Are we looking at Saudi Pro League spending, star power all wrong?
It’s been the ‘Summer of Saudi’ across a lot of sports, not just football, thanks to the investment of PIF and others. But this spending isn’t simply about bringing the likes of Neymar to the region. It’s a much bigger bet than that.
Nottingham Forest and U.S. international goalkeeper Matt Turner has been the subject of multiple loan offers, but those have been turned down as the Premier League club prefer a permanent transfer, sources told ESPN.
Forward Niclas Fullkrug scored a hat trick to earn hosts Borussia Dortmund a 3-1 victory over VfL Bochum in their Ruhr valley derby on Sunday and lift them into the top four with their third straight league win this year.