The Saudi Pro League continues its vast spending, with Sadio Mane being the latest high-profile player to officially move to the Middle East powerhouse, joining Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr.
One of the biggest upsides of Saudi's spending spree is the helping hands it has awarded to European clubs in need of balancing their books. One example is Chelsea, a club that spent lavishly on players they then desperately needed to offload, with Saudi clubs swooping in to take them off Boehly's hands.
However, there is one huge concern that has mainly gone under the radar. Jurgen Klopp has just brought attention to this and even went as far as demanding FIFA and UEFA to step in and find a solution.
What is this huge concern? While the ongoing summer transfer window shuts close on September 1 in several of Europe's major leagues, including the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and Ligue 1, deadline day in the Saudi Pro League does not arrive until September 20.
As a result, this grants the Gulf nation three additional weeks to raid Europe's top clubs for players. This would be exponentially worse if the targeted players have release clauses as the Saudi team would simply need to trigger it and that would secure them the player while leaving the European side unable to sign a replacement.
"Pretty much the worst thing is that the transfer window in Saudi Arabia is open for three weeks longer," Klopp said, as per the Sun.
"At least in Europe, that's not helpful.
"So Uefa and Fifa must find solutions for that.
"It looks like Saudi Arabia have quite an influence, it is massive."
Klopp is familiar with Saudi's spending spree as the German has seen Fabinho and Jordan Henderson both depart Anfield for the Middle East. Additionally, Roberto Firmino, who left Liverpool for free, has also moved to Al Ahli while Luis Diaz was the target of interest.
Bernardo Silva and Victor Osimhen are two of the latest superstars being linked with the Pro League and while Manchester City and Napoli are fortunate due to the lack of a release clause in both players' contracts, not every team will be as fortunate.
It will be interesting to see whether UEFA or FIFA react following Klopp's recent comments. Up until this summer, the Saudi Pro League was seen as an insignificance to European football but heavy investment from the kingdom's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has quickly changed things.
