Atletico Madrid defender Axel Witsel has offered a frank response over the ongoing player transfer exodus to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi Pro League have invested huge sums in both transfer funds and salaries in recent months as clubs have looked to bolster their squads by signing major players from European clubs.
As part of the continuing moves towards developing a rival to Europe in the transfer market, stars from La Liga have made the switch to the Middle East, at opposite ends of their careers.
Karim Benzema opted to join Al Ittihad over signing a new deal at Real Madrid with Gabri Veiga rejecting interest from across Europe to sign for Al Ahli.
Former Atletico Madrid star Yannick Carrasco moved to Al Shabab and his old teammate Witsel was pragmatic in his assessment, calling on memories of his decision to move to China in 2017.
“We each have our path. I’m not going to say it was bad to leave for Arabia because I left for China when I was 27. For me, Yannick has done well”, as per reports from Marca.
“It was a life experience, of course we ‘go there for money’. It’s the truth and Yannick has done that and it’s fine.”
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Players from other countries left for Europe because of money. Now, another country is spending to booster their own league and the same European media is ranting. That's so selfish. South America has produced the bests of players since the birth of the beautiful game and, they all left their local leagues to play in another man's local leagues because of the lucrative offer. The problem of Europe, especially England is that they think that the world revolves round them.
They all went to Europe for Money and fame, European league is the best league and the the most watched league in the world, you can’t compare European champions league to other champions league in the world. Aside from Saudi Arabia and probably Qatar who can offer big wages in Asia, which other Asia country can compete with the wages they are giving the players. Europe itself is full of talented players and they attract players from other countries. How many players have you seen from Saudi, Iran, Qatar, Iraq, Pakistan, India and so on playing in Europe, that’s because they don’t have players like Europe. Are you saying someone playing in Asia league went there for fame and recognized awards ?
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Players from other countries left for Europe because of money. Now, another country is spending to booster their own league and the same European media is ranting. That's so selfish. South America has produced the bests of players since the birth of the beautiful game and, they all left their local leagues to play in another man's local leagues because of the lucrative offer. The problem of Europe, especially England is that they think that the world revolves round them.
Couldn’t have said that any better 💯👏
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Players from other countries left for Europe because of money. Now, another country is spending to booster their own league and the same European media is ranting. That's so selfish. South America has produced the bests of players since the birth of the beautiful game and, they all left their local leagues to play in another man's local leagues because of the lucrative offer. The problem of Europe, especially England is that they think that the world revolves round them.