Rhino: Khalid Al-Issa, president of Ahli Jeddah, confirmed that they tried to compensate for the departure of Alan Saint Maximin by signing Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior during the last summer transfer window. Maximin left for Turkish club Fenerbahçe for a season on loan last summer. “We had the desire to bring in a very good winger, Vinicius, but during the negotiations, something unexpected happened, which is that Saudi players went professional under the scholarship program,” Al-Issa said. “Firas Al-Barikan was going to turn professional, so the priority changed to signing a striker and we negotiated with Ivan Toni and Victor Osimene, and finally it was the Englishman who joined the Saudi team.” Khaled Al-Issa confirmed that those responsible for the sale of Alan St. Maximin was the technical committee, in addition to the fact that we had trouble attracting foreigners. Finally, the Saudi leader confirmed in this interview that in the winter we will sign a winger who will exceed his ambitions, to compensate for the sale of the Frenchman and thus send a convincing message to Al Ahly fans.According to journalist Jose Felix Diaz, Al Ahly would have offered hundreds of millions to Real Madrid and almost one billion euros for Vinicius with a five-year contract.
