Al-Hilal was the Saudi team that spent the most during the 2023/2024 period. The team led by Jorge Jesus and featuring stars like Neymar Jr. (who is currently seriously injured and sidelined from the squad), Malcom, Rúben Neves, Mitrovic, Milinkovic-Savic, and other international stars, is the current leader of the Saudi Professional League, and this naturally goes hand in hand with the enormous expenditure incurred in this financial year.
Al-Hilal spent 376 million euros in the 2023/2024 period and exceeded the most expensive seasons of several top European clubs. With its most recent signing, that of Renan Lodi from Olympique de Marseille, Al-Hilal broke records by surpassing the most expensive seasons of elite European teams such as FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSG, or Manchester City, according to the latest study published by TransferMarkt.
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In total, as of the date of writing these words, Al-Hilal spent around 376 million euros on transfers during the 2023/2024 period, greatly exceeding the figures of the most extravagant seasons of the following teams:
- FC Barcelona (2017/2018) – 375.00 M€
- PSG (2023/2024) – 369.00 M€
- Real Madrid (2019/2020) – 356.00 M€
- Manchester City (2017/2018) – 318.00 M€
- FC Barcelona (2019/2020) – 303.00 M€
- Tottenham Hotspur (2023/2024) – 272.00 M€
- Juventus (2018/2019) – 263.00 M€
With these figures, Al-Hilal became the third club with the highest net spending on transfers in a single period, only being surpassed by Chelsea, who occupies the first two positions in the ranking with their expenses of 467.00 M€ and 611.00 M€ for the 2023/2024 and 2022/2023 seasons, respectively.
The signings made by Al-Hilal in the 2023/2024 period were:
- Neymar Jr. (BRA) – 90.00 M€ (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Malcom (BRA) – 60.00 M€ (Zenit)
- Rúben Neves (POR) – 55.00 M€ (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- Aleksandar Mitrovic (SER) – 52.60 M€ (Fulham)
- S. Milinkovic-Savic (SER) – 40.00 M€ (Lazio)
- Renan Lodi (BRA) – 23.00 M€ (O. Marsella)
- K. Koulibaly (SEN) – 23.00 M€ (Chelsea)
- Bono (MAR) – 21.00 M€ (Sevilla)
- H. Tambakti (ARA) – 11.50 M€ (Al-Shabab)
