FILE PHOTO: Saudi women watch the soccer match between Al- Hilal club against Al Ittihad club at the King Fahd stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 13, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser/File Photo
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's plan to privatise its football clubs could be delayed beyond the targeted 2020, the head of the country's football federation told Reuters, in what would be the latest setback to economic reforms.
Sport is one of the pillars of the government's Vision 2030 goal to raise living standards and diversify the economy beyond oil exports, while the privatisation of football clubs has been earmarked as an early candidate in a drive to privatise state-linked assets.
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