Rakitic winter transfer market in Saudi Arabia, which ran from 1 January 2024 to 30 of the same month, has ended, and the pace of signings has intensified in the final hours of the “Mercato”.
8 clubs had made a number of deals, while the other 10 clubs had only their players, who had been attracted at the start of the 2024/2023 season.
The al-shabab club announced that it had signed Ivan Rakitic of Croatia for one and a half years, coming from Sevilla, Spain. He also revealed that the Brazilian Vetinho had been included on loan from the al-ettifaq club, Mesab Al-Juwair of Al-Hilal and Mustafa Angels of Al Fatah.
رحبّوا معنا بـ "صفقة الشتاء" في دورينا 🤍🐐 pic.twitter.com/kOuiYKpBoy
— نادي الشباب السعودي (@AlShababSaudiFC) January 30, 2024
Al-Nasr has strengthened its ranks with Australian player Aziz Bihic, coming from Australian club Melbourne City, on loan until the end of the current season, as well as re-scoring Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina in the club’s reveals.
وقعت إدارة نادي #النصر عقدًا رسميًا مع اللاعب الدولي الأسترالي عزيز بيهيتش ✍️
قادمًا من نادي ملبورن سيتي الأسترالي وذلك بنظام الإعارة حتى نهاية الموسم.متمنين له التوفيق مع ناديه #العالمي 💛 pic.twitter.com/QUPUiLv6Ox
— نادي النصر السعودي (@AlNassrFC) January 30, 2024
The al-itthad of Jeddah Club supported its positions with Fawaz al-Saqr, Hamid al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Mohammed al-Mahassan and Sa ‘ad al-Musa, while Al-Hilal had only served Brazilian Renan Lodi earlier, along with enrolling goalkeeper Mohamed al-Rabi in the team’s reveals.
The other contracts were as follows:
Al-ettifaq Club: Ivorian Seko Fofana, Spanish Alvaro Medran, Cameroon Carl Toko Ikambi, Khaled El Ghannam, Abdoulaye Maddow, Harun Kamara, Abdelrahman Al Aboud.
Al-taawoun Club: Ibrahim El-Shayel, Argentine Christian Guanca, Mohamed Mahzari, Salih Abu Al-Shammat, Mohamed Bakr, Mohamed Al-Quaikbi
Abha Club: Congolese Marcel Tesserand, Ibrahim Zubaidi.
Al-khaleej Club: Nayef Masood.
