Al Hilal's dream shattered at FIFA Club World Cup

Saudi Arabian football team has struggled to make major signings ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup.

Coach Simone Inzaghi has not been able to bring any famous stars to Al Hilal. Photo: Reuters .

Coach Simone Inzaghi is the most prominent name that Al Hilal has to prepare for the opening match against Real Madrid in this tournament. The Saudi Arabian club aimed at many stars playing in Europe but were rejected, including Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Victor Osimhen (Napoli), Theo Hernandez (Milan) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr).

Even players like Alessandro Bastoni, Hakan Calhanoglu and Nicolo Barella (all of Inter Milan) passed up the chance to join the wealthy club, albeit only on short-term loans.

“We have spoken to many players, but they want to rest after a long season,” said Al Hilal chairman Fahad bin Nafil. “We tried to sign some players before the Club World Cup, but were unsuccessful due to lack of time and unreasonable offers. We will postpone this transfer window until after the tournament.”

Mr. Nafil affirmed that he will make more efforts in the summer transfer window after the completion of the tournament. "The options in this special transfer window are very limited. This is in contrast to the normal summer transfer window, when we have more time to complete the squad," said the Al Hilal Chairman.

At the Club World Cup, Al Hilal will be in the same group as Real Madrid, Leipzig and Pachuca. Currently, players like Bono, Milinkovic-Savic, Koulibaly, Neves, Mitrovic, Marcos Leonardo and Malcom will be the ones to shoulder this responsibility to defend Al Hilal's honor in the upcoming tournament.

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