PFDC - Transfer news in the Saudi
Arabian football scene. Ending the season empty-handed both on the local
and continental scenes, Al-Ittihad of Jeddah are being reported on a
spending-spree in transfer market, according to London-based daily Al-Hayat.
Looking to find the ultimate partner of the league's top scorer Ricardo
Sergio of Brazil, the Jeddah giants are inerested in signing 25-year old
Iran international forward Farhad Majidi who is playing his club
football at Al-Wasl of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Majidi, who represented his country in the 1998 World Cup finals in
France, proved an instant hit with Al-Wasl this season, scoring 11 goals
in 17 league appearances, one of the most lethal forwards in the
country.
"The player's contract with Al-Wasl ends in late June," said
an unidentified impresario operating from Dubai. "He is receiving
genuine offers from both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to
lure his services, and his price tag is nearing the $750,000
figure."
Mansour Al-Balawi, one of Al-Ittihad's predominant figures at the
administrational level, commented today on the reports linking his club
with the international Iranian striker: "We are in close touch with
an international striker playing now in the Gulf, after passing short
spells with clubs in Europe."
Majidi had previous spells in the late 90s with Anderlecht of Belgium
and Austrian club Rapid Vienna.
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