabia’s lavish spending amounts to an attempt to shift the focus from its dire human rights record. “I’m aware of people now asking the question: Where can I watch the Saudi Pro League?” Just a few years after allowing its first non-Muslim tourists and letting women drive, Saudi Arabia is attempting to open up its conservative, long-cloistered society to the world. Moqbel al-Zabni, editor-in-chief of the Saudi capital’s ar-Riyadiyah newspaper said that the kingdom wants “the compass of professional football to point to the Middle East and the Arab world”. ‘Changed the market’ Ronaldo’s arrival in January to play for the Riyadh-based Al Nassr club is what first drew global attention to ongoing efforts to boost the Saudi Pro League.

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