Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Blitzboy]

This is definitely a great addition, I think having a great goalkeeper will make it great, Ronaldo played with him too if I remember correctly so the chemistry hopefully would be a good one, I am sure they asked him before they made this sign, and he was probably happy about it.

Now they need better defense, if they could just spend a little bit more money and hire a few defenders then they are going to be quite great, they are not great at defense, and their midfield is decent too, their offense is great, they just need to get some centre backs for sure. That is not an easy thing because we are talking about a place that rarely has good enough players. VVD seems to be on the market, Liverpool looking to offload him, maybe they could get him if they offer a lot of money?

The defence now is a mess. Simply said, a weak backline makes it impossible to win titles. VVD, now he's a game-changer. Most excellent defender on the planet, perhaps ever. Will he, nevertheless, travel to Saudi Arabia? Liverpool might be willing to sell, but it'll cost a fortune.

Instead of throwing money at superstars, Al-Nassr should focus on developing their own talent. Build from within. Put money into the young Saudis. That is how you build a dynasty that lasts, not simply a passing fancy.

[tygeade]

We are going to see plenty more transfers for sure. The system that Saudi clubs have is not really a bad one, just go for as many free agents as possible, and since they are also old, you are not going to pay them more than what it would have cost to pay a team, because these days getting a star player may cost starting from 50, and could go up a lot more than that too. Instead, they get free players and end up paying about 20-30 a year for 5 years, which costs a lot true but doesn't really cost more than buying a player and paying a bit lower salary.

I think they are going to go with this more, and it is going to make the league even better. Every year there are new old stars nearing their contract, and every year they get some of them.

[Texac]

This is definitely a great addition, I think having a great goalkeeper will make it great, Ronaldo played with him too if I remember correctly so the chemistry hopefully would be a good one, I am sure they asked him before they made this sign, and he was probably happy about it.

Now they need better defense, if they could just spend a little bit more money and hire a few defenders then they are going to be quite great, they are not great at defense, and their midfield is decent too, their offense is great, they just need to get some centre backs for sure. That is not an easy thing because we are talking about a place that rarely has good enough players. VVD seems to be on the market, Liverpool looking to offload him, maybe they could get him if they offer a lot of money?

Is Virgil van Dijk actually leaving Liverpool? I did hear something like that before but I was not sure about it if it was actually authentic news or not. But if he is actually leaving, I think he still has the ability to perform well by playing in a big club in the Europe leagues. so I do not know if he will be very keen on joining any club from the Saudi League. My personal opinion is that he is only 32 years old. He still has a lot of good performance left in him to give to his club. Joining Al Nassr might be a waste of his talent if he does that so early in his career. But if he is going for money, it is definitely a good decision for him. He is probably not going to get the level of money that Al Nassr is going to give him from anywhere else.  But I still highly doubt that he will go to Al Nassr so early in his career.

[Leviathan.007]

Lewandowski to Saudi Arabia is getting more and more closer. The offer seems to be 70 million for Barcelona, which is a huge amount for them considering they are in big financial trouble already and if they manage to sell him then it would be quite good for them.

Plus, we are talking about a situation where it would benefit everyone quite a lot, Lewandowski is not doing that well. Moreover, I am hearing that Alisson is a possibility as well as Ederson, both did well for their clubs for a while now, but teams are looking for younger keepers, and these two could leave together and go at the same time, could be a good money for them as well. I would say it would be quite well because keepers could play as old as 40 years old, and they could make insane amount of money there until they no longer have an offer.

Barcelona on dilemma position right now with financial difficult facing and has opportunity for selling Robert Lewandowski to Saudi Pro League teams with higher offering fees transfer, but I doubt will Lewandowski leaving European team and joining with Saudi Arabia club because he has top level for staying with European clubs.
Some top players are opening negotiation and interested offering from Saudi Arabia club after Kevin De Bruyne, Allison and Ederson are welcome waiting which one most excited of Saudi Arabia club offering will give most expensive salary for them. Seems after Euro 2024 and Copa America many players will announce their future teams accept Saudi Arabia clubs or not.

Barcelona was not in this situation before but they paid too much money to the players they didn't have to pay them this much money.
Now because of the bad financial situation in Barcelona they are even about to lose some players they have like Lewandowski because they can get much more money in Saudi League and the Saudi teams abuse this situation in Barcelona.

Now players who are nearing the end of their careers are only joining Saudi clubs. You will notice that Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, and Karim Benzema have all come to Saudi clubs and are performing well. These are some of the players and there are other players who have shown the most interest in Saudi clubs because of the high money. 
But as more advanced and experienced players join Saudi clubs, Saudi clubs and other players are also able to learn and gain experience. In this case, one of the reasons for the Barcelona team to lose their players is the financial crisis.

Karim Benzema's performance in the Saudi League was not as good as they were expecting to see from this player and he totally failed to have the performance they wanted to see from this player. The Al Ittihad fans saw him playing very well in Real Madrid with a perfect performance there and they were expecting to see the same Benzema while he failed to have the same good performance there. Considering the money Al Ittihad paid, they could have a much better player.
That's why there were some rumors about Benzema leaving Al Ittihad but Al Ittihad recently said they will keep this French superstar player there.

[SUPERSAIAN]

Karim Benzema's performance in the Saudi League was not as good as they were expecting to see from this player and he totally failed to have the performance they wanted to see from this player. The Al Ittihad fans saw him playing very well in Real Madrid with a perfect performance there and they were expecting to see the same Benzema while he failed to have the same good performance there. Considering the money Al Ittihad paid, they could have a much better player.
That's why there were some rumors about Benzema leaving Al Ittihad but Al Ittihad recently said they will keep this French superstar player there.

Teams in Saudi Arabia, such as Al-Ittihad Al-Nassr, have very high-level and popular players playing in their country. They got efficiency from some of them, some of them couldn't even play at all. I'm talking about Neymar. I think they may want to keep Karim Benzema at the club just for prestige reasons.

If they strengthen their midfield and add better players to the team next season, they can get better performance from Benzema. Just imagine, the team with Benzema finishing fifth in the league is a single failure that should not be blamed on such a successful player.

[Josefjix]

Teams in Saudi Arabia, such as Al-Ittihad Al-Nassr, have very high-level and popular players playing in their country. They got efficiency from some of them, some of them couldn't even play at all. I'm talking about Neymar. I think they may want to keep Karim Benzema at the club just for prestige reasons.

If they strengthen their midfield and add better players to the team next season, they can get better performance from Benzema. Just imagine, the team with Benzema finishing fifth in the league is a single failure that should not be blamed on such a successful player.

Every club will do everything to ensure they're having a smooth run. The performance and stats of the player was in question and there's a whole lot of things that have engulfed the standards. Perhaps he's consider to be important and have heightened his stellar contributions to his club, always up and ready to attain to top goals. Karim Benzema was actually a key player for his club in Europe and have also made good choices when it comes to selecting clubs.

[arimamib]

Karim Benzema's performance in the Saudi League was not as good as they were expecting to see from this player and he totally failed to have the performance they wanted to see from this player. The Al Ittihad fans saw him playing very well in Real Madrid with a perfect performance there and they were expecting to see the same Benzema while he failed to have the same good performance there. Considering the money Al Ittihad paid, they could have a much better player.
That's why there were some rumors about Benzema leaving Al Ittihad but Al Ittihad recently said they will keep this French superstar player there.

I don't know what is the main reason for Al Ittihad to keep Benzema in their squad or maybe it was done so that the team does not have to pay a large compensation if Al Ittihad makes a unilateral dismissal?
Currently Benzema has one season left with Al Ittihad so it may make Al Ittihad keep Benzema for the team next season although actually this season Benzema is not performing optimally with Al Ittihad, besides that Benzema is indeed rumored not to feel at home in Arabia, so he had run away from Al Ittihad training and skipped the matches played by Al Ittihad this season,  I think maybe Benzema will no longer want to play wholeheartedly for Al Ittihad next season because of the discomfort.

Keeping Benzema for another season is of course a good step taken by al ittihad in addition to preventing dismissal compensation money, of course at least currently al ittihad has a source of money from the sale of benzema jerseys, so that at least it can cover the costs incurred by al ittihad so far, keeping Benzema is the right step, but indeed they must also be able to bring in other strikers who they can indeed rely on next season, besides improving every line of the squad, so that they can compete for the trophy next season.

[Volgastallion]

Benzema do like shit in all his stance on Saudi Arabia, also he make a lot of drama and start a fight with his coach Gallardo, who ended up destryoing more the team than ever, the worst part is now the coach is out but still in charge because the team has to paid him 30 million dollars to cut out the contract, what a move.

If he have another bad season in the next one, who is gonna blame?

[rahmad2nd]

Karim Benzema's performance in the Saudi League was not as good as they were expecting to see from this player and he totally failed to have the performance they wanted to see from this player. The Al Ittihad fans saw him playing very well in Real Madrid with a perfect performance there and they were expecting to see the same Benzema while he failed to have the same good performance there. Considering the money Al Ittihad paid, they could have a much better player.
That's why there were some rumors about Benzema leaving Al Ittihad but Al Ittihad recently said they will keep this French superstar player there.

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If I may assume based on my point of view, Karim Benzema does not fit into their coaching style system. whether it's Nuno Santo, or Marcelo Gallardo. Apart from that, Benzema does not have an ideal partner to support him as a pure striker. In fact, the two coaches I mentioned often apply a system that is not the style and characteristics that Benzema played with Real Madrid previously. Another point, Al Ittihad is not as competitive as the other two elite teams, namely Al Nassr and Al Hilal. If indeed Al Ittihad wants to compete fiercely as an elite team in the Saudi Pro League, they need the services of other players who are worthy of being relied on, especially as players who support Karim Benzema. and this summer, there is no reason for Al Ittihad not to have a squad with the same depth as its two rivals. At the very least, they have players they can rely on to compete with other elite teams who have more competitive depth.

Referring to the Al Ittihad squad, they are more dominantly local than other teams that were acquired by PIF. or at least, like Al Hilal which has local players who really contribute and have quite good skills in the Saudi Pro League. such as Al Dawsari, and several other players. Well, regarding the news or rumors that Al Ittihad will retain Karim Benzema, we'll see what happens next. To be honest, I haven't looked for much up-to-date football information. However, as I said, Al Ittihad must be supported by players who are able to compete with their rivals in the race for the Saudi Pro League trophy in the new season.

[Nheer]

Teams in Saudi Arabia, such as Al-Ittihad Al-Nassr, have very high-level and popular players playing in their country. They got efficiency from some of them, some of them couldn't even play at all. I'm talking about Neymar. I think they may want to keep Karim Benzema at the club just for prestige reasons.

Most teams in Saudi now have high standards players who have played or had an experience in Europe football but the only difference is that the number of such players in each team and the teams that have that has them more seem to be performing better than other teams. It’s sad to say that Al Ittihad and some of these teams still find it difficult to blend properly and not all European players have been able to settle, some are still struggling and yet to find themselves although i will say it’s the team they got signed to. Any player signed to Al Hilal or Al Nassr will definitely be at their best performance since the entire team is performing well. I’m still surprised how Al Hilal is still performing well in the absence of their best signing Neymar he was not so useful this season but they still managed to win the league.

If they strengthen their midfield and add better players to the team next season, they can get better performance from Benzema. Just imagine, the team with Benzema finishing fifth in the league is a single failure that should not be blamed on such a successful player.

Some players needs to to adapt to certain leagues, maybe it’s what Benzema needs who knows but I believe he will be better next season and Ittihad can be a title contender next season. They need to add more quality to the team not just in the midfield but in every position because that’s what other teams are doing.

[makishart]

Karim Benzema's performance in the Saudi League was not as good as they were expecting to see from this player and he totally failed to have the performance they wanted to see from this player. The Al Ittihad fans saw him playing very well in Real Madrid with a perfect performance there and they were expecting to see the same Benzema while he failed to have the same good performance there. Considering the money Al Ittihad paid, they could have a much better player.
That's why there were some rumors about Benzema leaving Al Ittihad but Al Ittihad recently said they will keep this French superstar player there.

This is why I believe people misunderstood it. People are constantly concentrating on Benzema without even taking a glance at his teammates. Last season, Benzema's teammates performed so poorly. I support his decision to abandon ittihad. The club isn't even looking to add more quality players.



If the Saudi club wants to see Benzema play as he did at Real Madrid, it is best to invite all of real madrid players to the club.

In the image above, Benzema has addressed the question about his performance. 
Benzema answer totally makes sense. 

[Hirose UK]

Of course, conflicts can always occur, what more, Ronaldo has often had disputes with his team mate before, but in the end everything can be resolved well and they return to being team mate who really understand each other better.

How can you conclude Ronaldo often get conflicts with his teammates?
Many of them were just rumors, you can't instantly trust the rumors. Anyway, it seems like you are Ronaldo haters, why you are too easy claiming it? There are also many other players who have the same problems. Even Messi also have conflicts with his teammates when he was a Barcelona player or PSG player. It is not a very surprising thing, it is normal to have a conflict.

Problem that is happening now has really cornered Al Nassr who will let Mane go in order to keep Ronaldo but this is just statement that came out of the news and of course we can all judge by what actually happened.

Do you really believe the rumor?
OMG, don't be too serious! Al Nassr will never let Mane leaving the club even if he has a conflict with Ronaldo. Mane will have a longer season over Ronaldo because he is still 32 years old. I am not sure if Ronaldo still can continue to play with Al Nassr when he is already 41 years old.

But by the way, Mane is great player and of course he is big threat to Al Nassr if they just let Mane go, look, Al Nassr has Talisca and also Ronaldo, who is always dominant as an attacking player, but Mane contribution is also no joke for Al Nassr.

Mane has showed a big contribution for Al Nassr. In some crucial match, Mane can be the hero of Al Nassr. There is no way that Al Nassr will kick him although he has a problem there. Mane also has a contract until 2026-2027, he must play with Al Nassr until his contract is over. Sure, it is only a joke that Mane will leave Al Nassr.



Source: saudigazette

Just look at Ronaldo track record during his career in European team and in fact there have been several small conflicts due to differences of opinion or other things, but the most important thing is that everything only lasted short time because after that there was always good resolution.
And I also understand that every player will have conflicts with teammates, not just Ronaldo, so this kind of thing is very normal in my opinion.

Of course not my friend, I will not believe all the rumors circulating because they are just reports and there are lots of reports whose truth is not clear, I will believe the rumors when I myself have found clearer and proven certainty about the truth.
I also sure that Al Nassr will never easily let go of Mane because he is very important player, in fact Mane presence is able to replace other important attacking players when he is absent from the match.
And what is clear is that everything will definitely go well, whatever problems occur, they will definitely be able to resolve them more quickly, in the future Ronaldo and Mane will definitely remain teammates and play for Al Nassr.

[Republikcoin.com]

Benzema do like shit in all his stance on Saudi Arabia, also he make a lot of drama and start a fight with his coach Gallardo, who ended up destryoing more the team than ever, the worst part is now the coach is out but still in charge because the team has to paid him 30 million dollars to cut out the contract, what a move.

If he have another bad season in the next one, who is gonna blame?

No one can be blamed because Benzema is a player who is subject to the team and the coaching set by the team, so that when a coach is fired because of the team's declining performance or sentiment that suddenly arises within the team, of course the team management will make an evaluation of this before blaming just one person. So it would be very strange to think about Gallardo leaving team coaching because of Benzema because the players in a team are not just Benzema.

[bering]

Nacho has been ended his future speculation now and he has decide to choose Al Ittihad as his next club and Nacho has been said one of his main reason why he decide to leave Real Madrid is he has win everything in this team so that's why before his career ended Macho want to find new challenge and playing at Saudi Pro League seems very interesting for him because he said the development of this league is very rapid especially after several famous players playing at this competition and if this rumour is true then Nacho will be reunion with his team mate in Real Madrid Karim Benzema

Actually Real Madrid was offering new contract to him for 1 year even his team mate in Real Madrid Dani Carvajal has encouraging Nacho to stay longer at Real Madrid and sign a contract extension because Carvajal feel Nacho is still important for Real Madrid but unfortunately Nacho has decide to leave this summer however actually if Nacho want to stayed and choose European teams as his next club i think it won't be hard for him to gets new clubs because the clubs such as Villarreal and Inter Milan has showing their interest to him but he has decided to choose Al Ittihad as his next club and this has put an end to the speculation that he was going to MLS

[arimamib]

Benzema do like shit in all his stance on Saudi Arabia, also he make a lot of drama and start a fight with his coach Gallardo, who ended up destryoing more the team than ever, the worst part is now the coach is out but still in charge because the team has to paid him 30 million dollars to cut out the contract, what a move.

If he have another bad season in the next one, who is gonna blame?

It is difficult to understand what has really happened to Benzema so far at Al Ittihad, previously it was rumored that he did not feel at home in Saudi Arabia and tried to return to the European League, but now Al Ittihad is still continuing to keep him as a player who will enter the main line-up next season, Benzema performance and attitude this season at Al Ittihad is indeed not in accordance with the character of a professional player who left the team at the time the team needed him at that time, but the funny thing is that Al Ittihad seemed to prefer Benzema to be in the team and made Al Ittihad have to fire Marcelo Gallardo as coach due to a dispute between Benzema and Gallardo.

We can't say that Gallardo sacking is the reason for Al Ittihad poor performance this season, so I think the situation to choose between Benzema and Gallardo may come when the fight happens, although Gallardo has not been able to bring Al Ittihad to get better this season but I think his performance at Al Ittihad is quite good and he just needs a little bit of support from Al Ittihad to bring in some more quality players, Gallardo unilateral dismissal by Al Ittihad certainly made Al Ittihad have to pay $30 million in compensation and it seems that $30 million is the largest compensation received by the current coach.

[Leviathan.007]

Neymar, the injured superstar player of Al Hilal couldn't help his team at all and he was mostly injured. He just played in five games for Al Hilal we didn't see anything from this Brazilian player while he was having a much better performance when he was younger before he joined the Saudi League.
Since Al Hilal spent too much money on Neymar they were unhappy and how it seems Neymar posted a picture of himself with Santos's shirt which made the Al Hilal fans mad.
Now there is the chance for Neymar to leave Al Hilal and play for Santos.

[Gallar]

Is Virgil van Dijk actually leaving Liverpool? I did hear something like that before but I was not sure about it if it was actually authentic news or not. But if he is actually leaving, I think he still has the ability to perform well by playing in a big club in the Europe leagues. so I do not know if he will be very keen on joining any club from the Saudi League. My personal opinion is that he is only 32 years old. He still has a lot of good performance left in him to give to his club. Joining Al Nassr might be a waste of his talent if he does that so early in his career. But if he is going for money, it is definitely a good decision for him. He is probably not going to get the level of money that Al Nassr is going to give him from anywhere else.  But I still highly doubt that he will go to Al Nassr so early in his career.

From the many news sites I read, it looks like Virgil Van Dijk will not leave Liverpool. The reason is that he still has one more season's contract at Liverpool, apart from that he also stated that he will stay at Liverpool.

“I still have one year left on my contract. I'm the club captain and I've made it clear that I'll be there for the new coach and I'm excited for next season. Of course there will be many changes, but I am sure we will achieve great success.”

Source: https://www.ligaolahraga.com/amp/al-nassr-siap-jadikan-virgil-van-dijk-bek-bergaji-tertinggi-di-dunia

So it is clear that Al Nasr's hopes of bringing in Van Dijk at this time will most likely not be achieved. The reason is, even though Van Dijk left and for example ended his contract with Liverpool, he did not seem interested in the Saudi Arabian League. However, he seems to really want to join Barcelona, ​​because in several interviews he also said things that indicated he really wanted to join Barcelona.
So now it looks like Al Nasr has to look for another strong defender to make his defense even stronger. So far I have not received any information regarding who Al Nasr's tough defender will be bringing in. Maybe this season Al Nasr can bring in defenders from other clubs in Saudi Arabia. Because if Al Nasr is too insistent on bringing in young defenders from Europe, in my opinion it will be very difficult. Because young players in Europe definitely have big dreams and don't just want to make money. So you can be sure that Al Nasr will definitely have difficulty bringing in young defenders from Europe.

Apart from that, if for example Al Nasr still wants a defender from Europe, but for example the player is old, I am sure that if Al Nasr succeeds in bringing him in then the results will not be good. So it would be better for Al Nasr to look for a talented young defender from Saudi Arabia, if for example looking for a European player is no longer possible.

[slapper]

~snip~

Karim Benzema's performance in the Saudi League was not as good as they were expecting to see from this player and he totally failed to have the performance they wanted to see from this player. The Al Ittihad fans saw him playing very well in Real Madrid with a perfect performance there and they were expecting to see the same Benzema while he failed to have the same good performance there. Considering the money Al Ittihad paid, they could have a much better player.
That's why there were some rumors about Benzema leaving Al Ittihad but Al Ittihad recently said they will keep this French superstar player there.

Benzema's contract for another year, and those jersey purchases continue to be like high rollers at the casino. But Benzema's got that 'trapped in paradise' look on his face. Skipping training, missing matches, it's like he's allergic to the sand. Think about it, man. Just phoning it in, a Ballon d'Or winner, a world-class attacker. One sees a depressing sight here. Though it ain't helping them win, they are sticking to him for financial reasons

Al Ittihad needs a serious striker upgrade. Benzema ain't the answer anymore. They need a hungry wolf, someone who will rip the pitch and carry the trophy back home. Otherwise, their season's gonna be as dry as the desert

[$weetne$$]

It is difficult to understand what has really happened to Benzema so far at Al Ittihad, previously it was rumored that he did not feel at home in Saudi Arabia and tried to return to the European League, but now Al Ittihad is still continuing to keep him as a player who will enter the main line-up next season, Benzema performance and attitude this season at Al Ittihad is indeed not in accordance with the character of a professional player who left the team at the time the team needed him at that time, but the funny thing is that Al Ittihad seemed to prefer Benzema to be in the team and made Al Ittihad have to fire Marcelo Gallardo as coach due to a dispute between Benzema and Gallardo.

Al lttihad wants to keep him because he is helping them to sell jersey, because of him fans are coming to the games that he is announced to play. This is the only reason I can think about because he is not doing extraordinary well for the club to want to extend his contract. Teams extend players that has an influence when all they want is for more media and publicity to be on their club. Benzema is not a very top player, he has been struggling before and now he is struggling to impact the Saudi Arabia league. The only reason he won the ballon d'or was because he was playing for Real Madrid and had alot of good players assisting him to score goals and playing their part in their different roles. Benzema can not carry an average team all by himself because he is not that type of guy.

[Slow death]

~snip~

Karim Benzema's performance in the Saudi League was not as good as they were expecting to see from this player and he totally failed to have the performance they wanted to see from this player. The Al Ittihad fans saw him playing very well in Real Madrid with a perfect performance there and they were expecting to see the same Benzema while he failed to have the same good performance there. Considering the money Al Ittihad paid, they could have a much better player.
That's why there were some rumors about Benzema leaving Al Ittihad but Al Ittihad recently said they will keep this French superstar player there.

Benzema's contract for another year, and those jersey purchases continue to be like high rollers at the casino. But Benzema's got that 'trapped in paradise' look on his face. Skipping training, missing matches, it's like he's allergic to the sand. Think about it, man. Just phoning it in, a Ballon d'Or winner, a world-class attacker. One sees a depressing sight here. Though it ain't helping them win, they are sticking to him for financial reasons

Al Ittihad needs a serious striker upgrade. Benzema ain't the answer anymore. They need a hungry wolf, someone who will rip the pitch and carry the trophy back home. Otherwise, their season's gonna be as dry as the desert

I have constantly said that the problem with these Arabs is that they don't understand anything about football, they have a lot of money, but they are tied to the region and this is already a failure from the beginning when it comes to football. In Europe, a player like Benzema has freedom, his wife behaves as she wants, their children behave as they want, Benzema despite being Muslim, he is French, he grew up in a country where laws are not based on religion. while in Saudi Arabia, things are completely different, and I believe that Benzema regretted leaving Real Madrid to go to that league. As long as these Arabs live based on religion, then they will not evolve in football

Al Ittihad are in advanced talks to sign Nacho as free agent from Real!

Not a done deal yet but negotiations underway over a rich two year contract for Nacho in Saudi Pro League.

He 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 wanted to consider other European clubs proposals as matter of respect, love for Real Madrid.

Real Madrid wait for his final decision… but Ittihad are close to signing Nacho, confident to make it happen.

source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8KsIuJokTO/

As I said before and I repeat again: these Arabs don't understand anything about football, because they want to spend money bringing in another player when the real problem is the coach who is not a great coach, Gallardo was coach of an Argentine team, that's enough ask what kind of great experience does someone have who coached Club Atlético River Plate from 2014 to 2022? to win titles you need an experienced coach who has dealt with big European teams