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Al-Nassr are among Saudi Arabia’s ‘big four’ which also includes Al-Hilal, Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad – all of whom have invested heavily since PIF’s takeover in 2023. <\/p>\n
Saudi clubs spent about \u00a3700m during the 2023 summer, with Neymar joining Al-Hilal for \u00a377.6m in the standout move. <\/p>\n
Al-Hilal also signed Aleksandar Mitrovic<\/a> and Neves<\/a> from Fulham and Wolves, while Al-Nassr added Manchester United’s Alex Telles, Manchester City’s Aymeric Laporte, Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane and Inter Milan’s Marcelo Brozovic. <\/p>\n Al-Ahli snapped up Mahrez (Manchester City), Edouard Mendy (Chelsea) and Firmino (Liverpool), while Al-Ittihad acquired N’Golo Kante (Chelsea), Fabinho (Liverpool) and Jota (Celtic) among others. <\/p>\n According to Saudi sources Al Hilal are increasingly confident of signing Karim Benzema.<\/p>\n The former France striker and teammate of Ronaldo at Real, has been training alone after falling out with bosses of fellow Saudi Pro League club Al-Ittihad over a possible contract extension.<\/p>\n But while Al-Ahli, Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal have all gone on to win major silverware, Al-Nassr have failed to do so. <\/p>\n Amid a general downturn in Saudi Arabia’s outlay in recent windows, Al-Nassr are also behind newly promoted Neom SC and Al-Qadsiah in spendings since last summer. <\/p>\n Al-Qadsiah have added Mateo Retegui from Atlanta and 20-year-old Ghanaian winger Christopher Bonsu Baah from Genk, and only Al-Hilal have spent more than them since last summer.<\/p>\n Al-Nassr signed Joao Felix from Chelsea for \u00a343.7m along with Kingsley Coman from Bayern Munich in the summer, but have been quiet during the January window, despite being in a three-way battle for the title with Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli.<\/p>\n Their title rivals Al-Hilal signed former Arsenal defender Pablo Mari and Rennes’ highly rated French forward Mohamed Kader Meite, 18, this window.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n