Yasin Bunu (32), the leader of the Moroccan World Cup semifinals, has moved to Al Hilal of the Saudi Arabian League.

Al-Hilal officially announced the recruitment of Bunu on its official channel on the 18th. The contract period is three years until 2026, and the uniform number is 37.

Al Hilal, who announced the recruitment of "Superstar" Neymar on the 16th, continued to strengthen his power by recruiting world-class goalkeeper Bunu in two days. Bunu played full-time in the 2023 UEFA Super Cup between Manchester City and Sevilla in Greece just a day before the announcement of the transfer. Immediately after the game, he moved to Saudi Arabia to complete the transfer process.

Bunu was considered one of the best goalkeepers in Spain's La Liga. He moved to Sevilla in 2019 and won the UEFA Europa League (UEL) championship in the 2019-2020 and 2022-2023 seasons. At that time, he was selected for all UEL's "Team of the Season" and stood as the best goalkeeper of the tournament. In the 2021-2022 season, he won the Samora Award, beating Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), who won the league and UCL by achieving the first place in La Liga's minimum loss rate.

Last year, he led Morocco to the semifinals at the 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup. After allowing only one run in three group matches, he also scored no runs in the round of 16 against Spain. In the ensuing penalty shootout, he defended Spain's two penalty kicks (PK) and won the game. In the quarterfinals against Portugal, he played without losing a point again by blocking both strong effective shots from Cristiano Ronaldo and João Felix. Morocco advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup for the first time in African history thanks to Bunu's good defense. In recognition of his World Cup and league performance, he was selected as the 2023 African Player of the Year.

After the World Cup, it received attention from Bayern Munich and Manchester United. Although the main goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was also connected to Real Madrid, which recently broke away due to a cruciate ligament, Bunu moved to Al Hilal instead of staying on the European stage. The biggest reason for choosing a transfer is money. Bunu is said to receive an annual salary of 12 million euros (about 17.4 billion won) from Al Hilal. It is as much as six times more than the annual salary I received in Seville.

Al-Hilal is making a stormy move this summer. It is strengthening its power by bringing in a large number of big name players who played in Europe. He has recruited Juve Neves, who played for Wolverhampton in the English Premier League (EPL), Sergei Milinkovic-Savic, who played for Serie A Lazio, and Kalidou Koulibaly from Chelsea. He also brought Malcolm from Zenit, Russia. And he recently brought in Neima to sign the biggest deal in the transfer market this summer. 토토사이트

Regarding the reason for choosing the Saudi league, Neymar said, "The Saudi league has a lot of energy and high-quality players. It is currently the place that makes the greatest progress. "This had a big impact on the transfer decision," he explained. "I won a lot of titles in Europe and had a happy and special time meeting many players. "Now I want to write a new history in Al Hilal," he said. "Al Hilal is the best big club in Asia with huge fans," he said. At the right time, the Al Hilal team came to me with great significance. I look forward to showing my best performance here," he said.

In addition to Al Hilal, Al-Nasr and Al-Ittihad are also recruiting famous players who played in Europe one after another. Mane moved from Bayern Munich to Al-Nasr, becoming Cristiano Ronaldo's teammate. Karim Benzema moved from Real Madrid to Al-Ittihad. Starting with Benzema, R Ittihad brought N'Golo Kante, Firmino, and Fabinho in turn. England's deputy captain Jonathan Henderson moved from Liverpool to Al Etipark.

Saudi Arabia, which is recruiting famous players based on its strong capital, is also trying to reach out to the European soccer community. According to Britain's Sports Kida on the 17th, the Saudi Football Association is discussing with UEFA how to have Saudi professional teams participate in the 2025 UCL.

"Sports Kida" said, "In front of Saudi Arabia's strong capital, famous players who played in Europe came to Saudi Arabia and moved away from UCL." However, if discussions between Saudi Arabia and UEFA are successful, it may become a reality to see players who have advanced to Saudi Arabia on the UCL stage," he stressed.