Barça confirms the transfer of Kessié to Al-Ahli

Franck Kessié is already one of the footballers who have changed Europe for Saudi Arabia. The player, who arrived at the Camp Nou last year after being proclaimed champion of the Italian league with Milan and with the letter of freedom under his arm, has been transferred to Al-Ahli for 12.5 million euros, as confirmed the Barcelona entity itself through a statement.

The midfielder, in fact, no longer took part this Tuesday in the traditional Barça debut within the framework of the Joan Gamper trophy. An event that also lacked an Ousmane Dembélé who, according to Mateu Alemany assured after the game, even traveled to Paris to finish finalizing an arrival at PSG that, despite the fact that it is clearly already done, has not yet finished. all.

Kessié, in fact, was one of the Barça players who has had the transferable sign on throughout the summer and, despite the fact that Juventus, for example, had shown great interest in taking over his services, finally He has chosen to follow the same path taken by players like Cristiano Ronaldo or Karim Benzema to join the Saudi league.

Throughout his only season as a Barcelona fan, the Ivorian, who will turn 27 next December, did not have as many opportunities as he expected. In total, he played 43 games and scored only three goals, although one of them was terribly momentous for the Catalans: the 2-1 win against Real Madrid in the last league classic that allowed Barça to open a practically insurmountable gap in the fight for the title.