Moussa Marega will join Saudi club Al-Hilal on a free transfer at the end of the season.
The Saudi club made the announcement on Sunday night, signing him on a reported 3-year deal ahead of next season.
The 30-year-old striker who is out of contract in May, would reportedly earn 15 million euros over three seasons in his new club.
He’s the second Porto player to depart on a free transfer to the Middle East, after Yaciene Brahimi joined Al-Rayyan in 2019.
Al-Hilal are looking to reinforce their frontline for next season following the departure of Omar Khribin and the rumoured exit of Bafétimbi Gomis at the end of the current campaign.
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The two-time Primeira Liga winner Marega has scored 52 goals in 125 appearances for Porto and was named their player of the year in 2018.
He played for clubs like Espérance de Tunis and Marítimo before joining the Portuguese giants.
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🔵⚪️ Moussa Marega ⚪️🔵#Marega_Hilali #AlHilal 💙 pic.twitter.com/e1SRQUo54G— AlHilal Saudi Club (@Alhilal_EN) May 9, 2021
Marega joined Porto in 2016 from Marítimo, after the club supposedly hijacked rivals Sporting CP’s move for the player.
However, he endured poor spells in his first season and was shipped out on loan to Vitória de Guimarães.
On his return to Porto in the 2017–18 season, he was the club’s top scorer with 22 goals and effectively guiding them to win the league for the first time in five years.
Marega had a memorable 2018-19 season in Europe having scored a goal in six consecutive appearances in the UEFA Champions League.
His heroics put Porto in the quarter-finals for the first time in four years.
Marega also has 25 international caps for Mali in which he scored three goals.
Marega has been a subject of racial abuse in Portugal. He went viral in 2020 when he showed the middle finger to Victoria home fans who had been racially abusing him.
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