Alain Saint-Maximin will arrive at Al-Ahly from Newcastle. This has many Premier League clubs worried.
It is the recognized site the athlete Which reports that several English Premier League clubs plan to raise their concerns with the management of the league.
The reason is that Newcastle player Alain Saint-Maximin will go from Newcastle to Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia. The two clubs are owned by the Saudi government investment fund.
According to the site, many Premier League clubs believe the announced price of £30m (388m kroner) is artificially high, because it is the same ownership company on both sides of the table.
Earlier in the week, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe was clear Financial Fair PlayFinancial Fair PlayFFP. A set of rules have been introduced to ensure that football clubs do not spend more money than they earn.– The rules that mean they have to sell the wing.
– With FFP we have to sell, otherwise we’d be stuck for the summer. I don’t want to lose it, but to an extent FFP enforces it. “Sometimes these things have to happen for a club to grow,” Howe was quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.
The government investment fund owns 80 percent of Newcastle and 75 percent of Al-Ahly.
Harry Arne Solberg is a professor at NTNU and says the challenge is that the state fund owns both clubs.
– then Can They are artificially paying a high price, which is what these rich Arab landlords were accused of researching. The money they’re paying is out of proportion to the commercial value the owners are getting back, Solberg tells VG, because if there’s one thing they’re not lacking, it’s money.
Several big stars chose to move to Saudi Arabia this summer, Karim Benzema, Roberto Firmino and Riyad Marez being three of the biggest.
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