For one summer it haunted European football like a specter: the Saudi Pro League (SPL). Almost straight away, their clubs invested the equivalent of almost a billion euros in new players last year. Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman had decided to invest part of their powerful Public Investment Fund (PIF) in football, reportedly up to 20 billion euros. No player seemed too expensive and no salary demand was too high for the Saudi clubs. How long would the European leagues be able to withstand such a major attack?
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