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The team, which was in the fourth division until three years ago, is spending a lot of money right after being promoted to the first division.
NeomSC, who will appear in the Saudi Professional League this season, is the main character. Founded in 1965 as Al-Skur, the team was a tenured underdog, reaching the second division for the first time only in 2011. After moving around in the 2nd to 3rd divisions until 2020, he won the 4th division in the 2021-2022 season and was promoted to the 3rd division, and changed his sign to NeomSC from 2023. After the club's name change, he was thrilled to be promoted to the first division in two years.
Neom is a future city project led by Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman Al Saud. An unlisted corporation established by the state is leading the construction, and a total of $8.8 trillion (about 1,2201 trillion) will be spent. NeomSC will relocate its headquarters as soon as the city's construction is completed.
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NeomSC literally splashed money ahead of the opening of the new season. In addition to bringing in Christophe Galtier, a veteran coach with a lot of fine bones in French Ligue 1, including Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Lyon, and Lille, he hijacked goalkeeper Marcin Bucca, who was seeking to move to Sunderland, which was promoted to the English Premier League, for a transfer fee of 15 million euros (about 24.4 billion won). Alexandre Lacazette, who was an FA, was brought in, and players with European stage experience, including Amadou Kone, Nathan Je, and Abdullaye Dukure, were brought in one after another.
Another transfer has recently been made. Brazilian media Glubu Esporch reported on the 7th (Korea time) 'Luciano Rodriguez (Uruguay), who played for Bahia, will move to NeomSC' A member of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, he wore a Bahia uniform for 11 million euros (about 17.9 billion won) last summer. Since then, he has played an outstanding role even at a young age and was considered a talent to succeed Diego Forlan-Luis Suarez. European clubs are also beginning to show interest in him. NeomSC reportedly offered a total of 22 million euros (about 35.9 billion won) to Bia, including options. It is twice the transfer fee offered by Bahia when he brought Rodriguez, who played for Uruguay.
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Ahead of this season, NeomSC is estimated to have spent more than 90 million euros (about 147.2 billion won) to recruit players. He is pouring in as much money as a European club. According to the soccer site Transfermarkt, the total transfer fee spent by Saudi professional league teams in the transfer market was higher than that of Portugal's Primera Liga, Turkiye's Super League, and Netherlands' Eredivisie. Saudi Arabia is showing the power of oil money.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
