This year we are witnessing a ‘Saudi Revolution’ in the transfer market, which in a single summer has brought many champions to the Saudi Pro League.
The latest addition is Neymar, who has signed with Milinkovic-Savic‘s Al-Hilal. Before him, there were Kessié and Ibañez at Al-Ahli, Sadio Mané and Brozovic at CR7‘s Al-Nassr.
Let’s try to put it all in one place: here’s the team-by-team summary of all the big names in the squad, new signings, and the existing stars in the Saudi first league.
1. AL-HILAL Coach: Jorge Jesus
Summer 2023 Signings:
Neymar (from PSG): €90 million, Malcom (from Zenit): €60 million, Ruben Neves (from Wolverhampton): €55, million Aleksandar Mitrovic (from Fulham): €52.6 million, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (from Lazio): €40 million, Kalidou Koulibaly (from Chelsea): €23 million.
Already in the squad:
Michael (from Flamengo): €7.6 million André Carrillo (from Benfica): €9.5 million Moussa Marega (from Porto): Free.
2. AL-NASSR Coach: Luis Castro
Summer 2023 Signings:
Otavio (from Porto): €60 million, Sadio Mané (from Bayern Munich): €40 million, Seko Fofana (from Lens): €25 million, Marcelo Brozovic (from Inter): €18 million, Alex Telles (from Manchester United): €7 million.
Already in the squad:
Cristiano Ronaldo (free agent), David Ospina (from Napoli): Free, Ghislain Konan (from Reims): Free, Pity Martinez (from Atlanta): €16 million.
3. AL ITTIHAD Coach: Nuno Espirito Santo
Summer 2023 Signings:
Fabinho (from Liverpool): €46.7 million, Jota (from Celtic): €29.1 million, Karim Benzema (from Real Madrid): Free, N’Golo Kanté (from Chelsea): Free.
Already in the squad:
Marcelo Grohe (from Gremio): €2.65 million, Ahmed Hegazy (from WBA): €2.5 million, Igor Coronado (from Sharjah): €10.15 million, Romarinho (from Al-Jazira): €7 million, Abderrazak Hamdallah (from Al-Nassr): Free.
4. AL-AHLI Coach: Matthias Jaissle
Summer 2023 Signings:
Riyad Mahrez (from Manchester City): €30 million, Allan Saint-Maximin (from Newcastle): €27.2 million, Merih Demiral (from Atalanta): €20 million, Edouard Mendy (from Chelsea): €18.5 million, Roberto Firmino (from Liverpool): Free, Roger Ibañez (from Roma): €28.5 million, Franck Kessié (from Barcelona): €12.5 million.
Already in the squad:
Ezgjan Alioski (from Leeds): Free, Ryad Boudebouz (from Saint-Etienne): Free
5. AL-ETTIFAQ Coach: Steven Gerrard
Summer 2023 Signings:
Jordan Henderson (from Liverpool): €14 million, Jack Hendry (from Bruges): €6.9 million Moussa Dembélé (from Lyon): Free.
Already in the squad:
Marcel Tisserand (from Fenerbahce): €3 million, Berat Ozdemir (from Trabzonspor): €2.44 million, Vitinho (from Flamengo): Free, Robin Quaison (from Mainz): Free.
6. AL-SHABAB Coach: Marcel Keizer
Summer 2023 Signings:
Gustavo Cuellar (from Al-Hilal): €1.38 million.
Already in the squad:
Ever Banega (from Sevilla): Free, Iago Santos (from Al-Taawoun): €1.35 million, Carlos Junior (from Santa Clara): €2.5 million.
7. AL-FATEH Coach: Slaven Bilic
Summer 2023 Signings:
Lucas Zelarayan (from Columbus): €10 million, Jason Denayer (from Shabab Al-Ahli): Free, Jordan Harrison (free agent).
Already in the squad:
Fran Velez (from Panathinaikos): €0.85 million Cristian Tello (from Los Angeles FC): Free
8. AL-HAZEM Coach: Filipe Gouveia
Summer 2023 Signings:
Faiz Selemani (from Kortrijk): €1.5 million, Tozé (from Al-Nasr SC): Free, Aymen Dahmen (from Sfaxien): Free, Vina (from Gremio): Loan, Bruno Viana (from Coritiba): Loan.
9. AL-TAAWOUN Coach: Pericles Chamusca
Summer 2023 Signings:
Andrei Girotto (from Nantes): €4 million, Flavio (from Trabzonspor): (loan), Mateus (from Nagoya Grampus): Free.
Already in the squad:
Mailson (from Sport Recife): €0.5 million, Aschraf El Mahdioui (from Wisla Cracovia): €2.4 million, Alvaro Medran (from Chicago): Free, Leandre Tawamba (from Partizan): €1.4 million.
10. AL-TAI FC Coach: Kresimir Rezic
Summer 2023 Signings:
Virgil Misidjan (from Twente): Free, Enzo Roco (from Elche): Free, Bernard Mensah (from Trabzonspor): Free, Robert Bauer (from Sint-Truiden): Free
Already in the squad:
Alfa Semedo (from Vitoria Guimaraes): €0.8 million.
11. KHALEEJ FC Coach: Pedro Emanuel
Summer 2023 Signings:
Lisandro Lopez (Club Tijuana): Free, Ibrahim Sehic (from Konyaspor): Free, Ivo Rodrigues (from Famalicao): Free, Pedro Rebocho (from Lech Poznan): Free.
Already in the squad:
Pedro Amaral (from Rio Ave): Free, André Poko (from Altay): Free, Fabio Martins (free agent)
12. AL-FAYHA FC Coach: Vuk Rasovic
Summer 2023 Signings:
Gojko Cimirot (from Standard Liege): Free
Already in the squad:
Vladimir Stojkovic (from Partizan): Free, Victor Ruiz (from St. Gallen): Free, Anthony Nwakaeme (from Trabzonspor): Free, Aleksandar Trajkovski (from Mallorca): Free, Milan Pavkov (from Red Star Belgrade): €1 million.
13. DAMAC FC Coach: Cosmin Contra
Already in the squad:
Adam Maher (from Utrecht): €1.8 million, Domagoj Antolic (free agent).
14. ABHA CLUB Coach: Czeslaw Michniewicz
Summer 2023 Signings:
Grzegorz Krychowiak (from Krasnodar): Free, Francois Kamano (from Lokomotiv Moscow): Free.
Already in the squad:
Felipe Caicedo (from Genoa): Free, Devis Epassy (from OFI Crete): €0.7 million, Dries Saddiki (from Umm Salal): Free, Uros Matic (from Qarabag): Free, Saad Bguir (from Esperance): Free.
15. AL-WEHDA Coach: Georgios Donis
Already in the squad:
Munir (from Hatayspor): Free, Oscar Duarte (from Levante): Free, Faycal Fajr (from Sivasspor): Free, Jean-David Beauguel (from Viktoria Plzen): Free.
16. AL-OKHDOOD CLUB Coach: Jorge Mendonca)
Summer 2023 Signings:
Andrei Burca (from Cluj): €1 million, Florin Tanase (from Al-Jazira): Free, Solomon Kvirkvelia (from Neftchi Baku): Free, Alex Collado (from Betis): Loan, Juan Sebastian Pedroza (from Ind. Santa Fe): Loan.
17. AL-RAED SFC Coach: Igor Jovicevic
Summer 2023 Signings:
Amir Sayoud (from Al-Tai): Free
Already in the squad:
Pablo Santos (from Braga): Free Karim El Berkaoui (from Hassania): €0.37 million, Julio Tavares (from Al-Faisaly): Free.
18. AL-RIAD Coach: Yannick Ferrera
Summer 2023 Signings:
Birama Touré (from Auxerre): Free, Martin Campana (from Al-Batin): Free, Alin Tosca (from Benevento): Free, Knowledge Musona (from Al-Tai): Free.
