From players to trophies, the competition between giants seems to get greater now. After Al Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo move, the club has taken various steps just to build on the platform. Even though Saudi has a lot of soccer fans and culture. The shift in focus for the last few months is sending out a statement to the soccer world. Apart from signing players, Neymar Jr’s Al Hilal recently showed huge interest in an Italian tycoon in response to Al Nassr’s new game-changing signing.

Even though the clubs are far in the on-field battle, they are going neck to neck to sign entities. When Al Nassr does something, Al Hilal tends to find an immediate reaction. The attempt to sign Lionel Messi is an indicator of how the Middle East is going all in.

Al Hilal is in pursuit of signing Italian boss-man

Al Hilal had a pretty silent last season. The club was not able to win the AFC Champions League or the Saudi Pro League. But since Al Nassr has signed Cristiano Ronaldo, the entire country has risen in confidence to turn its tables. As per reports, Neymar’s Al Hilal has recently shown interest in an Italian giant who is currently Inter Milan’s CEO to bring him to the club.

Alessandro Antonelli is the current corporate CEO of Inter Milan. The 2023 UEFA Champions League finalists had a successful run in the tournament, beating their rivals AC Milan in the Semi-final. However, the team lost 1-0 to Manchester City in the finals.

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Antonelli recently was given the green signal by the European Club Association Board to represent Italy in its governing body. As Al Hilal seems interested in the 57-year-old, it needs to be seen what kind of response the club would get from the Italian side worth over a billion.

Coincidently, Al Hilal’s hunt for the administrative soon became public after Al Nassr signed their CEO from the runner-up of the 2023 UEFA Champions League.

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Al Nassr has recently been very aggressive in its approach to building the club. The club was also once banned by FIFA from signing any new players due to their debt. However, the club has not stopped but moved the focus to the administrative side. The club recently signed its new CEO from the archives of AS Roma. Guido Fienga was the former CEO of AS Roma, who also served as its media and strategy director. The club now plans to stamp its place as one of the most dominant forces in Asia.

With PIF owning a large share in the top clubs of Saudi, the government has assured full support for the growth of the sport. Earlier this year, Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, the sports minister of Saudi, claimed that the broadcast of the Saudi Pro League rose to 137 countries after Cristiano Ronaldo’s arrival. Clearly, clubs from Saudi backed by PIF are ready to invest in their number one sport. Whether this would remain in the future, only time would tell.

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