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The Saudi blood money takeover of sport is complete

7 June 2023

4:45 PM

7 June 2023

4:45 PM

Some of football’s biggest names are revealing themselves to be shameless mercenaries on a scale that is staggering even by the sport’s abysmally low standards. Karim Benzema, the Real Madrid striker, is the latest superstar to answer the siren calls of one last big pay day plying his waning talents in Saudi Arabia.

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