The Saudi Pro League are set to make a substantial rule change for next season, reports claim.
Clubs in Saudi spent nearly $1 billion in the summer transfer window to bring in some of the best and most high-profile players.
Only the Premier League splashed out more on transfer fees, with Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante, Neymar, Riyad Mahrez, Ruben Neves, Kalidou Koulibaly, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane, Fabinho and Aymeric Laporte all moving to Saudi.
Cristiano Ronaldo's switch around a year ago was the catalyst for the aforementioned transfers but the league have plans to continue its development in the coming years.
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And according The Telegraph, SPL chiefs are contemplating increase the amount of spots in the foreign quota.
The idea is that this change will improve competition amongst teams and also allow room even more marquee signings for clubs.
In the 2016/17 season the limit was four players and even a rule whereby no goalkeepers from abroad could be signed.
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At the moment, clubs are allowed eight foreign players in their squad. Vincent Aboubakar was infamously cut by Al Nassr and had his contract terminated in order to make way for Ronaldo, while Al Ittihad left out £25 million signing Jota because the rule.
There's no word on how many more slots could be available but it could be bad news for Liverpool, with Al Ittihad still viewing Mo Salah as their top target after a late move in the summer.
For this season the required age to play in the league was changed from 18 to 16.
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And a huge change is coming into play for the 2025/26 season as teams will only be allowed 25 senior players in their squads.
The remaining 10 members of the squad must be under the age of 21 as Saudi places an emphasis on youth.
Topics: Saudi Pro League, Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo
Josh Lawless