Official: Yassine Bounou Joins Al Hilal
Written By Jacobs Dunga
The Moroccan was announced by the club on Thursday night after signing from Sevilla.
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Yassine Bounou has officially become a player of Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal after completing his move from Sevilla on Thursday.
Bounou was announced by the club as a new player via a video that was posted on the club’s official website.
The 32 year old has signed a three year contract worth €10m annually with Sevilla raking in a transfer fee of €20m as reported by Nicolo Schira.
Bounou made himself known during the last World Cup where he helped Morocco reach the semi finals with his heroics between the sticks.
He joins the legion of stars ditching the European scene for the new opportunity in the Middle East.
Meanwhile…
new signings Roger Ibanez and Riyad Mahrez got their debut goals as Al Hilal secured maximum points on the road.
Both summer recruits scored in the first half to fire their side into a comfortable lead going into the break.
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Al Nabit got the third in the eleventh minute of added time after Mansour Hamzi had pulled one back for Al Khaleej in the 58th minute.
Matthias Jaissle’s side are now top of the pile after picking maximum points from two games with a few games left to complete the second round of fixtures.
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