Saudi Arabia are reportedly ready to lobby for a wild card into European football's top club competition
Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and Roberto Firmino could find themselves with the chance to line up against Liverpool in Champions League competition in the future if Saudi Arabia gets its wish.
Firmino joined Al-Ahli upon his Reds contract ending, while Henderson completed a move to the Steven Gerrard-managed Al-Ettifaq in an initial £12m deal, and Fabinho joined Al-Ittihad in a £40m move shortly after, meaning Liverpool have had to go back into the market for midfield reinforcements. Players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Neymar, Riyadh Mahrez, N’Golo Kante, Ruben Neves and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic will all be part of Saudi’s top league this season.
However, while tentative discussions are claimed to have been held, getting a wild card entry such as reportedly being proposed over the line in the next few years would be incredibly difficult, near impossible. The forthcoming ‘Swiss Model’ has already been criticised in some quarters for favouring the biggest teams due to the increase in matches and money that will be on offer to them for success.
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