SEOUL (Yonhap) By Ahn Hong-seok = Liverpool’s “double” midfielder Fabinho has moved to the Saudi Arabian league .Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad officially announced the signing of Fabinho on social media on Monday (June 1).Fabinho and Al Ittihad signed a three-year contract, and the transfer fee is reportedly 40 million pounds ($65.6 billion).Fabinho said in a farewell post on social media, “In the five years I spent at Liverpool, I grew as a player and as a person, and I realized a dream. “This marks the third consecutive departure for Liverpool of a key player to the Saudi league .Jordan Henderson, the club’s “captain,” left for Al Etihad on March 27.Also, Roberto Firmino, who was out of contract at Liverpool, signed a three-year deal with Al Ahli. The Saudi league, which made a splash last December with the signing of ‘superstar’ Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr), has been attracting a number of high-profile players who have spent time in Europe this summer.Al Ittihad, where Fabinho will play, alone is home to 2022 Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema and Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante. Fabinho, a 6-foot-2 defensive 토토 midfielder, joined Liverpool in the summer of 2018 and helped the Reds win the UEFA Champions League (UCL) in 2018-2019 and the Premier League (EPL) in 2019-2020.He also contributed to Liverpool’s 2021-2022 League Cup and English Football Association FA Cup ‘double’.Fabinho spent five seasons at Liverpool, scoring 11 goals in 219 official matches, including eight in 151 league games .Last season, he struggled a bit, bouncing between the bench and the starting lineup. With the departures 스포츠토토 of Henderson and Fabinho, Liverpool will need a midfield transfusion. They’ve already signed Alexis Sanchez from Brighton (England) and Dominik Sobosler from Leipzig (Germany).In addition, there are reportedly plans to bring in one more defensive midfielder of Fabinho’s type.