Most expensive sale of Nantes
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The Saudi promoted NEOM SC is continuing for the season in the Saudi Pro League and broke his transfer record again on Thursday. Defense young professional Nathan Zézé (20) comes from FC Nantes for 20 million euros and is also the most expensive sale for the French.
The central defender is the ninth newcomer, which costs a millions. Free transfer, albeit with the best -known name, also joined the financially strong promoter. It has been clear since January that Saïd Benrahma (29) would set a transfer record of Neoms with a transfer fee of EUR 12 million in the event of ascent. Shortly after the ascent and at the beginning of the transfer window, Benrahma was replaced by 20-year-old Amadou Koné (EUR 13 million). It only took a few days before goalkeeper Marcin Bulka (25) took the top with 15 million euros in statistics. Zézé now marks the fourth record in July alone with 20 million euros. All of these players came to the Saudis from France.
NiM-named after the Mega-Planstadt, which is under construction-already spent almost 80 million euros on the transfer market before its first first division season, just a few hundred thousand euros less than Brighton & Hove, with which the top 20 of the world’s most generous clubs are currently starting. So far, only Al-Qadsiah, the promoted climber, spent more for new players from the Saudi clubs. Al-Hilal set up the expenditure record in the desert state two years ago with EUR 376 million for the 2023/24 season.