The Saudi Pro League cannot just recruit top European players if their quota is full to fill European players in their squad. If I'm not mistaken the Saudi Pro League has a rule of only accepting 8 foreign players to be included in the list of regular players so even though the transfer market is open the League Saudi cannot increase its player quota if they do not drop one or two players so that they can be replaced by the top European players they will recruit, and this is a rule that must be obeyed by all clubs in Saudi. If they violate it, they may be subject to sanctions sanctions, it is likely that there will not be many foreign players entering the Saudi League at the end of the season because big clubs such as Al Hilal, Al Nassr and Al Ahli seem to have filled their quotas.
Al Hilal has removed Neymar's name from the list of foreign players owned by Al Hilal, so it is very likely that Al Hilal will be able to recruit top European players, but I think it will only be temporary because if Al Hilal removed him permanently, wouldn't that be a loss for Al Hilal themselves who haven't experienced it Neymar's contribution to the club so I also don't know what Al Hilal will do next if Neymar has recovered from his injury, whether he wants to terminate his contract or whether he wants to continue his contract with the PSG star player.
In the Saudi Pro League, i think there was a rule against recruiting high number of European players except you drop some of the European players you have then you allowed to recruit. This rule is an embago placed on the number of European players a club can have in it full squad list.
I think this rule is healthy and favorable to the league as it helps them be able to invest more on local players at the same time help the clubs be able to save up funds from high signing of European players. Now the issue is that the big clubs in the league might not want to follow through this rule to the latter and might be willing to use their cash to overlook on the sanctions.
Al-Hilal who had Neymar in their squad but unluckily was hit with a long term injury, removed his name from the squad list so as to be able to sign an Europe player. Well I think this removal was a temporary one because you can see Neymar still celebrating twice with the clubs the time they’ve won trophies this season.
Well, let’s see what the club has in stock for us as we approach the Summer Market, if they’ll reluctantly follow their minds and go ahead and sign European players and face sanctions or maybe they will do with Neymar. Luckily for them Neymar is now said to be recovering so I think a better option is to still stick with Neymar in the squad.