Barcelona icon Neymar Jr. is all set for an incoming departure from the Saudi Pro League.That’s according to transfer insider Fabrizio Romano, who points towards Brazilian giants Santos as the

Today’s Spanish Supercopa final between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah is the most visible symbol of a fast-developing link between Spanish football and Saudi Arabia. Now in its fifth year, the ‘Saudi Supercopa’ is considered by some as the cherry on top of a mutually beneficial relationship.

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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2025 Real Madrid and Barcelona will compete this Sunday to win the Spanish Super Cup with the incentive that, in addition to being the first title of the year, will put on the carpet of King Abdullah Stadium a constellation of stars from both sides with an uncertain prediction about the outcome depending on how both reach the final.

Barcelona spent most of last week in Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Supercup, coming out victorious over rivals Real Madrid in emphatic fashion. That will add a few million euros to their accounts, but

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2025 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jan 11 (EFE).-Real Madrid and Barcelona will battle it out for the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, with the added incentive of not only being the first title of the year,

Barcelona hammered rivals Real Madrid 5-2 in a wild Spanish Super Cup Clasico final in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to win the first trophy of the Hansi Flick era. Kylian Mbappe put Madrid ahead ...

All that was needed was a good game of football – and boy, did it deliver. Saudi Arabia has created a welcome habit of staging memorable Clásicos since assuming Super Cup hosting duties in 2020, but even by the Kingdom’s previous high standards, this was something else.

While the first 2025 Spanish Super Cup semifinal in Saudi Arabia drew 39,000 spectators and the second nearly 47,000, the prospect of Real Madrid and Barcelona facing each other in El Clásico in the final changes everything.

After losing 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, Madrid has a run of three home games over seven days. The home run begins on Thursday against Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey last 16. Las Palmas visits on Sunday in La Liga then Salzburg on Jan. 22 in the Champions League.

Real Madrid came out looking for some payback in the latest “clasico” against Barcelona but ended up being embarrassed again.

Real Madrid used their success in Saudi as a launchpad to win LaLiga later that season, while Barcelona Femenina went even better by claiming the domestic double. Liga F was secured with 99 points – a 25-point margin on rivals Real Madrid – before claiming the Copa de la Reina.