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July 7 2023, 14:55 · Alex Lawes

Saudi Pro League transfers: all the ins and outs so far this summer (2023)

Saudi Pro League transfers: all the ins and outs so far this summer (2023)

The Saudi Pro League has gained a lot of attention over recent months as the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund took ownership of four clubs (Al-Ahli, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr) with the intention of investing heavily in the league and those specific clubs.

With that, there has been an influx of stars heading to the gulf state this summer, following Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Al-Nassr in the winter. Unlike some leagues that have come from nowhere to spend loads of money in the recent past, such as the Chinese Super League, there has been a different profile of player departing Europe in the last few weeks with younger players reaching a peak or people at their peak opting for a ‘new challenge’.

This is a summary at every incoming and outgoing at all 18 clubs ahead of the 2023/24 Saudi Pro League campaign, which begins on 11th August.

*Fees are as reported on Transfermarkt.com

ABHA

OUT

Saeed Al-Hamsl | Al-Khaleej | FREE

IN

Mohammed Naji | Al-Batin | Undisclosed fee

Saleh Al-Qumayzi | Al-Faisaly | Undisclosed fee

AL-AHLI

OUT

Salman Al-Muwashar | Released

Nicolas Milesi | Released

Talal Al-Absi | Al-Hazem | FREE

Hicham Faik | Released

Yasser Al-Mosailem | RETIRED

Omar Al-Somah | Released

IN

Abdullah Otayf | Al-Hilal | FREE

Sumaihan Al-Nabit | Al-Taawoun | FREE

Fahad Al-Rashidi | Al-Taawoun | FREE

Edouard Mendy | Chelsea | £15.788 million

Roberto Firmino | Liverpool | FREE

AL-ETTIFAQ

OUT

Abdullah Al-Salem | Al-Khaleej | FREE

Naim Sliti | Al-Ahli | FREE

Youssoufou Niakate | Released

Saeed Al-Mowalad | Released

IN

AL-FATEH

OUT

IN

Saeed Al-Basisi | Jeddah | Undisclosed fee

AL-FAYHA

OUT

Faisal Al-Masrahi | Released

Ali Al-Zaqan | Released

Moslem Al-Freej | Al-Safa | FREE

Bander Al-Mutairi | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed fee

Hazza Asseri | Al-Bukiryah | Undisclosed fee

IN

Nawaf Al-Harthi | Al-Ain | FREE

Ahmed Al-Kassar | Al-Faisaly | FREE

Gojko Cimirot | Standard Liege | FREE

AL-HAZEM

OUT

Naoufel Zerhouni | Released

Ola John | Al-Arabi | FREE

Abdulrahman Al-Dhaferi | Al-Arabi | FREE

Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed fee

Sultan Faqihi | Damac | Undisclosed fee

Suleiman Al-Saeed | Al-Jabalain | Undisclosed fee

Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Najma | Undisclosed fee

IN

Talal Al-Absi | Al-Ahli | FREE

Mohamed Al-Thani | Ohod Al-Medina | FREE

Aymen Dahmen | CS Sfaxien | FREE

Nawaf Al-Habashi | Al-Riyadh | Undisclosed fee

Majed Al-Ghamdi | Ohod Al-Medina | Undisclosed fee

Sultan Tanker | Jeddah | Undisclosed fee

AL-HILAL

OUT

Gustavo Cuellar | Al-Shabab | £1.178 million

Abdullah Otayf | Al-Ahli | FREE

Hamad Al-Abdan | Al-Khaleej | FREE

Luciano Vietto | Released

Odion Ighalo | Released

Fawaz Al-Torais | Al-Khaleej | FREE

IN

Ruben Neves | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £46.94 million

Kalidou Koulibaly | Chelsea | £19.628 million

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic | Lazio | £34.6 million

AL-ITTIHAD

OUT

Bruno Henrique | Released

Mohammed Sawaan | Al-Kholood | FREE

Ahmed Saleh Bahusyan | Al-Taawoun | Undisclosed fee

Abdalellah Hawsawi | Al-Khaleej | LOAN

Khaled Al-Sumairi | Al-Khaleej | FREEK

IN

Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | FREE

N’Golo Kante | Chelsea | FREE

Jota | Celtic | £25 million

Sultan Al-Farhan | Al-Raed | FREE

AL-KHALEEJ

OUT

Abdullah Al-Harbi | Al-Kholood | FREE

Hussain Al-Nuweqi | Al-Riyadh | Undisclosed fee

IN

Pedro Rebocho | Lech Poznan | FREE

Abdullah Al-Salem | Al-Ettifaq | FREE

Saeed Al-Hamsl | Abha | FREE

Ivo Rodrigues | Famalicao | FREE

Hamad Al-Abdan | Al-Hilal | FREE

Abdalellah Hawsawi | Al-Ittihad | LOAN

Bander Al-Mutairi | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed fee

Lisandro Lopez | Club Tijuana | Undisclosed fee

Khaled Al-Sumairi | Al-Ittihad | FREE

Abdalellah Hawsawi | Al-Ittihad | LOAN

Ivo Rodrigues | Famalicao | LOAN

AL-NASSR

OUT

Alvaro Gonzalez | Released

Luiz Gustavo | Released

Khalil Al-Absi | Al-Hazem | LOAN

IN

Marcelo Brozovic | Internazionale | £15.35 million

Seko Fofana | Lens | £21.625 million

AL-OKHDOOD

OUT

Ahmed Al-Muwallad | Al-Arabi | FREE

Kaka Mendes | Al-Safa | FREE

Borhane Hakimi | Al-Safa | FREE

Maicon Douglas | Al-Safa | FREE

Mohammed Reman | Al-Najma | FREE

Vladimir Stojkovic | Al-Faisaly | FREE

Pato | Al-Najma | Undisclosed fee

Reinaldo | Al-Safa | Undisclosed fee

IN

Paulo Vitor | Chaves | FREE

Awadh Faraj | Al-Raed | FREE

Hussein Shae’an | Al-Shabab | FREE

Juan Sebastian Pedroza | Independiente Santa Fe | Undisclosed fee

Hamad Al-Mansour | Al-Nassr | LOAN

Solomon Kverkvelia | Neftchi Baku | FREE

Andrei Burca | CFR Cluj | FREE

AL-RAED

OUT

Damjan Djokovic | FCSB | FREE

Awadh Faraj | Al-Okhdood | FREE

IN

Amir Sayoud | Al-Tai | FREE

Bandar Wahishi | Al-Hilal | FREE

Nasser Al-Hadhood | Al-Hilal | FREE

Hamad Al-Jayzani | Al-Wehda | FREE

AL-RIYADH

OUT

Marcinho | Released

Muralha | Al-Arabi | FREE

Diego Miranda | Al-Arabi | FREE

Masoud Bakheet | Al-Jabalain | FREE

Emanuel Novo | Al-Taraji | FREE

Miodrag Gemirovic | Al-Jabalain | Undisclosed fee

Nawaf Al-Habashi | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed fee

Nikola Stojiljkovic | Dibba Fujairah | Undisclosed fee

IN

Martin Campana | Al-Batin | FREE

Hussain Al-Nuweqi | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed fee

Knowledge Musona | Al-Tai | Undisclosed fee

Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed fee

Alin Tosca | Benevento | Undisclosed fee

AL-SHABAB

OUT

Nawaf Al-Abed | Released

Hussein Shae’an | Al-Okhdood | FREE

Aaron Boupendza | Cincinnati | £5.548 million

Khalid Al-Ghamdi | RETIRED

Cristian Guanca | Al-Wehda | LOAN

IN

Gustavo Cuellar | Al-Hilal | £1.178 million

AL-TAAWOUN

OUT

Kaku | Al-Ain | £4.267 million

Sumaihan Al-Nabit | Al-Ahli | FREE

Fahad Al-Rashidi | Al-Ahli | FREE

IN

Waleed Al-Ahmed | Al-Faisaly | FREE

Ahmed Saleh Bahusayn | Al-Ittihad | Undisclosed fee

Flavio | Trabzonspor | LOAN

Abdulmalik Al-Shammari | Al-Raed | Undisclosed fee

AL-TAI

OUT

Knowledge Musona | Al-Riyadh | Undisclosed fee

IN

Robert Bauer | Sint-Truiden | FREE

Mohammed Marzouq | Wej | Undisclosed fee

Abdulrahman Al-Harthi | Al-Ain | FREE

Rakan Al-Shamlan | Al-Batin | FREE

Bernard Mensah | Kayserispor | FREE

Virgil Misidjan | Twente | FREE

Ibrahim Al-Nakhil | Damac | Undisclosed fee

Abdulfattah Asiri | Mariehamn | Undisclosed fee

Tareq Abdullah | Al-Ittihad | Undisclosed fee

AL-WEHDA

OUT

Karim Yoda | Al-Adalah | Undisclosed fee

Hamad Al-Jayzani | Al-Raed | FREE

Noor Al-Rashidi | Damac | Undisclosed fee

IN

DAMAC

OUT

Nono | Released

El Arbi Hillel Soudani | Maribor | FREE

IN

Hassan Abusharara | Al-Qadsiah | FREE

Sultan Faqihi | Al-Hatem | Undisclosed fee

Fahad Al-Johani | Al-Tai | FREE

Noor Al-Rashidi | Al Wehda | Undisclosed fee

Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Al-Ittihad | LOAN