An incredible career choice opted by Youssef El-Arabi of Stade Malherbe Caen – Ligue 1 news
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Morocco-c2961 international, Youssef El-Arabi was in a rich vein of form in the 2010/2011 Ligue 1 season. The 24-year-old scored 17 goals and provided five assists to make sure that Caen stay in France’s top division.
Since his prolific and phenomenal performances for Caen, the youngster had been linked with a move away from Stade http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 had been linked with a move for the talented Moroccan striker.
The youngster was also attracting a lot of interest from Italian Serie A side Genoa, La Liga outfit Seville and English Premier League side Stoke City. Many believed that the youngster would take the next step in his footballing career by joining a club
that would offer him European football.
However, it was not to be. In a bizarre turn of events, the youngster has chosen to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal in shocking move. L’Equipe reveals that the youngster signed a four-year contract with the Saudi giants in Paris.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Al-Hilal-c38309 have reportedly paid the Normandy club seven million Euros for the striker’s signature. Rumours suggest that El-Arabi will receive a lucrative salary at the club and his contract would make him one of the highest-paid earners in the Saudi league.
The youngster will now join the likes of Moroccan international http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Wilhelmsson-c9145 who are the major forces of Al Hilal.
The choice of El-Arabi to join the Middle-Eastern club is definitely a shocking one as the youngster had a great European career in front of him. At the age of just 24, the youngster should have done well in securing a move to a European club in order to
further develop his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Skills-c40539.
Rumours suggest that El-Arabi might have been lured to the Asian club due to the wages offered by the Saudi club – something that he might have not even dreamed of earning had he secured a move within Europe.
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