Luciano Vietto In recent weeks he has been investigating the possibility of returning to Villarreal CF, a team he already played for in the 2014-15 season. The 29-year-old Argentine striker has fond memories of his short time with the ‘groguet’ team and, sportingly, he was attracted by the idea of returning to European football. But at the last minute things took a big turn and what seemed like it might come to fruition, didn’t.
Vietto, in Saudi Arabia since 2020, recently contacted Villarreal trying to explore the possibility of making the move but finally a series of events took place, an extra-sports can say, that prevented the transfer of former Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla and Valencia.
Vietto is convinced, among other things, of the explosion that Saudi football is experiencing since Cristiano Ronaldo landed in Al-Nassr in 2022 and that this was done not only to players facing the end of their careers but as well as others in its sporting fullness. And it seems that the growth of the Saudi league has only just begun.
Furthermore, the football player, who changed Al-Ittihad for more moderate Al-Qadsiah of the second division, he liked the idea of sharing a dressing room with two former LaLiga players such as the former Betis goalkeeper Joel Robles and the former Villarreal center back Alvaro Gonzalez. Both are also new to the team. The first came from Leeds United and the second, from Al-Nassr.
Al-Qadsiah is, yes, a small group, but rich in possibilities. And the proposal of 7 million euros per campaign is hard to refuse.
Source: La Verdad
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