Pushed out by Newcastle, Allan Saint-Maximin is heading straight for Saudi Arabia. Coveted by Al-Ahli for several days, the French striker agreed to join the Saudi club after it made an offer of 25 million to the Magpies. While its formalization is imminent, the transfer of the 26-year-old player is debated across the Channel.
The Athletic informs that certain clubs, whose identities have not been disclosed, intend to raise their concerns with the Premier League. The reason: the agreement reached for the transfer of Allan Saint-Maximin, whose operation is estimated at 20 million pounds sterling, was made between two clubs managed by the public investment fund of the Saudi state (PIF). Thus, several English Premier League sides believe the PIF link is being used to inflate the Frenchman’s apparent price tag and disguise a camouflaged capital injection in the form of a transfer fee to make the Tyne and Wear-based club comply with Financial Fair Play rules. In this perspective, the clubs are questioning the way in which the market value of Allan Saint-Maximin was fixed and are preparing to mandate the Premier League to carry out a review of the process in the interests of transparency. As a reminder, Premier League regulations state that “All transactions above the cost of £1m, whether or not involving associated parties, are now checked to ensure they do not exceed market value. »
