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Originally Posted by devo22
It sounds a bit similar as to when lots of players went to China for huge salaries a few years ago, only to find out that after a few months, they simply weren't paid anymore. Not saying that is happening here, but I have no doubts that these players were promised the moon for them to come to Saudi Arabia, and once the ink on the contracts had dried, some of those promises went right out of the window. But so is life if you sell your soul.
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This is partly the thing, I get where Laporte is coming from.
Europe just has so much more experience when it comes to 'treating footballers.'
Now...thats not to say that some of these guys are absolute Divas and its ridiculous.
My impression is that the Saudis dont do all of that 'extras.'
Well no. They're paying you a lot. You have to figure all that crap out for yourself. They dont have Team 'Handlers' to find people to do all this stuff for you. Thats the risk you take when...as Devo mentioned, you sold your soul.