The Saudi Arabia is still hungry. A star goalkeeper who won the title under Alex Ferguson is heading to their league

The voraciousness of the football league in Saudi Arabia does not diminish even in the winter transfer window. A goalkeeper who won the English title under legendary Scot Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to head there. The British Daily Mail reports.

In the summer, David De Gea left Manchester United after twelve long years. In his second season with the Red Devils, he won their last title so far. That was when Sir Alex Ferguson was still on the bench.

He also won the Premier League goalkeeping competition last season. Nevertheless, he was replaced in goal by Andre Onana, who came from Inter Milan.

The main reasons cited were his footwork, which the Cameroonian goalkeeper has much better than the Spaniard. And this is a very important criterion for the current United manager Erik ten Hag.

New location in Saudi Arabia

The thirty-three-year-old goalkeeper did not even get the chance to be the number two goalkeeper. Altay Bayindir has arrived at Old Trafford from Fenerbahce Istanbul. De Gea became a free agent, something that did not change throughout the autumn.

Recently, however, there have been speculations about several different signings for the Atlético Madrid graduate. As it seems, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Shabab will prevail.

The team from the capital is only in eleventh place in the Saudi Pro League after halfway through the competition, but has big ambitions. And they need a great goalkeeper to fulfil them.

De Gea will face a veteran with Barcelona experience in the booth in Ivan Rakitic. There is also a lot of talk about the possible signing of winger Hakim Ziyech, who is currently on loan at Galatasaray from Chelsea in London.

Will European reinforcements to Al-Shabab help to improve their position in the table?

Source: Daily Mail, Transfermarkt