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Perhaps the most surprising transfer to take place during the summer saw Gabri Veiga saw Celta Vigo for Saudi Arabia, as he joined Al Ahli. The 21-year-old had been heavily linked with the Premier League, and then Napoli, but ended up joining a long list of players to head to the Middle East.<\/p>\n
This week, Veiga opened up on the move to Al Ahli. Speaking to Cadena SER (via Sport<\/a>), he immediately clarified the main suspicion that money was the driving factor, answering with a resounding \u201cno\u201d when asked if the decision was purely financially-driven.<\/p>\n Instead, he insisted that going to Saudi Arabia gives him the best chance to mature as a person and as a footballer.<\/p>\n \u201cI understand that everyone has their opinion, but there were other decisions that tipped the balance.\u00a0Among all the options, I think it was the one that allowed me to continue growing as a footballer and mature in a league that is growing a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Veiga also revealed that he is still keeping up with former side Celta<\/a>, whom he backs to turn around their disappointing start-of-the-season form.<\/p>\n \u201cI watch every game. Football is being very unusual with them and they should have taken many more points. I think with the great coach and the great players that they have, they will turn things around.\u201d<\/p>\n Veiga also failed to rule out a return to Europe in the coming years, so he may well still get a big move to a giant team in the Premier League or Serie A. However, at this stage, he is comfortable in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Gabri Veiga opens up on Saudi Arabia move – “I didn’t go for the money”<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Perhaps the most surprising transfer to take place during the summer saw Gabri Veiga saw Celta Vigo for Saudi Arabia, as he joined…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alanchamberlain.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}