Premier League chief government Richard Masters has no fast fears that Saudi Arabia will bankroll their well past the English high flight as the very best profile league on this planet.

Eyebrows have been first raised in January when Cristiano Ronaldo gave the Saudi Pro League some world class credibility when he moved there and that can climb one other notch if the Al-Hilal is profitable in its £259m try to recruit Kylian Mbappe.

Persuading a 24-year-old within the prime of his profession to play within the Middle East can be seen as a gateway transfer for extra top of the range gamers to go to Saudi with a transparent plan in place to develop the competitors into main drive within the sport.

"Something new is obviously happening," Masters advised the BBC. “The Saudi Pro League have stated they want to be a top 10 league by 2030.

“They are investing in players and managers to try to raise the profile of the league and clubs.

“It has taken us 30 years to get to the position that we have in terms of profile, competitiveness and the revenue streams that we have.

“I wouldn't be too concerned at the moment but, obviously, Saudi Arabian clubs have as much right to purchase players as any other league does.

“In the end, the Premier League is a £6bn-a-year operation in terms of revenue and that money is spent reinvested into the pitch.

“All good competitions have to have revenue streams to back them up.”

Four of the golf equipment are backed by the Saudi Arabia authorities funded Public Investment Fund, the identical physique who've remodeled Newcastle’s fortunes within the Premier League.

However, with the Saudi’s dipping so many toes into the soccer world, there may be concern that monetary honest play may very well be misplaced among the many many ripples.

With Newcastle set to promote Allan Saint-Maximin to Al-Ahli, rival Premier League golf equipment have expressed considerations that an inflated charge may additional increase Newcastle’s spending energy with out seeming to interrupt the rules.

However, Master stated: "That transaction hasn't taken place yet but anything which is inter-company has to be a fair market value and the rules cater for that.”.

"I feel our guidelines are sturdy. They are comparatively new - 18 months previous - however they need to be capable to deal with that individual transaction.”