Saudi press reports revealed that the club’s management Al-Ahly The team’s striker, Firas Al-Brikan, is being considered for transfer to Dutch club Nijmegen, during the current summer transfer period.
According to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, there are attempts to make some Saudi players professional this summer, with the transfer of Al-Ittihad duo Faisal Al-Ghamdi and Marwan Al-Sahafi to Belgian club Berchtesgaden, and Al-Hilal right-back Saud Abdul Hamid going to French club Toulouse, in addition to Firas Al-Brikan joining Nijmegen.
So far, the aforementioned quartet have not made a decision regarding their experience of playing professionally abroad, and discussions are still ongoing regarding the Saudi players’ professional project, which will be launched in the coming few weeks.
In a related context, Al-Ahly striker Al-Breikan is racing against time to make it to the match against Al-Hilal, in the semi-finals of the Saudi Super Cup, on August 13, at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium in Abha.
The player suffered a muscle tear during the friendly match against Austrian side Blau-Weiss Linz on July 23, and left the field in the 17th minute, making way for Fahad Al-Rashidi, who played as a substitute during the match that ended with Al-Ahly winning 3-1.
Great numbers for striker Firas Al-Brikan
Al-Ahly signed Firas Al-Brikan in the last days of the summer transfer window, coming from Al-Fateh, after he started the season in a distinguished way with the “Model”, with whom he played 65 matches in all competitions, and succeeded in scoring 33 goals and providing 9 assists.
The contract of the striker nicknamed “The Musician” with Al-Ahly ends in June 2028, and his market value is 6 million euros, according to data from the website “Transfer Market“The global, which is the highest value among all Saudi players currently.
Al-Breikan is considered the only Saudi player who competed in the top scorer race. Dora Roshan During the last season 2023-24, he ranked fifth in the top scorers race with 17 goals, two goals behind Zambian Fashion Sakala, Al-Fayha player, and Moroccan Abderrazak Hamdallah, Al-Ittihad striker.
On the international level, the 24-year-old scored 9 goals in 40 matches throughout his career with the Saudi national team, and the most prominent goal was by Firas Al-Brikan against the Japanese national team during the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, which gave the “Green Falcons” a 1-0 victory and qualification to the World Cup.
