Nine Saudi Arabia players move on loan to LaLiga clubs

An initiative between LaLiga, Saudi Arabia's General Sports Authority and the Saudi FA will see a series of Saudi Arabian players move on loan to play their football in Spain for the remainder of the 2017/18 campaign.

The hope is to generate further profile for the Spanish league in the Gulf nation with current top flight outfits Levante, Villarreal and Leganés already confirming the loan acquisition of Saudi players. In the second tier, four clubs (Valladolid, Numancia, Rayo and Sporting with their particular player set to play with the "B" team) will have Saudi born players in their ranks. None of the players will arrive at any cost, nor will their salaries be paid by any of the Spanish teams involved.

Yahia Al-Shehri joins Leganes, Levante will be augmented with the talents of Fahad Al-Muwallad, Villarreal pick-up Salem Al Dawsari (with Jaber Issa joining the Villlarreal second team), Valladolid will be joined by Nouh Al-Mousa, Alí Al Namer moves to Soria and will play with Numancia,  Abdulmajeed Al Sulaiheem joins Rayo Vallecano with Alshabab Abdullah heading to Mareo to play for Sporting "B". These are the first Saudi players to ever feature in the Spanish league.