YOGYAKARTA In this article, the profile of Al Hilal, a football club in Saudi Arabia that is interested in the boyong Lionel Messi from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) will be discussed.
Al Hilal is reportedly ready to pay Messi 400 million euros per year.
On the other hand, Lionel Messi's contract with PSG will expire in June 2023. Thus, he can leave on a free transfer.
The Parisians had originally given a contract extension for a season, but it appeared Messi was not willing.
If Messi accepts Al Hilal's offer, then he will again face Cristiano Ronaldo who plays for Al Nassr club. The reason is, Al Hilal is Al Nassr's arch-enemy in the Saudi Arabian League.
Summarized from various sources, Saturday, April 8, 2023, the following is the profile of Al Hilal, a club that Saudi Arabia wants to bring in Messi from PSG.
Al Hilal is one of the giant clubs from Tanah Arab in Asia. Standing in 1957, the club nicknamed The Blue Waves inhabited King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh as its homebase.
Al Hilal has won the Asian Champions League four times. In addition, this club has also collected 18 Saudi Pro League titles. This achievement makes Al Hilal the most successful club in Saudi Arabia.
Al Hilal is also Al Nassr's rival. If Messi is willing to sign a contract with this club, then Messi vs Ronaldo's rivalry will resume in Saudi Arabia!
In recent years, Al Hilal has been very nervous about signing foreign players. This season there are foreign players like South Korean center-back ang Hyun-soo, four players in the midfield of Gustavo Cuellar (Colombia), Moussa Marega (Mali), Andre Carrillo (Peru), and Luciano Vietto (Argentina). Then the Nigerian striker, Odion Ighalo.
Al Hilal tactician also came from Argentina, namely Ramon Diaz. However, Diaz has only been contracted for a season to expire this summer.
The owner of Al Hilal is Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. He is the son of Prince Mosaad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud alias is a royal family.
Interestingly, Abdullah has long been involved in the sports business. He was once a General of the Saudi Arabian Sports Authority in 2014, as well as he was asked to chair the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, and chairman of the Islamic Solidarity Sports Federation (Islamic Solidarity Sports).
In 2015, Abdullah annexed 50 percent of Sheffield United's shares, a England professional football team based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
In addition, Abdullah also owns a French League second division club, namely Chateauroux.
Abdullah is predicted to want to develop Al Hilal so that he can become a champion at the Asian level. The strategy applied is to seduce top players to come. One of them is by trying to bring in Lionel Messi from PSG.
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