Unai Hernández is set to join Benzema at Al Ittihad following a transfer agreement valued at 5 million euros. This move reflects an emerging pattern where promising players from Spanish clubs, such as Hernández from FC Barcelona's youth academy, are being attracted to the Saudi league. This strategy is viewed as a deliberate attempt by Saudi clubs to enhance their competitiveness by combining young foreign talents with local players. The transfer of Hernández, who is merely 20 years old, highlights the financial difficulties faced by Spanish clubs, which are finding it challenging to keep their young talents in the face of lucrative offers from overseas.