T "BLOCKBURN" AFFAIR
Spanish newspaper Marca reported that Mr. Fahad bin Nafel, President of Al Hilal Club, went to Paris (France) earlier this week to finalize four "blockbuster" transfer deals that the team is making before participating in the Club World Cup.
Coach Simone Inzaghi is about to join Al Hilal
Photo: Reuters
FIFA has opened a special transfer window from June 1 to 10 to help the 32 clubs participating in the Club World Cup to strengthen their squads. Al Hilal immediately seized the opportunity. The wealthy Saudi Arabian team, backed by the country's Public Investment Fund (PIF), could disrupt the transfer market, as it plans to spend up to 500 million USD (about 13,028 billion VND) to make at least 4 contracts.
In particular, they will recruit coach Simone Inzaghi of Inter Milan, to replace coach Jorge Jesus who was fired. The amount of money Al Hilal spent to convince coach Simone Inzaghi is up to 50 million USD/year (about 1,302 billion VND), 4 times higher than the current salary at Inter Milan.
Along with the deal to recruit coach Simone Inzaghi, which is about to be completed, Al Hilal is also in the final stages of 3 deals to recruit top star players. Most notably, midfielder Bruno Fernandes of MU Club. The Saudi Arabian team has made a huge offer, with a 3-year contract worth a total of up to 263 million USD (about 6,852 billion VND). If MU Club agrees to let Bruno Fernandes leave, they will receive a transfer fee of about 100 million USD (about 2,605 billion VND).
MU has just spent a lot of money to buy player Matheus Cunha from Wolverhampton with a contract termination fee of up to 84.4 million USD (about 2,198 billion VND), and is about to buy striker Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford with a fee of at least 80 million USD.
These are the expected contracts for MU to replace Bruno Fernandes, their most important player, when he decides to leave. According to Marca and transfer news sites, Bruno Fernandes choosing to go to Al Hilal is only a matter of time and will be finalized this week.
Al Hilal 's Ambition
The other two players Al Hilal is pursuing and is expected to acquire are defender Theo Hernandez of the French national team and AC Milan for a fee of around $45.6 million, and striker Victor Osimhen (around $80 million) of Napoli who has just returned from Galatasaray after a season on loan.
Footballer Bruno Fernandes is about to join Al Hilal
Photo: Reuters
The fact that Al Hilal's President personally came to Paris shows that this team is determined to speed up negotiations on 4 "blockbuster" deals to complete them soon, before attending the Club World Cup.
Al Hilal's ambition at the Club World Cup is also extremely big, that is to at least enter the round of 16 even though they are in Group H with strong candidates Real Madrid (Spain), Pachuca Club (Mexico) and RB Salzburg (Austria), according to Marca newspaper.
The FIFA Club World Cup lasts from June 15 to July 14, Vietnam time, making it suitable for Vietnamese audiences to watch the entire tournament from the group stage to the final. In the 2025 season, the unit holding the broadcasting rights of the tournament in Vietnam is FPT Play on infrastructures including terrestrial, cable, satellite, IPTV, Internet, mobile, public screening and exploitation on social networks, etc.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ky-chuyen-nhuong-noi-song-vi-fifa-club-world-cup-185250603212004487.htm
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