International players and negotiating with them is still a dilemma for Saudi club Al-Hilal, which is looking to catch up with its rivals Al-Nasr and Al-Ittihad, but the level of stars shocks it every time.

Last winter an international was signed with the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, and this summer, the Frenchman Karim Benzema joined Dean, while the leader officially failed in his most important contract and he lost the Argentine star Lionel Messi, who wanted to move to America. Inter Miami.

Yesterday, Goal sources confirmed that Al Hilal were in serious talks with Belgium international Romelu Lukaku. The Chelsea striker, who was loaned to Inter Milan, met him in Riyadh, offering 50 million euros for two seasons, but at that time the player requested to increase the contract.

Today, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Lukaku has decided to back off and permanently refuse to play in the Saudi league, preferring to remain with the Italian side.

Although Inter’s talks with Chelsea to extend the Belgian’s loan for another season have failed, the newspaper said Lukaku has refused to take the step of leaving Europe and wants to continue progressing until he takes part in the 2024 AD European Championship with his country. World Cup 2026 AD

It is noteworthy that Al-Hilal followed the same path with Messi, but the difference is that the negotiations with the Argentine lasted for several months, which saw the demand of his agents to increase the financial value of the offer until it exceeded 500 million euros. According to several reports, he eventually backed down and decided to reject the financial tests.