Peter Crouch is the latest football figure to question Ruben Neves over his move to Saudi Arabia.
The Portugal international has agreed to join Al Hilal, who have agreed a £47 million transfer fee with Wolves.
Neves has done his medical and agreed personal terms.
It is now just a matter of when the official announcement drops from both clubs.
The likelihood is that Wolves are putting together some content farewell content, for a player who served the club for six years.
Neves is one of the greatest players that’s ever pulled on the Wolves shirt, and so you would imagine the club’s media team are getting things in order for the announcement.
Peter Crouch questions Ruben Neves over Saudi move
Neves’ move to Al Hilal has become a big football story.
It’s because Neves is a top player in his prime, and he is the first to make the move to the Saudi Pro League.
Potentially after this, many others could follow.
The notion of this was discussed on talkSPORT, and former Premier League striker Peter Crouch admitted he couldn’t really understand younger players heading to the SPL.
He said: “Player-wise, you can kind of understand it. I don’t understand the 25-year-old players in their prime (going to the SPL)
“You’re always going to be 10 years away from any league getting started, we’ve seen this before. The only thing with the Saudi situation is (that) these boys are serious. They did it with the LIV golf, they just didn’t go away.
“I think that will probably be the case with football (too). We can’t really ignore it because it looks like it’s happening, whether we like it or not. But for players, like Neves, 26 years old to go and play in Saudi… I get it with players like (Cristiano) Ronaldo and (Karim) Benzema, players who have achieved everything.
“It’s one last payday in the sunshine and you can retire. They’ve achieved everything they want in the game. But these boys at 25 and 26, they have the opportunity to go and win things. It’s about memories and legacy. They’re still going to get paid well, aren’t they?”
Peter Crouch is right, but then, he’s not got the contract in front of him that Ruben Neves has
It is very easy to say that younger players should not be making a move to Saudi.
But the money that is being offered to players like Neves and others is so obscene that it is obviously going to make them consider the league.
Dave Edwards made a good point in his recent column for the Express & Star. He said that this move by Neves could set up several generations of his family.
And it doesn’t necessarily have to mean the end of his competitive football career.
Neves could well come back to Europe in a couple of years.