Managers concerned by Saudi Pro League allure
Managers across the world are worried of the growing influence of the Saudi Pro League in the transfer market.
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00:00 It's another competitor, you know, and then it brings other opportunities for players, for managers, for people that work in the industry to decide.
00:09 At the end, we are free to decide, you know, when club players or whoever has to agree to something, you have to have the intention to go and you need to find agreements.
00:22 That's where there are contracts.
00:23 If people agree to go, it means someone agrees to go there, but no one agrees to sell him. So it goes two or three different ways.
00:31 I think both. If someone wants to play, and I think I'm always for not becoming moral, not becoming a moral apostle.
00:40 I think that if these offers are on the table for the time being, many people who are now raising their index finger and judging that,
00:49 maybe they will become weak themselves, because there are reasons for themselves, for the family, and maybe for a large family,
00:58 to ensure financial security. So I think we all advise well, or at least I advise well, if you don't become too moral. It is what it is.
01:11 At the moment, our transfer window closes and the other transfer window stays open.
01:14 So if they don't stop, then it's like, OK, how can we react? We have a squad together for the season, what we try to have until next week.
01:23 And of course, from that moment on, we play until the 1st of January. And this is our team, our squad.
01:30 So that's how you, that's what everybody's used to. And now you have that problem.
01:34 Of course, football in Arabia offers a lot more money than European football. This is a fact.
01:47 What's happening is that everyone can do what they want.
01:58 It's clear that international football organisations have to evaluate this issue well and make the necessary decisions to balance the market.