Reporter: Saudi Arabia willing to wait for Salah until 2025【fangjie】
2024-04-30
Journalist Ben Jacobs reports that the Saudis have been patient about bringing Salah in, which includes waiting until 2025.
As well as respecting Salah's own wishes, there is also a commercial aspect, with Saudi Sports Channel's television rights in the Middle East expiring in June 2025 In the current situation, they need to pay an annual fee of $80 million for this.
The TV rights for the Saudi sports channel include Egypt. So if Salah goes to play in Saudi Arabia next summer, he will be a major factor in the next bidding process for the TV rights. If Salah travels to Saudi Arabia to play this summer, there will be no additional TV rights fees.
As well as respecting Salah's own wishes, there is also a commercial aspect, with Saudi Sports Channel's television rights in the Middle East expiring in June 2025 In the current situation, they need to pay an annual fee of $80 million for this.
The TV rights for the Saudi sports channel include Egypt. So if Salah goes to play in Saudi Arabia next summer, he will be a major factor in the next bidding process for the TV rights. If Salah travels to Saudi Arabia to play this summer, there will be no additional TV rights fees.