It cost the club's treasury $ 18 million ... and brought back memories of the big stars
Saudi Al-Nasr player Martinez ... the biggest Gulf stadium deals in the time of "Corona"
Saudi Al-Nasr star Martinez during a previous meeting with Sepahan in the AFC Champions League.
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At the beginning of this month, the Saudi Al-Nasr Club announced from Dubai that the contract with one of the best players in Latin America, Argentine Gonzalo Martinez, is the second highest deal in the history of the American League, and is currently the highest ever in the Gulf stadiums, especially in light of the current period severely affected by The Corona pandemic, and despite the current circumstances, the Transfer Market website and US media sites confirmed that Martinez cost Al-Nasr club's treasury $ 18 million, extending for four seasons, after the agreement with his American club, Atlanta.
Martinez (27 years) has previously won many cups when he previously played for River Plate of Argentina, especially two titles in the Copa Libertadores, and then won personal titles, including the award for best player in Argentina in 2018, best player in South America, in addition to the best player in the tournament Cuba Libertadores.
Al-Nassr was famous for contracting with a large number of stars throughout its history, the most prominent of which was the Bulgarian Stoichkov, who contracted with him in 1998, and he played with the team two matches and scored a goal in the final match to win with Al-Nassr the Asian Cup Winners Cup in that year.
Other stars include Thiago Neves, who joined the victory in 2009 for seven million euros, and in the famous El Clasico match, he scored a hat-trick against Al-Ittihad in the match that witnessed the historic five-clean victory, then moved to Fluminense, Brazil, and returned in 2013 to Al-Hilal with six million euros.
Regarding Martinez's deal, the player's agent, the former Libyan international, Jihad Montasser, said that the player was signed in Dubai, where the new headquarters of the players agency contracting with a group of players, Martinez considered its first deal.
He told "Emirates Today": "Martinez's deal is one of the largest deals that have taken place in the Gulf region this season, which has been greatly affected by the (Corona) crisis."
He added: "The Argentine international did not receive any offer from the Emirates clubs, and the Saudi victory wanted to sign him, and he followed him for a while since he was in the Argentine River Plate, and after he moved last season to the Atlanta team in the American League."
The arrival of Martins brings back the memories of former big stars, whether in the Saudi League or the Gulf in general, including the famous Brazilian Camacho, who played for a long time in the Gulf, and began in Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia in 2004 and continued until 2013, then played for Saudi youth and Al-Ahly teams as well.
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