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Saudi Arabia eyes Champions League spot

Saudi teams have spent about $650m in recent months recruiting players including Karim Benzema from Real Madrid, Brazil’s Neymar and Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson

The SPL has pushed hard in the past year to attract more sponsors and sign broadcast deals with international media companies

Saudi Arabia is keen to join Europe’s top football club tournament, the Champions League, as the kingdom continues to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to attract some of the world’s best players to the region.

“We are trying to be different, so any kind of format-changing or improvements that can be introduced into the league will be welcomed,” the Saudi Pro League’s chief operating officer, Carlo Nohra, said in an interview.

The SPL is ...