He al hilal saudi Signing closes this week for 60 million euross of the ex-Barcelonista Malcolmthe star of Zenith Saint Petersburgas reported by Brazilian journalist Fabio Aleixo, an expert on Latin American soccer players in Russian soccer.
“On Monday the transfer of Malcom to Al Hilal will take place,” said Aleixo. That’s the reason – something the coach himself confirmed zenithSergei Semak- where the Brazilian was left on the bench during his team’s match on Saturday on the first match day of the Russian league.
The Brazilian left-hander, best player and top scorer in the Russian league, is an express request of the coach of the Saudi team, the Portuguese Jorge Jesus. “He asked the board of directors to make an effort to sign the Brazilian,” Aleixo explained about the footballer who arrived in Russia after paying 40 million euros to his former team, Barcelona.
Malcolmwho recently returned to the Brazilian team after missing the World Cup in Qatar, has a market value of 30 million, a figure that has not stopped growing in recent months.
“The Saudi press assures that he will earn around 18 million per seasonalmost triple what it is now,” said the Brazilian journalist, who has a popular Telegram channel in the Russian sports press.
He is a small thing zenith is sponsored by one of the largest consortiums in the world, the gas company Gazprom, and the fact is that the war has severely limited the arrival of foreign soccer players in Russia, in addition to significantly reducing their income by not being able to play European competitions.
If this becomes a reality, the transfer of Malcolm It will be the most expensive in the history of Russian football after the sale of Brazilian Hulk also by Zenit to Chinese Shanghai SIPG for 56 million euros in 2016.
Malcom will meet at the Saudi club with well-known stars such as the Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly, the Serbian Milinkovic-Savic and the Portuguese Rúben Neves.
In addition, in recent days the press reported possible interest in the star of PSG and French football, Kylian Mbappé, who did not travel with his team on the tour of Japan.
The ex-Barcelonista, who scored 26 goals with Zenit last season, is on the verge of a move to PSG in the winter market.
His career began in Corinth; He signed in 2016 for the Girondins, who paid 5 million for his acquisition; He ended up in Barcelona after paying 40 million (2018), the same figure Zenit paid in 2019
Source: La Verdad
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