Mexican Julián Quiñones, Al-Qadisiyah’s striker, received special praise after his brilliance in his team’s big win against Neom in the fifth round of the Saudi Professional League “Roshen Saudi League” yesterday evening, Sunday.
Quiñones scored all of his team’s goals in the 3-1 victory, marking his first “hat-trick” of the current season and reaching his sixth goal since the start of the competition.
The brilliant Mexican scorer with Al-Qadisiyah since last season reached his sixth goal, surpassing Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the veteran leader in the ranks of Al-Nassr, and the league’s top scorer in the past two seasons, who currently has 5 goals.
The Mexican website “El Universal” focused on what Quiñones presented in leading Al-Qadisiyah’s attack, pointing to his superiority over Ronaldo, and scoring a hat-trick in the Saudi League.
The report said: “Quiñones, the Mexican national team striker nominated to lead its attack in the 2026 World Cup, had a great day in the Saudi League on Sunday.”
It added: “The former Club América player, who played a few days ago in the national team jersey, returned to Al-Qadisiyah to be the key to his team’s “3-1″ victory over Neom.”
Mexico is participating in hosting the upcoming edition of the World Cup, along with the United States and Canada, which makes the Mexican national team hope to go far in this tournament that it is hosting on its land.
The report explained that the player of Colombian origin helped his team achieve the important victory that elevated them to second place in the league standings again.
It pointed out that Quiñones crowned his performance by scoring a hat-trick and winning the Man of the Match award, and the player also rose in the list of top scorers in the league this season.
With his 6 goals, Quiñones is chasing the leader, Portuguese João Félix, Al-Nassr’s player, who scored 8 goals, and the runner-up, Norwegian Joshua King, Al-Khaleej’s striker, who in turn scored 7 goals.
The report continued: “The former Atlas player surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo.”
It continued: “Al-Qadisiyah will play the next round against Al-Okhdood in the sixth round on October 25th, which is a great opportunity for Julián Quiñones to continue his ideal scoring record and rise to the top of the top scorers list.”
It is worth mentioning that Quiñones scored 20 goals last season, where he and Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the former Al-Qadisiyah striker and current Marseille player, represented a dangerous duo in the attack, and led their team to achieve important victories at the expense of many major clubs.
Heated competition
Al-Qadisiyah compensated for “Oba’s” departure by contracting with Mateo Retegui, Atalanta’s top scorer and former Italian league top scorer, so that he too continues to write a new chapter of the strikers’ brilliance with the Red team.
European eyes
The chapters of the story of European clubs seeking to snatch brilliant players in the Saudi Professional League “Roshen Saudi League” continue, after attempts – some of which were successful – to return foreign professionals from Saudi Arabia to the Old Continent.
But this time it is no longer just about stars who have performed excellently over a season or more, but after only a few weeks since the start of the Roshen League, European temptations are beginning.
Numerous press reports mentioned that there is interest from the English club Manchester United in bringing in one of the most brilliant players in Saudi football this season.
It concerns Italian Mateo Retegui, the Serie A top scorer last season, and Al-Qadisiyah’s star in his current season, who was a good replacement for the departure of Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the current Marseille star.
The “Fichajes” website mentioned that Portuguese Ruben Amorim, Manchester United’s coach, is paying great attention to bringing in a new scorer, and is ready to spend up to £52 million to sign the 26-year-old player.
Al-Qadisiyah signed Retegui from Atalanta last summer in a deal estimated at around £59 million, which means that if the Saudi club agrees to United’s offer, it will have to sell its star for a relatively lower amount than it bought him for from the Italian team.
Retegui did not need long to adapt to Saudi football, as the player was able to score 3 goals in 5 games in the Knights’ jersey.
Previous interest
The last summer transfers witnessed great interest from European clubs in signing brilliant stars in the Roshen League, as Italian Fiorentina sought to sign Ivorian Franck Kessié, Al-Ahli’s midfielder.
Kessié previously played under the current Viola coach Stefano Pioli, when they were together at Milan.
Another Al-Ahli name was also linked with a return to Europe, specifically Englishman Ivan Toney, Al-Raqi’s striker, whom Chelsea sought to sign, but there were no official moves in this regard.
Also, Iki Fernández moved from Al-Qadisiyah to Bayer Leverkusen of Germany, after only one season that the Argentinian spent in the Saudi team’s midfield.
Among the prominent names was also Karim Benzema, Al-Ittihad’s striker, whose name is still on the list of interests of major clubs, so besides being linked with Portuguese Benfica, coached by José Mourinho, his former coach at Real Madrid, there is also Fenerbahçe, which is seeking to bring in a new attacking force.
source: 961 today
