The way clubs lose their top players to this Saudi Arabia side of football surprises me. In the case of Benzema, I was no much surprised because there were rumours and the age of Benzema permits him to go to Saudi Arabia and also his achievement can speak loud for him to go to Saudi Arabia and retire but when you look at some of the younger players like kante leaving Europe to Saudi Arabia you begin to ask yourself, is this going to be the latest trend in football?
For the case of Lewandowski. I will not be surprised if he goes to Saudi Arabia because he has done a lot and enough for football in Europe and also considering his age.
I wouldn't say "top players" to be fair. So far the three biggest names that went there were Ronaldo, Benzema, Kante and that's it, I do not think that there are any more famous players than this three, doesn't mean better, just not more famous.
Ronaldo went there after he couldn't find a proper team that wanted him, not like there were any offers and he just decided to go there, he was forced to because there were no other proper teams that wanted him. At the end of the day, Benzema is 35+ years old as well, so he got a bit old and there were no other chances he would make this kind of money, so he took the chance and he did all he could at Madrid, not like this dude would be a great player for long, he is old now.
Kante is a different one, definitely feels like he could have stayed around a bit longer, that one is shocking but the offer was too good to reject so I understand it. With just 3 players, I do not think that much has changed, it is basically the same.