![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/gus-poyet-weighs-in-on-saudi-transfer-saga-thats-way-over-what-happened-in-china/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1_JS275909328.jpg&description=Gus Poyet is currently in charge of the Greek national team, but has now had his say on the summer saga that's seen a host of leading players head to Saudi Arabia Gus Poyet knows a thing or two about a short-term football revolution. The former Chelsea and Tottenham player's managerial career took him to China in 2016, where he spent a year in charge at Super League side Shanghai Shenhua. His own stint in the Far East proved a mixed one, and yet, the goings on around him still linger long in the memory. For a man who has plied his trade with 16 different club or national sides, whether it be as an accomplished attacking midfielder or a boss at the helm, it's perhaps intriguing as to why. Poyet, 55, witnessed first hand a notion that threatened to change the face of football - with the league offering extortionate wages as players in their prime moved across from Europe. Hulk headed to Shanghai Port for £50million, whilst Chelsea star Oscar packed his bags to join the same club on £400,000-a-week-wages. More stars followed, but the temporary uprise proved just that. So Poyet, now far removed from such surreal transfer madness in his role as manager of Greece, is better placed than most to assess the current financial assault on world football's hierarchy from Saudi Arabia. 'When Ronaldo went there we all thought, ok, he's Ronaldo, he's unique. One of the best players in history," said Poyet, speaking exclusively to Mirror Football on behalf on Fruityslots.com. 'But what's happening in Saudi Arabia this season is crazy, just crazy." And unlike what he witnessed in 2016-17, he doesn't necessarily envisage a flash in the pan: "People are trying to compare it with China," he continues. "Well I was in China, at that time (of big spending), and I don't think you can compare it. This is way, way, over that. 'Now where is this all going to go in Saudi Arabia? Is it going to be maintainable for the next 10 years, forever? Or will it be 'boom' for two or three years then that'){kind=link}
Gus Poyet is currently in charge of the Greek national team, but has now had his say on the summer saga that’s seen a host of leading players head to Saudi Arabia
Gus Poyet knows a thing or two about a short-term football revolution.
The former Chelsea and Tottenham player’s managerial career took him to China in 2016, where he spent a year in charge at Super League side Shanghai Shenhua. His own stint in the Far East proved a mixed one, and yet, the goings on around him still linger long in the memory.
For a man who has plied his trade with 16 different club or national sides, whether it be as an accomplished attacking midfielder or a boss at the helm, it’s perhaps intriguing as to why. Poyet, 55, witnessed first hand a notion that threatened to change the face of football – with the league offering extortionate wages as players in their prime moved across from Europe.
Hulk headed to Shanghai Port for £50million, whilst Chelsea star Oscar packed his bags to join the same club on £400,000-a-week-wages. More stars followed, but the temporary uprise proved just that. So Poyet, now far removed from such surreal transfer madness in his role as manager of Greece, is better placed than most to assess the current financial assault on world football’s hierarchy from Saudi Arabia.