Ceferin tells Saudis that developing domestic players is best route to sustainability
June 19 – UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin has warned Saudi Arabia that splashing out eye-watering sums of money on ageing superstar players is a mistake in terms of developing the game.
Ceferin (pictured) says the Saudi strategy of luring big-name players from Europe is in danger of mirroring the Chinese Super league which adopted the same policy a decade ago and where the game is now in a complete mess.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s switch to Al-Nassr in January has led to former Real Madrid teammate Karim Benzema,
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