>>149440742These are two very different situations. Saudis don't really let their players go. For as long as time Saudi Arabia national team has been domestic league players
In the case of phonzie there is no issue with Canadian players going abroad rather there was no previous generation of Canadian players. When he signed for Bayern in 2019 he was the only Canadian player at a high level whereas right now of Canada's starting 11, 9 of them either player for a team in a top 5 European league or in the champions league