At a press conference on Thursday, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco admitted to having chosen Saudi Arabia for the financial aspect.
Like many players, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (30 years old) chose to join Saudi Arabia during the 2023 summer transfer window by signing a four-year contract with Al Shabab, who paid 15 million euros to afford it. After 11 seasons in Europe, including 7 at Atlético Madrid, the Belgian international will therefore discover the new fashionable championship for which many have fallen in love this summer.
Carrasco assumes its choice
And if many of these players have said to join the Saudi Pro League for the sporting project and the development of this championship, the former Monegasque did not hesitate to assume that it was mainly a financial choice, he who will receive approximately 13 million euros per year. “Sometimes you have to put yourself in the position of a player. I am 30 years old, it was my last year of contract at Atlético de Madrid. Although there were talks with clubs, it was the only concrete offer I had on the table. When you see the number of injuries that comes with the number of matches played, I chose safety. That is to say, to know what I have, and not what I could have. In the world of football, I’m more at the end of my career than anything else. So I tried not to take any risks and I take it completely.”he explained this Thursday during a press conference with Belgium.
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Regarding the living environment, the winger simply explained that he found Saudi Arabia to be “a beautiful country” and that he wanted to form his own opinion without listening to prejudice or criticism from the outside.
