According to press reports, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal Club is seeking to sign a Belgian talent during the summer transfer window, rival English football giants Liverpool and Arsenal.
Led by his Portuguese coach, Georgie Jesus, Al-Hilal seeks to sign new players to strengthen his ranks and continue to dominate titles locally, after the team successfully snapped up the Saudi League title, the King’s Cup and the Saudi Super.
Saudi al-hilal strongly wishes to include Belgian Bakayoko
The Saudi al-hilal is aggressively seeking to sign Belgium international John Bakayoko, the Dutch side’s winger of Eindhoven, in the current summer transfer window.
There is a strong interest within the leader in acquiring the services of Bakayoko this summer, although the star of Ivorian origin is wanted at Liverpool and Arsenal.
Liverpool’s new manager, Ernie Slott of the Netherlands, has asked to sign Eindhoven’s right wing as an Egyptian replacement for Mohamed Salah, who is expected to leave this summer.
Strong competition for the inclusion of Bakayoko
On the other side, last season’s runner-up, Mikel Arteta, wishes to bring Bakayoko into his ranks in order to strengthen the right front to continue contesting for silverware next season.
For its part, Eindhoven FC are reluctant to do without the services of its player and have set the amount of Euro45 million to agree to sell him for summer transfers.
John Bakayoko was escalated to the first team at Eindhoven, two years ago, specifically in July 2022, and has since proven his ability with the Dutch team.
The player made 85 appearances for Eindhoven since stepping up to the first team, and the 21-year-old contributed 40 goals, scoring 21 goals and delivering 19 assists.
Bakayoko participated with Belgium in the Euro 2024 European Cup of Nations, currently in Germany, and farewelled his country from the last 16, played 33 minutes after substituting in the Slovak match, and 13 minutes in the Ukraine meeting, knowing that he remained in the Romania and France games on the bench.
