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There has been an influx of foreign players. a couple of months ago, the top four saudi clubs were bought over by the pif, which is the country s cash rich sovereign wealth fund. now, what it s done is that it has enabled clubs like al hilal to offer eye watering salaries to attract some of the biggest names in global football. sports is one of the main pillars of the country s vision 2030 economic diversification programme which aims to reduce saudi arabia s reliance on oil revenues by building new industries and attracting foreign companies. in line with that objective, the saudi proleague plans to continue spending big to sign more international players. we have a more international players. - have a commitment to support this for however long it takes. however, the responsibility that we have against that commitment is still also to take that commercialisation element of the strategy and start increasing that so that we can be responsible for our
Of the country s vision 2030 economic diversification programme, which aims to reduce saudi arabia s reliance on oil revenues by building new industries and attracting foreign companies. in line with that objective, the saudi pro league plans to continue spending big to sign more international players. we have a commitment to support this for however long it takes. however, the responsibility that we have is that that commitment is to also take that commercialisation element of the strategy and start increasing that so that we can be responsible for our own financial growth in the future and not to be wholly dependent on the government. saudi arabia s aim is to elevate the spl in the world s top ten in terms of revenues by 2030. it s still early to judge whether these bold investments will pay off in the long run, but the strategy has demonstrated the gulf state s ambition of becoming a major international football hub.
We have commitment to support this for however long it takes. however, the responsibility that we have against that commitment is to also take that commercialisation element of the strategy and start increasing that so that we can be responsible for our own financial growth in the future and not to be wholly dependent on the government. saudi arabia s target is to elevate spill is to elevate spl in the world stopped in in terms of revenues by 2030. it s still early to judge whether these bold investments would pay off in the long run. but the strategy has demonstrated the gulf nations ambition of becoming a major international football hub. sameer hashmi, bbc news, riyadh. it is invested in other sports like golf as well. and that s it for this edition of asia business report.