Al-Hilal have opened their coffers to sign a new striker from the England national team during the current summer transfer window.<\/p>\n
Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano said that Al-Hilal have submitted an offer to Aston Villa to sign their English striker Ollie Watkins during the current summer transfer window.<\/p>\n
The Saudi club are offering their English counterpart 45 million euros, including add-ons, to get the deal done, Romano explained in a tweet on his personal “X” account.<\/p>\n
It marks the third offer Al-Hilal have tabled for Watkins. Aston Villa knocked back the first two bids from “the Boss”, according to Romano himself.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old, for his part, appears keen on the switch to Al-Hilal this summer. He will have to wait for the green light from the Villans before anything is settled.<\/p>\n
Watkins becomes the second English striker Al-Hilal have chased this window, after Bayern Munich star Harry Kane was also linked with a move to the Kingdom Arena.<\/p>\n
All of this comes as Al-Hilal hunt for a new frontman to lead them next season, with French striker Karim Benzema set to be moved on this summer.<\/p>\n
Watkins ranked among the best strikers in the Premier League over the past few years. He featured 55 times for Aston Villa last season, scoring 21 goals and providing 5 assists.<\/p>\n
The England international made his country’s squad for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. He managed just two substitute appearances, without a goal or an assist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Al-Hilal have opened their coffers to sign a new striker from the England national team during the current…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1156537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5008],"tags":[39023,249493,102,21116,748,393,4884,77436,314465,250598,101,17706,16,15],"class_list":["post-1156536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-england","tag-al-hilal","tag-al-fayha","tag-aston-villa","tag-brighton-hove-albion","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-h-kane","tag-k-benzema","tag-o-watkins","tag-premier-league","tag-saudi-pro-league","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117119279792974234","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1156536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1156537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1156536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1156536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1156536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}