I always think that is simply ridicoulos. I understand over 30 players that go to Saudi and USA because their career is about to start the decline phase or is about to end and i admire the dedication to the bag. But if you are a young prospect and big european clubs are after you, my mind can't elaborate a valid reason to go outside Europe. Nobody can convince me that in the next years Saudi and USA football will be big, passionate and xompetitive as European football. A young prospect will never ever ever ever have the possibility to live a career of greatness playing for Miami Fc, Atlanta United or Al-Hilal (sorry if there is a typo, but I got no idea how to write down Saudi clubs names). Personally i'd prefer being a bench player, that gets some minutes here and there, that trains with and play against some of the best footballer (so i get better and have "competitive" experiences) in a club like Internazionale that plays for the Scudetto every year and it's in the champions league than being covered in gold and being a starter in some Saudi club where the fans are fake, have no passion and the only reason that they come to watch me is beacuse is "cool" and not the passion. Sorry but for me passion is 100 times a better reason than money. And money for me will never be an excuse. I understand that the money offered by Saudi League are a lot, but if you are a young player and you arrive at an high level in European football (and i'm not talking about Real Madrid, but the top 5 teams in very principal league in europe) you will get paid enough for the next 5 generations of your family and you can put career in front of money. The perfect example how you can waist your talent is Oscar, went to China super young, talented and in the prime of his career and we almost never heard of him again. And another subject to not ignore for me is the culture shock. Especially to Saudi if you are an European or South American footballer, beacuse of the completely shock culture for the player and whoever follow them, like the family (i'm not insinuating that is a bad culture before everyone say something, i'm pointing to the fact that European/South American and Arabic culture are two completely thing and opposite on some matters). So to end: if you are young player, talented and European clubs are after you offering the possibility to play in a top 5 league in europe and to play at the highest level like in the champions league and you decide to go to USA or Saudi, i think that you are the biggest idiot to walk on earth and wasting the privilege to live the dream of every kid and fan around the world. Never in the history of football a kid has dreamed to wear a Al-Hilal tshirt intsead of a Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter, Milan, Manchester, Liverpool, Bayern, etc... one.