Gary Neville has urged the Premier League to put an "instant embargo" on transfers to Saudi Arabia.
Neville's plea comes after N'Golo Kante made a lucrative switch to Al-Ittihad, who have also signed Karim Benzema from Real Madrid. Al-Ittihad are one of four clubs in the Saudi Pro League that have been taken over by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), which also owns Newcastle United.
PIF are also one of the big investors in private equity firm Clearlake Capital, who are Chelsea's majority owners, and Kante is not the only player set to leave Stamford Bridge for Saudi Arabia this summer. Kalidou Koulibaly, Edouard Mendy and Hakim Ziyech are all understood to be on the verge of moves, which will go some way to helping the Blues - who have spent over £500million in the past 12 months - steer clear of Financial Fair Play issues.
