A number of European clubs are calling for a ‘fair market investigation’ into Saudi Arabia’s transfer interest in a number of Chelsea and Wolves players.
Barely a day passes at the moment without another raft of Premier League players being linked with lucrative transfers to Saudi Arabia.
At the moment, Chelsea’s cast-offs – such as Hakim Ziyech and Romelu Lukaku – and Wolves captain Ruben Neves are being tempted by the eye-watering sums of money on offer to go and play in the Middle East Kingdom.
What does the Telegraph say on this situations of the Wolves and Chelsea?
Now, as per the Telegraph, a number of European sides are questioning the sudden transfer interest in the players amid both club’s desire to meet Financial Fair Play [FFP] rules.
The Stamford Bridge club, in particular, urgently need to trim their bloated squad to keep the right side of FFP rules and balance the books – having spent £600million over the past two transfer windows.
Wolves, similarly, will take a massive step towards appeasing FFP demands by the £47million deal in-place for captain Ruben Neves.
News of the transfer shocked many football fans and now, one European rival claimed that investigations need to be started over the transfer business.
One European club to the outlet, that the PIF has so many investments around the world that it should be compelled to prove there are no conflicts of interest as it spends big with its bottomless pit of cash on ageing players. Watch clubs use Saudi this summer across Europe as a get out of FFP jail free card. It becomes even murkier should PIF have investment interest in both the selling and buying club.
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