Saudi football club Al-Hilal is close to signing Portuguese full-back Joao Cancelo, a player for the English team Manchester City, to its ranks with a three-season contract, for 35 million euros.
Yesterday, the newspaper “Al-Riyadhiyah” quoted sources it described as informed, saying, “The administration of Fahd bin Nafel (president of Al-Hilal Saudi Club) agreed with its counterpart in Manchester City on all the official terms of the contract.”
The same sources indicated that the capital club offered 35 million euros to buy the player’s contract.
Portuguese Jorge Jesus, Al Hilal coach, previously coached Cancelo during the period during which he supervised Benfica between 2009 and 2015.
It is noteworthy that Cancelo won the UEFA Nations League title with his country’s national team in 2019.
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