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Al Nassr defender Aymeric Laporte has revealed that several players are unhappy with life in Saudi Arabia.
Aymeric Laporte was one of the players who made a big-money move to the Saudi Pro League last summer when he joined Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr for £23.6m from Manchester City.
While the league was expected to become the next big thing, potentially rivaling Europe's best leagues, there seems to have been a regression over the past 6 months with certain players looking for exit options.
Jordan Henderson has already terminated his Al Ettifaq contract to join Ajax, while Roberto Firmino is open to a European return and Karim Benzema has also been heavily linked with an exit from Al Ittihad.
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Laporte reveals players are unhappy in Saudi Arabia
Speaking to AS, Laporte opened up on the situation of the Saudi League.
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"There are many dissatisfied players, but we are working on it every day, negotiating, and seeing if it improves a little because this is something new for [Saudi Arabia] too.
Maybe they are not used to this and have to adapt to a little more seriousness."
Asked where he sees this lack of seriousness, Laporte continued:
"In every sense, but also daily life. Life for them, they take everything lightly. The ultimatum you can give them doesn't matter to them. I mean, they're going about their business.
"You negotiate something and then they don't accept it after you have signed. They fight you. It's a bit of a bummer. In Europe, of course they can take things away from you but they give you things in other aspects.
"I speak from my own experience and I don't know what others' experiences have been like. For my part, what I have seen is that they try to bring you in, but then there is day-to-day life and that is different.
"[Al Nassr] take care of us, but not enough for my taste. In Europe, they pay you a good salary too, but they also take better care of you."
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