Jesse Lingard, who is currently without a club, apparently has to wait for a new employer. According to the journalist, a commitment to Al-Ettifaq FC under coach Steven Gerrard is coming Ben Jacobs not achieved. The Saudi Arabian club will not sign the 30-year-old.
The foreigner limit is therefore responsible for the decision not to sign Lingard. Al-Ettifaq would first have to sell two foreign professionals, which is currently and cannot be done in January. The Englishman doesn’t fit into the budget, they say. The attacking midfielder’s wages are not manageable.
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Al-Ettifaq would have liked to have strengthened himself with Lingard, who took part in training for a month. Now the club would pursue other goals than Lingard. Jordan Henderson (33) and Georginio Wijnaldum (32) are said to have spoken out in favor of the former England international, Fabrizio Romano recently wrote.
The former England international’s contract with Nottingham Forest was not extended after a poor season. The offensive player contributed two goals and two assists in 20 games. Before his training time in Dammam, he had kept himself fit at West Ham United, where a commitment was also said to have been considered, as was the case with Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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The foreigner regulation states that Saudi Arabian clubs can only register eight foreign professionals. in order not to completely push the development of domestic players into the background in view of the great financial traction for top players from all over the world. In addition to Henderson and Wijnaldum, Gerrard can currently also count on ex-Mainz player Robin Quaison (30), Moussa Dembélé (27), former Leverkusen player Demarai Gray (27), Marcel Tisserand (30), who once played for Wolfsburg and Ingolstadt, in his team Ball was back, Jack Hendry (28) and goalkeeper Paulo Victor (36). All are used regularly.
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