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Why are more and more footballers going to play in Saudi Arabia? Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Kantè, Koulibaly… and we are only at the beginning of the summer transfer window! “Well, they go to Saudi Arabia for the money,” you might think: in reality, the pharaonic salaries promised to these football champions are just the tip of the iceberg. Because behind this millionaire transfer campaign are gigantic economic and political interests, which go far beyond football. And which, perhaps, you will struggle to believe. In this video we explain the role played by Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman and his ambitious project Saudi Vision 2030. And above all, what does the PIF - the Saudi sovereign fund behind Newcastle United's investments - have to do with this whole story. https://youmedia.fanpage.it/video/ak/...