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Unlike the case with Al Nassr or Al Hilal, Al Shabab doesn't have the luxury of being a recipient of cash inflows from Saudi Public Investment Fund. So they can't purchase anyone whom they want to include in their squad. Yannick Carrasco should be a decent addition, BTW. He can work in tandem with Gustavo Cuéllar, Carlos and Habib Diallo, and it will be a formidable combination to beat for other clubs. They had a great season last year, where they finished at no.4 (out of a total of 16 teams). And this time also, they will be aiming for a similar performance in the Saudi Professional League.
Previously, in the early days when the Saudi trend was starting to intensify, Al Shabab was also associated with several names of top European players. But for some reason, Al Shabab did not participate in recruiting other top European players who had quite big names. maybe they are aware, it will be difficult to compete with the four clubs that have been acquired by PIF. Maybe that's also why they prefer to bring in some less well-known names.
The problem, not that Al Shabab is a poor club, the fact that they are among the top clubs in this competition. In this transfer window, Al Shabab also actually brought in several European players. several names including, Yannick Carrasco and Habib Diallo. by only bringing in these two players, as well as several other players as well as one of the former Al hilal players, well, clearly this is not enough for Al Shabab to be able to compete competitively in this league. It is proven that, from the five matches they have played, Al Shabab was only able to collect two points. I'm not sure if this season Al Shabab will enter the top four rankings like last season.