Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[dezoel]

Al Hilal did not consider carefully before he decided to bring in Neymar. Yes, they don't look at the situation where Neymar is a player who has a bad record with injury problems. Neymar is one of the players who has to go back and forth to recover from the injury he suffered, and Al Hilal does not see things like that. Even though this is a very influential thing, and a club should be able to look at that point of view before they decide to sign the player in question.

Now what can Neymar give Al Hilal? none at all. I don't blame Neymar for this, because after all no player wants to suffer injuries continuously, and that is what Neymar experienced. I just regret how Al Hilal just wasted money buying players who couldn't even make it into the squad list because they were suffering from long-term injuries. This is a very valuable lesson for Al Hilal in the future when recruiting players.

Al Hilal management were well aware about Neymar Jr situation as this transfer were not for his game with Saudi League organizers were also looking for the strong fan base in South America because he is well famous player from this region but things not gone as they were having their plan just because of this now no party having any regret about this dead deal which ended on bad note for them, but now things are much improved, and we are going to have few good players which are coming into this league.

Even we are having few doubts regarding few things but still many good and big names are in rumours for this transfer window which are under radar of the Saudi League organizers, and we will be having them here as well which will bring good number of fans from around the world as well.

[Gallar]

Neymar has celebrated this season championship with Al Hillal, although without contributing to all of Al Hillal success but he is indeed entitled to celebrate the championship trophy because of his status as an Al Hillal player today, Neymar injury this season he got after a few weeks of joining Al Hillal and automatically Al Hillal must continue to pay and also carry out Neymar treatment until his contract expires later,  But what surprised me was Al Hillal interest in Neymar all this time even though they knew that Neymar had a very long injury history, but instead they dared to buy Neymar from PSG at a fairly high price at that time and even dared to pay his salary high enough for players who often suffered injuries.


I think for next season Al Hillal no longer need to hope for Neymar, because even without Neymar in fact they can win the SPL unbeaten this season, so I think if Al Hillal are able to keep their main squad this season except Neymar of course they still can compete next season.

~Snip

Yes, Neymar suffered an injury and was unable to make any contribution to Al Hilal in his first season. However, it is natural that Neymar should also be proud of Al Hilal's success, because his teammates were able to bring Al Hilal to become champions of the Saudi Arabian League this season. Apart from that, in the last few seasons Neymar has often suffered injuries, even when he was still in PSG uniform, Neymar suffered several injuries which kept him out for quite a long time until he was finally recruited by Al Hilal. So now Al Hilal has to suffer the same fate as PSG, because even though Neymar is injured, Neymar is still paid and his medical costs are still borne by Al Hilal. So it can't be helped, this is a risk that Al Hilal must accept. The reason is, from the start Al Hilal brought in Neymar who was injured at that time, they must have thought that Neymar could get injured again. So it is not surprising that currently Al Hilal is still firm and optimistic about maintaining Neymar's contract.

And for next season, I also agree that Al Hilal will still be fine even if Neymar doesn't contribute. Apart from that, even though next season Neymar will be able to play again, I think Neymar will have to hone his skills again. Because Neymar has been injured for almost 2 seasons, his skills will definitely be a little dull and need to be retrained.
But even so, I personally really hope that Neymar can recover quickly from his injury so he can play again. Because after all Neymar is a really great footballer, and it feels like it's been a long time since I saw him in action on the pitch.

[rendravolt]

So far Al-Ittihad still haven't won and last night they were again held to a draw by Al-Khaleej with the same score of 1-1. I think Al-Ittihad's bad period this season is still not over and they also couldn't do a good job towards the end of the season. As of the last 4 matches, Al-Ittihad still haven't tasted victory again and that will make it even more difficult for them to get a place in the Asian Champions League.

I think Al-Ittihad's attack level is decreasing and unlike last season when they performed extraordinary in crushing their opponents, especially against weak teams, it should be a realistic win for them. Well, maybe the transition process from Al-Ittihad still takes quite a long time and that is why they rarely win.

[Docnaster]

Neymar has celebrated this season championship with Al Hillal, although without contributing to all of Al Hillal success but he is indeed entitled to celebrate the championship trophy because of his status as an Al Hillal player today, Neymar injury this season he got after a few weeks of joining Al Hillal and automatically Al Hillal must continue to pay and also carry out Neymar treatment until his contract expires later,  But what surprised me was Al Hillal interest in Neymar all this time even though they knew that Neymar had a very long injury history, but instead they dared to buy Neymar from PSG at a fairly high price at that time and even dared to pay his salary high enough for players who often suffered injuries.


I think for next season Al Hillal no longer need to hope for Neymar, because even without Neymar in fact they can win the SPL unbeaten this season, so I think if Al Hillal are able to keep their main squad this season except Neymar of course they still can compete next season.

~Snip

Neymar Jr was signed to Al Hilal last summer to help the club remain competitive and challenge other teams in the Saudi Pro League that poses other former European stars like Al Nassr, Al Ittihad and others but unfortunately for the Brazilian, he failed to live up to the expectations of the club management and fans because he was majorly limited to play for the club as a result of injuries that's sidelined for better part of the season. The fact that he wasn't fit enough to play for the club should deter him from celebrating the club's victories this season. Despite not playing many games for Al Hilal this season, Neymar Jr have won and  celebrated more trophies than Cristiano Ronaldo that was able to score over 40 goals for his club Al Nassr.
Talking about reliance, Al Hilal achieved everything they did achieve this season without relying on Neymar Jr so I don't think they'll plan for next season by making the Brazilian the club's star man. Neymar Jr I believe will remain at the club beyond the current season and might likely be fit enough to help them next season but I don't think the club will want to hope on him for a good season

[Fuso.hp]

We have come to the end of the season and now the transfer window is open again. Last season we saw Saudi Arabia buy top players from Europe's top clubs. Will the Saudi clubs spend huge sums of money on players last season? Of course, we still have questions about whether they will sign any new players from Europe this season. Ever since Cristiano Ronaldo went to Saudi Arabia, it has become a common occurrence for European players to visit Saudi Arabia. There are other clubs including Real Madrid that will release several players this season, what are the chances of those players who will be free agent members coming to Saudi Arabia this season? What is your opinion about Luka Modric in particular?

[Popkon6]

So far Al-Ittihad still haven't won and last night they were again held to a draw by Al-Khaleej with the same score of 1-1. I think Al-Ittihad's bad period this season is still not over and they also couldn't do a good job towards the end of the season. As of the last 4 matches, Al-Ittihad still haven't tasted victory again and that will make it even more difficult for them to get a place in the Asian Champions League.

I think Al-Ittihad's attack level is decreasing and unlike last season when they performed extraordinary in crushing their opponents, especially against weak teams, it should be a realistic win for them. Well, maybe the transition process from Al-Ittihad still takes quite a long time and that is why they rarely win.

Al Khaleej performed best last time, this game is full of competition. Al Ittihad scored a goal in the extra minute of half-time but had no further chances after that, despite attacking widely. Currently Al Ittihad team is fifth in the points table, they are not performing well this season. The two teams were very close in attack with Al Khaleej team hitting the goal post with a total of 8 kicks and 14 by Al Ittihad team. But the game was drawn between the two teams as their performances were evenly matched.

[Zlantann]

So far Al-Ittihad still haven't won and last night they were again held to a draw by Al-Khaleej with the same score of 1-1. I think Al-Ittihad's bad period this season is still not over and they also couldn't do a good job towards the end of the season. As of the last 4 matches, Al-Ittihad still haven't tasted victory again and that will make it even more difficult for them to get a place in the Asian Champions League.

I think Al-Ittihad's attack level is decreasing and unlike last season when they performed extraordinary in crushing their opponents, especially against weak teams, it should be a realistic win for them. Well, maybe the transition process from Al-Ittihad still takes quite a long time and that is why they rarely win.

Al Khaleej performed best last time, this game is full of competition. Al Ittihad scored a goal in the extra minute of half-time but had no further chances after that, despite attacking widely. Currently Al Ittihad team is fifth in the points table, they are not performing well this season. The two teams were very close in attack with Al Khaleej team hitting the goal post with a total of 8 kicks and 14 by Al Ittihad team. But the game was drawn between the two teams as their performances were evenly matched.

Based on this season's performance Al-Ittihad is far better than Al-Khaleej who is occupying the 11th position in the Saudi Professional League. It is common to predict that Al-Ittihad will easily win the game but it ended in a draw. Comparing Al-Ittihad's last season's performance with this present one is painful since they were the reigning champions. In five matches they have just won one game and this shows that they don't deserve a continental competition. Both teams played commendable attacking football that produced many shots on goal but few were on target. Maybe both teams will do better next season if they get the money and the right management.

[poodle63]

Less than 40 minutes, the big match for this season is happening once again. Al hilal will face al nassr. I strongly believe al hilal will once again teach al nassr how to play better. It's likely that if betting on al nassr is quite risky even though the gap from the odds betweens these teams are not so big.

I prefer to pick al hilal rather than nassr. The match probably end with 2-1 as the final score.



Official line up has alreayd published. Im feeling good mitrovic and savic will be playing soon. Ronaldo may be facing another lose against al hilal.

[Leviathan.007]

Neymar's contribution to Al Hilal in the past season was zero, so it is very natural that the owner of Al Hilal should sell Neymar, he is useless imo.

The news is getting stronger and stronger that Moh Salah is going to Al Nassr, I'm really looking forward to whether this will come true because if Moh Slah goes to Al Nassr, he will meet and return to play with his former teammates (Mane).

This is not Neymar’s fault, he received a very serious injury, the treatment of which takes a very long time. According to preliminary forecasts, he will be able to return to the game in mid-2024, but there are no exact data yet.

The contract with Al-Hilal expires in the summer of 2025 and after that Neymar has already announced that he is returning to his native Santos where he intends to end his career. So the transfer of Neymar for Al-Hilal turned out to be ineffective, but who could have known that everything would turn out this way, injuries in sports are an unpredictable thing.

It's not up to Neymar but that's all because of his playing style. He is a player with good performance and he can help his team with high dripping skills but this can make him injured more than the other players. Not just for Neymar, but this happened to many other players with this playing style. In fact, Al Hilal knew you were buying a player who could get injured more often and they could understand it when Neymar was playing for PSG. Neymar was even injured when he joined Al Hilal.

 

[fullhdpixel]

Hiring star players is a first brick of Saudi Professional League to advertise their league to more people globally especially European citizens. Because most of star players signed by Saudi Arabian clubs are from Europe or played in biggest European leagues for a long time.

It is a smart marketing strategy and in fact, the league succeeded with this strategy, begins with Cristiano Ronaldo, rumor with Messi, contracts with Benzema and Neymar, then some smaller star players. Generally their league gains success in marketing so far but how long will this strategy last because it will require massive budget for player transfer costs and player salary.

However the bigger challenge is will this expensive strategy help to improve quality of the league and domestic players then their national team generally in coming years?

Most of the Saudi Shaikh's are having good links and influence in UEFA with they are having many clubs under their control which are doing good job so they are now having good opportunity for their own country to organize a good league even this all is not easy job but as they are having money and sources they can do things as they wanted in first season they are able to bring few good names with Cristiano Ronaldo was their big achievement which having good influence as well which helps them for having more good names and most chances in this transfer window we are going to have few more in pipeline which could be good for them even few things are going against them but still this could be another big year, and they are having long term strategy which is going to help them for having good quality and competitiveness in this league for the future.

But still they need to work on their domestic system with having academies and system which help players for grooming their talent could be better for them in long run if they are able to have brought these things into their system then surely this could be big success for them.

[entertheabyss]

Neymar's contribution to Al Hilal in the past season was zero, so it is very natural that the owner of Al Hilal should sell Neymar, he is useless imo.

The news is getting stronger and stronger that Moh Salah is going to Al Nassr, I'm really looking forward to whether this will come true because if Moh Slah goes to Al Nassr, he will meet and return to play with his former teammates (Mane).

Al Hilal have proven to be promising club without the involvement of Neymar Jr in the starting XI. They're probably the best team in the Saudi Pro League this season with a whole lot to finally gets hands on. Everything will run smoothly and become a superb one for Al Hilal. The manager and the players have worked really hard to make it up to this current top level. From day one, it was obvious because Neymar Jr didn't contribute the estimated progress of the team but he joined in the celebration of winning titles.

[Uruhara]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

[Palakka]

Al Hilal have proven to be promising club without the involvement of Neymar Jr in the starting XI. They're probably the best team in the Saudi Pro League this season with a whole lot to finally gets hands on. Everything will run smoothly and become a superb one for Al Hilal. The manager and the players have worked really hard to make it up to this current top level. From day one, it was obvious because Neymar Jr didn't contribute the estimated progress of the team but he joined in the celebration of winning titles.

Al Hillal was able to win the league this season without being defeated and that was a very extraordinary thing when they only relied on players, the majority of whom came from Saudi Arabia at this time, neat play and also good cooperation were the main assets of Al Hillal being able to win the league this season Even though they have to compete with teams full of European players, currently Al Hillal no longer has pressure in the league, so I think they can relax a little in playing and focus on their next target to win the King of Saudi Arabia trophy, talking about Neymar, of course Currently, he is enjoying his life at Al Hillal, even without contributing, but Al Hillal is still obliged to pay his salary because his contract has not yet ended, so it is perhaps not surprising that he is also celebrating the championship celebrations.

Currently the match between Al Nassr and Al Hillal is in progress, both teams have played quite impressively so far, especially Al Nassr who is playing at home, of course immediately took the initiative to attack and without waiting a long time Al Nassr was able to score a quick goal in the 1st minute, I  think today match will probably be Al Hillal first defeat this season, because so far,  I  see, Al hilll  cannot created any dangerous opportunities to equalize the score so the match has entered the 29th minute.

[redsun114]

I checked the schedule match of Al Nassr upcoming several matches later and not find the final of Kings Cup between Al Hilal vs Al Nassr but have interested news with Cristiano Ronaldo underwent a doping test ahead of facing Al Hilal in the final match. The Kings Cup final match is very important for Al Nassr after losing in domestic league and this final match only one opportunity left for winning tittle in this season after getting failure in AFC Champion League or domestic league.

Before the final kings cup match, both team will face each other on Saudi Pro League match indeed Al Hilal have won domestic league its not get huge pressure indeed won or loss they have lead many points in domestic league.

Now we are having few hours left into this game with Al Hilal is already declared champions of the Saudi League season 2023-24, and they are having good record of 31 undefeated games in this season which is record for the league with things are clearly indicating we are going to have another win for the Al Hilal which is already having 7 wins 2 draws and 1 lost against Al Nassr in last few years which is completely one-sided affair for them after this game we are having 2 more rounds left in this season which is having huge disappointment for the Al Nassr as they are going to end this season without any trophy after arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo.

After this game we are having another Chance for the Al Nassr to have fight against Al Hilal into Kings Cup which is going to play on 1st June at the King Abdullah Sports City Jeddah which could be another opportunity for the Al Nassr to have something for themselves against mighty Al Hilal which is ruling in this season.

[Uruhara]

Currently the match between Al Nassr and Al Hillal is in progress, both teams have played quite impressively so far, especially Al Nassr who is playing at home, of course immediately took the initiative to attack and without waiting a long time Al Nassr was able to score a quick goal in the 1st minute, I  think today match will probably be Al Hillal first defeat this season, because so far,  I  see, Al hilll  cannot created any dangerous opportunities to equalize the score so the match has entered the 29th minute.

It's true that this match could be Al-Hilal's first defeat this season in the SPL. but the match only entered the 40th minute of the first half. So there is still a lot of time left if it is accumulated by the second half. So currently everything is still difficult to predict. Unless Al-nassr scores another goal then maybe Al-nassr can be calmer when playing in the second half. But Al-Nassr must not be careless because we all know Al-Hilal is not a weak team. they are the strongest this season with proof of being at the top of the rankings this season. but it would be very beautiful for Al-nassr if Al-nassr managed to beat Al-hilal in this match.

[Arenga pinnata]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

Al-hilal even almost equalized the score in the second half of added time. but fortunately the Al-hilal player missed his kick. and now the first half ends with the score 1-0 in favor of the home team, namely Al-nassr. The enthusiasm for this match is focused on whether Al-nassr will be able to become the first team to beat Al-hilal this season in the Saudi Pro league or not. If not then Al-hilal will really set a good record in the Saudi Pro league this season. but it seems that many people hope that Al-nassr will win and end Al-hilal's unbeaten record.

I think the second half will be a more exciting match than the first half. And maybe some goals will be scored in the second half. I might be optimistic that Al-Nassr will score another goal in the second half.

[Ayers]

Currently the match between Al Nassr and Al Hillal is in progress, both teams have played quite impressively so far, especially Al Nassr who is playing at home, of course immediately took the initiative to attack and without waiting a long time Al Nassr was able to score a quick goal in the 1st minute, I  think today match will probably be Al Hillal first defeat this season, because so far,  I  see, Al hilll  cannot created any dangerous opportunities to equalize the score so the match has entered the 29th minute.

It's true that this match could be Al-Hilal's first defeat this season in the SPL. but the match only entered the 40th minute of the first half. So there is still a lot of time left if it is accumulated by the second half. So currently everything is still difficult to predict. Unless Al-nassr scores another goal then maybe Al-nassr can be calmer when playing in the second half. But Al-Nassr must not be careless because we all know Al-Hilal is not a weak team. they are the strongest this season with proof of being at the top of the rankings this season. but it would be very beautiful for Al-nassr if Al-nassr managed to beat Al-hilal in this match.

I don't know if Al Hilal will lose today's match, but we didn't see good performance from Al Hilal players in the first half. I expected a better performance from Al Hilal. Al Hilal players need to perform better against strong opponents like Al Nassr. Al Hilal will not be able to win this match if they perform like this.

Al Hilal conceded a goal in the first minute of the match. Otavio scored from Ronaldo's pass. And even after scoring, Al Nassr kept their defense tight. So Al Hilal's players could not score any goals despite some strong attacks.

[FanEagle]

Neymar's contribution to the club may have been for a very short time as a commercial gain, other than that he did not contribute anything in terms of play, it would be best if they sold him and used that money for another transfer. For some reason, I feel like the Mohammed Salah transfer will happen. It would be really nice to see Mane and him together again and considering Cristaona Ronaldo, Al-Nassr may have no rivals in the Saudi Pro Legue with its attack. As a team, they don't have many options to compete with.

I agree. Neymar did not directly contribute to titles and victories. But on the commercial and marketing side, for sure. Because it was through him that the team became known to many more people, in a way he deserves all the money he received/receives because of what he brought. But in terms of playing ball, I really agree that there was nothing.

I do not think even that is true, because he wasn't there for too long and he didn't really get to promote the team at all. If he was still there and not back at his home, then I would say that he had a chance, but this dude promoted poker websites more than he promoted the team.

The team got more famous because they are the winners, and Saudi league is getting more famous, ever since Ronaldo went there we are seeing more attention to that league, and this team is the league winner so they are of course getting some attention too, and that has nothing to do with Neymar. Next season if he gets better and starts playing, then we may consider but this dude was constantly injured at PSG as well, so I do not expect much from him.

[Hyphen(-)]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

According to the match stats, Al-Hilal is currently dominating the match, they have highest ball possession, attempts, and attacks more than Al Nassr; I think the early goal is a good advantage to Al-Nassr to brake Al-Hilal’s unbeaten record of the season which I think will be impossible.
If Al Nassr win this match, it will indeed be a very lucky win for them because Al-Hilal have a very good defensive line and are very good in finishing that is why they maintain their winning streak and they drew just two matches this season. Ronaldo should put more effort to help his team to score another goal to serve as a security goal for AlNassr, else it might end in a draw.

[Odohu]

Al-nassr is currently competing against Al-hilal at the Al-Awwal stadium. And I didn't expect Al-nassr to immediately score a goal in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal from Otavio who received a very good pass from C. Ronaldo. If Al-nassr can maintain this advantage then won't Al-nassr be the first team to beat Al-hilal in the SPL?

the match was very fierce. And of course Al-hilal tried hard to reply to the goal. But fortunately this time Al-nassr's defense was quite good. I hope Al-Nassr can add goals again. because if not, Al-Hilal will equalize again. Because we know Al-Hilal is a strong team that will not weaken just because it is 1 goal behind.

According to the match stats, Al-Hilal is currently dominating the match, they have highest ball possession, attempts, and attacks more than Al Nassr; I think the early goal is a good advantage to Al-Nassr to brake Al-Hilal’s unbeaten record of the season which I think will be impossible.
If Al Nassr win this match, it will indeed be a very lucky win for them because Al-Hilal have a very good defensive line and are very good in finishing that is why they maintain their winning streak and they drew just two matches this season. Ronaldo should put more effort to help his team to score another goal to serve as a security goal for AlNassr, else it might end in a draw.

Al Hilaal actually played so well even too well to deserve a loss tonight but since it is football, no matter what you played, if you did not score and instead concede, you will lose the match. Al Nassr is so lucky to have gotten that 1 minute goal from Otavio, which they are able to defend till the 90th minute. They deserve to win the match honestly and I hope they are able to withstand the last minutes pressure from Al Hilaal. This match have spoilt the clean record Al Hilaal is keeping in their league this season and I'm sure Al Nassr will celebrate tonight's win as though they won the trophy. It was indeed a nice pound of flesh they took from their oppressor.

Edit: Al Hilaal scored on penalty at the 90 +10 minutes and that changes everything for Al Nassr and ensured that their unbeaten record lingers.