0ur correspondent dharshini david is here why have they offered so much money? well, with money to burn, saudi arabia has been filling its trophy cabinet with the biggest stars. but how much would you pay for a goal? if this offer s taken up, kylian mbappe may reportedly earn over £1,000 per minute or £19 per second. it s not just about players for its own teams. saudi s invested even more elsewhere in newcastle football club, it s a key backer of formula 1 and will be the main investor in the combined liv and pga golf tours, a proposed tie up which shocked the world. it s rumoured to be compiling a war chest to further its sporting goals but why? the kingdom has made its fortunes through supplying oil its state producer, aramco,
And this is the third one, i don t know, i felt as though i was doing everything right. again, with the same thing that happened last year, but. it s painful because you feel so close to achieving something that you want and then you are back to square one. again, just trying to get rid of these negative thoughts and continue being positive. on sunday, it s the men s final on centre court. it will pit the defending champion, novak djokovic, who has won seven of his record 23 grand slams at wimbledon, against carlos alcaraz of spain. he s just twenty years old sixteen years younger than novak but already has the us open in his trophy cabinet, and is the current world number one. i ve been speaking to a sports journalist based in nigeria about the finals.
Where she is known affectionately as the minister of happiness. here s what she had to say after the match. i already lost two finals and this was the third one. i don t know, ifelt i was doing everything right. again, with the same thing that happened last year. but it s painful because you feel so close to achieving something that you want, and actually back to the square one but, again, just trying to get rid of these negative thoughts and continue being positive. on sunday, it s the men s final on centre court. it will pit the defending champion, novak djokovic, who has won seven of his record 23 grand slams at wimbledon against carlos he s just 20 years old 16 years younger than novak but already has the us open in his trophy cabinet and is the current world number one.
Successful men s player either. but will we see another serbian script written into wimbledon s legend ? i m aware of the numbers in the history. so that s another motivational factor, no doubt. but, you know, i also need to try to enjoy what i have and work hard for what i want. he s doing all right for 36. how about a scot with a metal hip? commentator: there is the murray hold. i the crowd will always be behind andy murray. his best days might be, too, but he s a man for the big occasion. commentator: and there is the sound of centre court that he s heard over so many years. different feeling, different court, you know, the history, tradition and everything. it s. yeah, it can be daunting stepping out on there the first time and i need to use that to my advantage. if you re after british success, look no further than alfie hewitt. he s got one glaring space in his trophy cabinet. will this be his year? it would mean a lot and hopefully one day i can lift that title.
We now have middle eastern investment under the saudi arabian pif. we have manchester city with abu dhabi investment. we have the qatari world cup which took place in 2022. and there is significant qatari investment in both corporate and property assets in london and property assets in london and the city. so it will be used as a vehicle for those people that want to raise issues of human rights in qatar, and there s been a lot of reporting recently, and a fairly damning report from amnesty international, as well. as far as football fans are concerned, they tend to turn a blind eye to this, provided there s lots of money being spent on expensive new baubles in the form of players and the trophy cabinet starts to get restocked. trophy cabinet starts to get restocked. ., restocked. i ve never thought of football restocked. i ve never thought of football players restocked. i ve never thought of football players as - of football players as expensive new baubles but i will forever th