If Kevin De Bruyne’s agent violates one stringent regulation, it has been stated that he might be essentially “blacklisted” from the Saudi Pro League.
The Manchester City player has been strongly connected to a summer transfer out of the Etihad Stadium.
The 32-year-old, who is about to enter the last year of his contract, discussed his future earlier this week with the Belgian publication VTM.
He stated he is ‘open to everything’ and that performing in Saudi Arabia may bring in ‘an enormous amount of money’.
“I still have one year left on my contract, so I have to consider my options,” De Bruyne continued.
“At eight years old, my oldest child has never left England. How long will I play at City, he also asks? We’ll have to handle it a certain way when the time comes.”
The midfield player, who will captain his nation at Euro 2024, recently celebrated earning his 100th cap for Belgium.
If De Bruyne relocates to Saudi Arabia, the league may embark on another summer of lavish spending after luring some of the best players in Europe the previous year.
But as per The New York Times, the Saudi Pro League hierarchy has implemented stringent regulations in conjunction with the spending.
One of those is that the league would allegedly need to authorize the transfer of any player commanding an annual salary of $3 million, or roughly £2.34 million, at the time of writing.
One more rule, however, relates to the use of agents in transfer agreements.
The same player has been associated with numerous Saudi Pro League teams ever since the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of the Gulf state purchased the majority of shares in four of the clubs in the previous year.
However, there is a clause that states that any player or agent discovered to be ‘bargaining chipping’ one organization against another in order to obtain a higher wage will be ‘immediately blacklisted.’