Saudi Arabia’s rapid football expansion has taken another major step, with NEOM SC recording the single largest squad value increase anywhere in world football this summer.
According to new data from TransferRoom, the club’s squad value rose by an extraordinary 1,054% during the transfer window.
At the beginning of the summer, NEOM’s players were collectively valued at €7.4 million (£6.3m / $7.9m). By September, that figure had climbed to €85.4m (£72.4m / $91.5m), a gain of more than €78m (£66m / $83.6m)…