Before January, nobody imagined the Saudi Pro League would be in the spotlight. Numerous soccer players at the peak of their careers have unexpectedly made the move to Saudi. Recently, a Premier League club owner severely lashed out at the situation. After almost losing a loyal first-team veteran, the billionaire owner didn’t hold back even the slightest. Currently, everybody is speechless by the present-day scenario.

Clubs from Saudi Arabia are ready to offer players more than lucrative contracts. Starting with Cristiano Ronaldo, tons of other players namely Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Ruben Neves, and many more have already made the move.

Tony Khan lashes out at the Saudi Pro League after they overhauled the soccer transfer market

Businessman Shahid Khan is a massive entity in the sports universe. He owns Jacksonville Jaguars in the NFL and Fulham in the English Premier League. After a phenomenal 2022-23 season under Marco Silva, the Cottagers are currently experiencing a thorough shock. Shahid Khan’s son, Tony Khan who is an executive at Fulham has jaw-dropped the soccer universe with his recent comments.

Tony was seemingly unhappy with the current scenario in the soccer market. The Saudi Pro League has managed to crack some really good deals with players who are still in their 20s. In context to the above, Tony quoted, “It’s amazing and I think if you have enough money you can get away with anything, including m*rder, and try to sign up all the top players in the world”, as translated by DeepL.

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This interview has gone viral just hours after Aleksander Mitrovic’s situation with Fulham surfaced on the internet. The Serbian is reportedly furious with the soccer club. Tony indirectly referenced the Mitrovic controversy in his concluding statement. He quoted, “They have come for important players of ours, but I know we can convince them to stay. We have a great team”.

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What exactly has happened between Mitrovic and the Cottagers? Let’s find out.

Mitrovic will ‘never’ play for Fulham again

Just hours ago, Sky Sports revealed that Aleksander Mitrovic is ‘angry’ with Fulham. That is simply because the club is valuing him very highly in an attempt to ward off potential buyers like Saudi’s Al-Hilal. The Premier League club values the Serbian at about $67 million. The player’s agent has told to club to reduce their valuation to between $45 – 58 million.

Reportedly, the striker has told all his family members that he will ‘never’ play for Fulham again. His agent Pini Zahavi has somehow convinced Mitrovic to travel to the US for their preseason tour. One thing is for sure. Marco Silva’s main player is now unhappy at the club and this isn’t a pleasant sight.

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