Saudi Arabia has been on a football spending rampage, snapping up major names like Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. Sports writer John Duerden looks at what Asia and Singapore stand to gain.
The senior side missed out on qualification for the 2023 Asian Cup unlike Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Singapore, four-time AFF Championship winners, have been eliminated in the first round in four of the past five editions of the regional tournament.
“Strategically Singapore needs to decide very quickly as to what its position is on Saudi Arabia and the money flooding into sport generally there,” Simon Chadwick, Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at SKEMA Business School, told me. “Does Singapore compete, or does it collaborate?” For example, rumours that Saudi Arabia is considering establishing a new global football club competition could be an area to work together. “Given the predisposition towards certain European football teams in Singapore, it may create opportunities to collaborate with Saudi Arabia,” said Prof Chadwick.ASIAN COMPETITIONS
It increases the incentive for the best Singapore clubs to play in the same competitions as these sporting mega-stars. There have been some famous players and teams visiting Singapore for decades, but the prospect of some of the best players in the world coming to the country and playing competitive games would be completely new and can help breathe life into continental club competitions.
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