Saudi clubs are just trying to make news and get enough attention of the football lovers with money and huge signings. To be honest I feel like they are still far from getting to a level where PL and other league competition is.
As for Neymar, good for him as he is getting a huge contract as his career was becoming more and more uncertain at PSG. PSG is kinda club who ditches player too easily. Also there wasn't a club interested like Al-Hilal with huge proposal. It was obvious where he was gonna go and it was a perfect time I would say for Neymar.
Can you believe that I wasn't aware of Neymar moving to Al Hilal until this morning. It seems that people are becoming less surprised by known players joining the Saudi Arabian League recently. I didn’t see the news anywhere until a friend mentioned it.
This trend began with Cristiano Ronaldo who might have opened the way for others to follow. I've been keeping up with some of the latest matches shared on social media like Al Ahli VS Al Khaleej yesterday and I can feel that there’s some excitement and challenges in this league. With players like Ronaldo, Benzema, Neymar, Riyad, and more on different teams it's likely to create competition for whom will take the Lead this season and show more skills.
These players have all benefited from good sums of money that I believe nobody got before and it’s the highest deals on their careers, making it hard for them to refuse such offers.