The highest-paid players in Saudi Arabia have been revealed amid N'Golo Kante and Kalidou Koulibaly's recent transfers.
Cristiano Ronaldo began the Saudi trend following his move to Al Nassr from Manchester United, penning a lucrative contract.
His former Real Madrid teammate Karim Benzema then followed in his footsteps as he joined Al Ittihad this summer.
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Premier League legend Kante, Koulibaly and Ruben Neves have since transferred to the Middle East, signing for Al Ittihad and Al Hilal respectively.
The likes of Hakim Ziyech, Roberto Firmino and Riyad Mahrez have also been strongly linked with a move to Saudi Arabia.
They could be swayed with a move to Saudi Arabia considering the financial packages the likes of Ronaldo, Benzema and Kante have received.
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The Portuguese international, naturally, is the highest-paid player in Saudi Arabia as he earns a whopping salary of ยฃ173 million, ahead of the French forward who pockets a staggering salary of ยฃ172 million.
Kante picks up a salary of ยฃ86.2 million while Koulibaly and Neves earn ยฃ30 million and ยฃ16 million respectively.
Check out the top ten below:
Rank - Player - Wage - Salary
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) - ยฃ3.6 million - ยฃ173 million
- Karim Benzema (Al Ittihad) - ยฃ3.58 million - ยฃ172 million
- N'Golo Kante (Al Ittihad) - ยฃ1.7 million - ยฃ86.2 million
- Kalidou Koulibaly (Al Hilal) - ยฃ500,000 - ยฃ30 million
- Ruben Neves (Al Hilal) - ยฃ300,000 - ยฃ16 million
- Ever Banega (Al Shabab) - ยฃ176,000 - ยฃ9.1 million
- Matheus Pereira (Al Wahda) - ยฃ107,000 - ยฃ5.5 million
- Anderson Talisca (Al Nassr) - ยฃ100,000 - ยฃ5.17 million
- Ahmed Hegazi (Al Ittihad) - ยฃ97,000 - ยฃ5.01 million
- Moussa Marega (Al Hilal) - ยฃ78,000 - ยฃ4.28 million
Who will be the next player to swap Europe for the Middle East? Watch this space.
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