It's funny how we easily conclude that these players are fullish enough to just make a career defining decision without a proper thought about it. Believe me that we are just eating from the crumbs of information we get from media houses, the players and their managers alone knows better what's really going on and why certain transfer doesn't end up going as expected and an alternative option is being looked into.

Deciding to go to the Saudi league is just a matter of choice based on a well thought out process. It's either that every variable doesn't support him going to the premier league and he decides he will end up going to the Saudi league or that he really wants to play for the league. Al hilal  is not a bad club after all and a lot of good players are available in the club that he can play along with. If that's his decision, then there's no point of tagging his decision a stupid one, football is all about the passion and money, if money is his driving force to al hilal, then it's better he follows what he wants. It's his skill and he has the right to decide how to use It.