Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[hyudien]

Having only one player, one superstar player in the squad is definitely not going to be enough ever to actually win anything. Benzema is not that great of a striker I know a lot of people are going to disagree but it is the truth. Known for missing more than he is known for scoring. He was in good form and that's why the Saudi club decided to bring him in. But soon they had to realize that having only Benzema was not going to be enough for them. They need to get more players in. And by that I mean get more popular players who are still able to perform well. By doing that they will probably be able to compete for the Saudi Pro League title. Still might not get as good enough as Al Nassr or Al Hilal though.

Star players are only to help the team as a whole, but if you say that just having one star player is not enough to bring them to the championship, I don't agree with this. The reason is that in a team, it is not just the star players who are the factors that lead them to achieve success, but more than that, one of them is excellent teamwork from all positions. If that can be done, then even without star players I think they will be able to become champions.
Will having lots of star players guarantee you will be champions? I don't think so, many star-studded teams have failed to become champions, we can see that in mainland Europe. So in my opinion the most important thing is teamwork, it's useless if you have lots of star players but in terms of game they can't work together well. This is not an individual game, this is a team game, so teamwork is more required, and star players are only an added value.

[Fuso.hp]

Every club in the Saudi League has strengthened their teams in such a way that it is difficult to distinguish between the big teams and the smaller teams. Ronaldo and Nasser play for the club and some other star players have joined the Al Nasser club so we consider this club as a strong club but outside of that there are clubs like Al Hilal and Etihad who have been performing very well. No match for Al Nasser is easy, every match requires a lot of hard work and proper planning to win. One season Al Nasser is the champion, another season Al Ittihad is the champion and another season Al Hilal is the champion, so there is still competition in this league and that is definitely a good thing.

Although Saudi Arabia is famous as a rich country, but I think there is still inequality that occurs in the league today, we cannot assume that if all the teams in Arabia are rich teams like Al Nassr, no different from the clubs in other leagues there's a big teams and weak team, of course we will also find significant differences both in terms of finances and the performance of clubs in the Saudi Arabian League so far, Small team teams are also  entitled to recruit foreign players to their team according to the quota that has been set by the league authority, but we can also see that foreign players recruited by small team teams are certainly not expensive star players like Ronaldo, Benzema and Neymar today.

The competition in the SPL began to be very competitive next season after teams such as Al Nassr, Al Ittihad and Al Ahli this season fell far behind Al Hillal, so that indeed made them start looking for and eyeing European star players to be able to make their squad stronger next season, competitive competition of course guarantees to make the league even more interesting because indeed many teams have the same chance to become champions.

Such disparity of teams exists in almost every league. If you follow the English Premier League you will see that there are many strong teams as well as many weak ones. If there are 20 teams in a league, any one team will be at number one position in the points table and any other team will be at number 20 position in the points table. But the three or four clubs in Saudi Arabia have spent money the way other clubs may not have spent money but they should try to compete with the top teams. Top teams include Al Nasser, Al Hilal, Al Ittihad clubs. To compete with these teams must buy quality players. Hopefully other Saudi League teams will be aware of strengthening their squads in this transfer window.

[Blitzboy]

Al Nasr is a great club. Al Nasr's performance is good. Al Nasr, no less than Al Hilal. In my opinion, Al Nasr's performance will be better next season. Al Hilal or Al Ahli will be the opponents to look for the title of Saudi Pro League. But I support Al Nasr. Because they didn't bring home any title last season, so my idol player will definitely try to do well.
Al Hilal will be much stronger if Neymar returns to the club and therefore Al Nasr must prepare strong and well.

Al Nassr, they're a fantastic club, no doubt. But lets not kid ourselves, folks. Al Hilal were the clear winners this season. They beat Al Nassr left and right, even in the King's Cup final. That is the state of affairs.

Next season? Sure, theres talk of Rudiger and Van Dijk joining the defense. That would be massive, but when we see it, we will believe it. Al Hilal isnt going anywhere either now. Can you ever image getting Neymar back? Plus, Al Ittihad and Al Ahli are also making moves.

Al Nassr have a tough road ahead, folks. Though let us not rush ahead of ourselves; they have great potential. Al Hilal are still the team to defeat; it will be a struggle.

[bitgolden]

Al Nasr is a great club. Al Nasr's performance is good. Al Nasr, no less than Al Hilal. In my opinion, Al Nasr's performance will be better next season. Al Hilal or Al Ahli will be the opponents to look for the title of Saudi Pro League. But I support Al Nasr. Because they didn't bring home any title last season, so my idol player will definitely try to do well.
Al Hilal will be much stronger if Neymar returns to the club and therefore Al Nasr must prepare strong and well.

Yes, Al Nassr is a big club and they are playing well, it's just that this season they are no better than Al Hilal which means they have failed in all competitions. Several times they faced Al Hilal, they always got unsatisfactory results this season, even their last chance to become champions failed because they lost to Al Hilal in the King's Cup final. This makes them have to swallow a bitter pill because they cannot be better than Al Hilal this season.

Next season they will try their best to play better, one of the steps they are taking now is trying to target several well-known players in Europe who play as defenders. Several names also emerged, such as Antonio Rudiger from Real Madrid and even Virgil Van Dijk from Liverpool. but until now I have not heard whether they have established communication or not. What is clear is that now they are trying to bring in defensive players to improve their position in the back line which has been their problem this season.

Rudiger would be a bit of a stretch, he is still playing quite well at Real Madrid and I do not think that he would be going anywhere near SA anytime soon, sure it looks like there would be a possibility, but I do not think that it will happen. We need to remember that we are going to end up with a situation where things won't be as easy, and we need to make sure that we know what we are doing, that is the most important part.

If we can do this, then we are going to end up with a good result one way or another. VVD will be doing something that takes time, and that way we are going to end up seeing him going to SA eventually, will it be this summer or some other summer I am not sure but he is a bit closer than Rudiger if you ask me.

[kawetsriyanto]

It seems very unfortunate if we see a great player like Benzema underperforming and he should be able to be a leader for his colleagues. But what we have seen so far is that he often has problems in the dressing room and even clashes with his current coach.

Benzema was underperforming because of some factors. It was his first season in Al Ittihad and he got a problem with his injury for a long time. It is not easy for a player experiencing an injury to play again with his best. Moreover, it was in a new team and he also needs to adapt with new teammates. The tactics may be also not familiar with Benzema and he also didn't get the same supports like he ever got in Real Madrid. So, we actually must understand his condition, it makes sense if he was underperforming.

I don't know for sure what caused Benzema to be like this and when compared to his former teammate at Real Madrid, namely Ronaldo, he is even more enthusiastic in every match and always tries to win. Well, I think after leaving Real Madrid, Benzema will still be at his best even if this is only the Saudi league and we have all misjudged him so far. But as you would expect, I also want to see him perform well again in the next season with Al-Ittihad.

Benzema has some problems, I've stated it above. 
Ronaldo has a different situation. Ronaldo has no problem with injury and he also get enough supports from the team. Al Nassr also has some star players to support him in the field. So, Ronaldo is in a better situation. Moreover, Ronaldo has experienced 2 seasons in Al Nassr. He has no problem with adaptation anymore. Anyway, we don't need to compare between Benzema and Ronaldo. 

[Leviathan.007]

Fabrizio Romano reported aout Pioli and his next destination. After stopping working with AC Milan, Pioli hasn't chosen any team yet but it seems since Al Ittihad couldn't better good results during the last season, they want to start working with Pioli.
Al Ittihad is also trying to hire some superstar players for the next season and this can make Al Ittihad much stronger teams to race with the other teams like Al Hilal and Al Nassr while hiring Benzema during the last summer was not effective for Al Ittihad but this time they want to make a better coach to improve the team.

[bering]

Fabrizio Romano reported aout Pioli and his next destination. After stopping working with AC Milan, Pioli hasn't chosen any team yet but it seems since Al Ittihad couldn't better good results during the last season, they want to start working with Pioli.
Al Ittihad is also trying to hire some superstar players for the next season and this can make Al Ittihad much stronger teams to race with the other teams like Al Hilal and Al Nassr while hiring Benzema during the last summer was not effective for Al Ittihad but this time they want to make a better coach to improve the team.

Marcelo Gallardo has been sacked today from Al Ittihad this because he was failed to bringing Al Ittihad to compete with Al Nassr and Al Hilal for race title besides that Marcelo Gallardo also rumoured he has a conflict with Benzema which is where this conflict greatly disrupts the state of the internal conditions of Al Ittihad so that's why Al Ittihad owner has been decide to sack him because they feel Marcelo Gallardo did the fatal mistaken which caused Al Ittihad failed to showing their best performance this season

If i am not mistaken after leave Milan Stefano Pioli have been studied English and this has led to speculation that he will choose Premier League as his next destination and the rumour is Nottingham Forest has attempts to offering him new jobs but Stefano Pioli has been refuse that because he waiting the offers from bigger clubs and about this rumour Stefano Pioli himself hasn't been respond it yet but if Stefano Pioli will be accept Al Ittihad offer then he will gets the salary 10 million per year which is a much higher amount than his salary when he was still coaching Milan which is only 4 million per season

[klidex]

Fabrizio Romano reported aout Pioli and his next destination. After stopping working with AC Milan, Pioli hasn't chosen any team yet but it seems since Al Ittihad couldn't better good results during the last season, they want to start working with Pioli.
Al Ittihad is also trying to hire some superstar players for the next season and this can make Al Ittihad much stronger teams to race with the other teams like Al Hilal and Al Nassr while hiring Benzema during the last summer was not effective for Al Ittihad but this time they want to make a better coach to improve the team.

Piole officially parted ways with Milan, in my opinion it was quite surprising because I thought Pioli would stay longer with Milan but apparently not and Milan itself has also found a new coach who will coach the club next season. Until now his position is still unclear after he parted ways with Milan, has a lot of rumors saying that he will go to Saudi Arabia and train Al Ittihad but this news is still not confirmed. I know that Al Ittihad's performance last season did not go well, therefore they are still trying to find mistakes and trying to fix these mistakes by recruiting several players and looking for the right coach to improve their performance.

With competition becoming increasingly difficult and Al Ittihad also not wanting to be left behind by other competitors such as Al Hilal and Al Nassr, they are doing various ways to improve their power system. Next season will be quite an interesting season because the Saudi league will increase the number of foreign players they have recruits from the European leagues and will make competition in the title race even fiercer. I'm quite curious about how Al Ittihad will perform next season

[makishart]

Fabrizio Romano reported aout Pioli and his next destination. After stopping working with AC Milan, Pioli hasn't chosen any team yet but it seems since Al Ittihad couldn't better good results during the last season, they want to start working with Pioli.
Al Ittihad is also trying to hire some superstar players for the next season and this can make Al Ittihad much stronger teams to race with the other teams like Al Hilal and Al Nassr while hiring Benzema during the last summer was not effective for Al Ittihad but this time they want to make a better coach to improve the team.

In my opinion, it seems unlikely that Pioli will move there, and did you forget when Pioli announced that he had begun learning English Premier League? The interest from al ittihad will not change his decision about his future, and I believe you are mistaken here. I meant that Romano stated that if Pioli was one of three contenders to replace Gallardo, it did not imply that Pioli had agreed to join Al Ittihad.

Although al Ittihad may offer him a very big pension package, I am confident that Pioli will reject Saudi Arabia's offer since he is still interested in coaching a European team.

I hope Pioli makes it to the EPL.

[arimamib]

In my opinion, it seems unlikely that Pioli will move there, and did you forget when Pioli announced that he had begun learning English Premier League? The interest from al ittihad will not change his decision about his future, and I believe you are mistaken here. I meant that Romano stated that if Pioli was one of three contenders to replace Gallardo, it did not imply that Pioli had agreed to join Al Ittihad.

Although al Ittihad may offer him a very big pension package, I am confident that Pioli will reject Saudi Arabia's offer since he is still interested in coaching a European team.

I hope Pioli makes it to the EPL.

Pioli dismissal from AC Milan raises a lot of questions about what exactly happened, because so far we can see if Pioli is a coach who is able to lift Milan's performance and also position in recent seasons, when Milan fired Pioli I thought Milan would bring in a better coach than him but I was wrong because indeed Paulo Fonsesca as the new coach of Milan is actually not better than Pioli so far,  Reportedly, Pioli is currently starting to learn English, so it indicates that it is possible that Pioli coaches the english team, but on the one hand we see that currently almost all Premier League clubs have a coach so we dont know where he really is going.

Although Pioli is currently learning English, I think the possibility of him going to Arabia is also wide open, because indeed currently many European players are playing in the Arab League so it requires him to learn English, besides that it is reported that at this time Al Ittihad is starting to try to negotiate with Pioli so it is indeed seen that Al Ittihad is very interested in him,  At the moment Pioli is not coaching and of course taking on a new challenge in the Arab League will be able to give him a lot of experience and also money of course.

[rendravolt]

Al-Qadsiah and Al-Ittihad are currently competing to get the services of Real Madrid captain Nacho Fernandez. On the other hand, Al-Qadsiah offered a 2 year contract for Nacho Fernandez after knowing that Al-Ittihad was getting closer to an agreement and I think here Al-Ittihad only needs to increase their salary offer if they want to win the competition to get him.

Literally, Al-Ittihad is bigger and better than Al-Qadsiah and I think Nacho Fernandez knows where he is going. Moreover, there is his former teammate at Real Madrid, namely Benzema, so the connection will be easier. On the other hand, the depth of Al-Ittihad's squad is much more adequate so there is no other reason for him not to join Al-Ittihad.

Despite all that, Nacho Fernandez will still be thinking about his decision with Real Madrid as he is still likely to stay rather than leave this summer.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1804401683939647586

[Hirose UK]

It seems very unfortunate if we see a great player like Benzema underperforming and he should be able to be a leader for his colleagues. But what we have seen so far is that he often has problems in the dressing room and even clashes with his current coach.

Benzema was underperforming because of some factors. It was his first season in Al Ittihad and he got a problem with his injury for a long time. It is not easy for a player experiencing an injury to play again with his best. Moreover, it was in a new team and he also needs to adapt with new teammates. The tactics may be also not familiar with Benzema and he also didn't get the same supports like he ever got in Real Madrid. So, we actually must understand his condition, it makes sense if he was underperforming.

Previously it was circulated that Benzema would leave Al Ittihad because the sale option was exercised, Al Ittihad spent very large amount of money but did not get maximum performance from Benzema performance.
Seeing how he is in the Al Ittihad squad, it actually doesn't show that there is good chance of winning the title and perhaps selling Benzema will also be beneficial for the player himself because he also doesn't seem very comfortable playing with Al Ittihad.
It even circulated that Benzema would return to Real Madrid, but this was just rumor and it was not known what Benzema true future would be because all the reports were just rumors.

But going to the SPL and accepting Al Ittihad previous offer was his own decision and in any case he had to accept whatever the team conditions were and complete his contract.
Initially I thought Benzema would be able to perform as brilliantly as Ronaldo, but unfortunately we can only see Benzema best performance while he is playing with Real Madrid.

[Blitzboy]

Fabrizio Romano reported aout Pioli and his next destination. After stopping working with AC Milan, Pioli hasn't chosen any team yet but it seems since Al Ittihad couldn't better good results during the last season, they want to start working with Pioli.
Al Ittihad is also trying to hire some superstar players for the next season and this can make Al Ittihad much stronger teams to race with the other teams like Al Hilal and Al Nassr while hiring Benzema during the last summer was not effective for Al Ittihad but this time they want to make a better coach to improve the team.

What is this Pioli-to-Al Ittihad rumour? Even for the Saudi league, it sounds fishy. Its not a surprise that Gallardo was fired. When you cant handle a team with Benzema on it, you're out. But Pioli? He wants to be a top boss and not just work in the Saudi league. I've heard that he's interested in the Premier League and wants to join a club with a lot of history and status. Really, who wouldnt?

If Al Ittihad gives him enough money, though, things will be different. Everyone knows that the Saudis are ready to spend a lot of money on famous people. But I'll tell you this: I'll eat my hat if Pioli goes through with that plan. Thats a promise.

[Slow death]

Al-Qadsiah and Al-Ittihad are currently competing to get the services of Real Madrid captain Nacho Fernandez. On the other hand, Al-Qadsiah offered a 2 year contract for Nacho Fernandez after knowing that Al-Ittihad was getting closer to an agreement and I think here Al-Ittihad only needs to increase their salary offer if they want to win the competition to get him.

Literally, Al-Ittihad is bigger and better than Al-Qadsiah and I think Nacho Fernandez knows where he is going. Moreover, there is his former teammate at Real Madrid, namely Benzema, so the connection will be easier. On the other hand, the depth of Al-Ittihad's squad is much more adequate so there is no other reason for him not to join Al-Ittihad.

Despite all that, Nacho Fernandez will still be thinking about his decision with Real Madrid as he is still likely to stay rather than leave this summer.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1804401683939647586

he chose to play for Al Qadsiah:

Nacho has completed initial medical tests to join Saudi’s Al Qadsiah!

After 23 years at the club, Nacho is set to leave Real Madrid as the most decorated player ever in history.

Saudi Pro League side Al Qadsiah are waiting for final green light over two year contract for Nacho to join.

He’s set to leave Real Madrid as free agent

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source: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8hkupLoIW1/

To be honest, I can't understand why he chose to play for a team from the Saudi second division that was recently promoted to the first division next season, because in most cases the teams recently promoted to the first division are the ones most likely to be relegated, and Looking at his contract, it will be for 2 years, so there will be a risk that after next season he will play in the second division and retire in the Saudi second division. In my opinion it wasn't a good choice he made, but maybe he's just going to play as a way to make more money and retire, he's not having some big goal like winning the Saudi league

Fabrizio Romano reported aout Pioli and his next destination. After stopping working with AC Milan, Pioli hasn't chosen any team yet but it seems since Al Ittihad couldn't better good results during the last season, they want to start working with Pioli.
Al Ittihad is also trying to hire some superstar players for the next season and this can make Al Ittihad much stronger teams to race with the other teams like Al Hilal and Al Nassr while hiring Benzema during the last summer was not effective for Al Ittihad but this time they want to make a better coach to improve the team.

What is this Pioli-to-Al Ittihad rumour? Even for the Saudi league, it sounds fishy. Its not a surprise that Gallardo was fired. When you cant handle a team with Benzema on it, you're out. But Pioli? He wants to be a top boss and not just work in the Saudi league. I've heard that he's interested in the Premier League and wants to join a club with a lot of history and status. Really, who wouldnt?

If Al Ittihad gives him enough money, though, things will be different. Everyone knows that the Saudis are ready to spend a lot of money on famous people. But I'll tell you this: I'll eat my hat if Pioli goes through with that plan. Thats a promise.

I also highly doubt that Stefano Pioli would accept going to Saudi Arabia because he would be putting himself in a very low position, imagine him not having good results as a coach in a team in the Saudi league? This would be very bad for him and could result in the big clubs in Europe not signing him, we can see that Mourinho preferred to spend some time without a job until a European club signed him rather than go to Saudi Arabia, because he knew he would pay a price. Dear going to Saudi Arabia and Stefano Pioli must also be thinking like Mourinho (who is now coach of Fenerbahce) and other great coaches who are currently without a job

[Oneandpure]

Al-Qadsiah and Al-Ittihad are currently competing to get the services of Real Madrid captain Nacho Fernandez. On the other hand, Al-Qadsiah offered a 2 year contract for Nacho Fernandez after knowing that Al-Ittihad was getting closer to an agreement and I think here Al-Ittihad only needs to increase their salary offer if they want to win the competition to get him.

Literally, Al-Ittihad is bigger and better than Al-Qadsiah and I think Nacho Fernandez knows where he is going. Moreover, there is his former teammate at Real Madrid, namely Benzema, so the connection will be easier. On the other hand, the depth of Al-Ittihad's squad is much more adequate so there is no other reason for him not to join Al-Ittihad.

Despite all that, Nacho Fernandez will still be thinking about his decision with Real Madrid as he is still likely to stay rather than leave this summer.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1804401683939647586

Huge transfer did by the promotion of Saudi Pro League team Al-Qadsiah after success signing Real Madrid former Nacho Fernandez, its make interested after Saudi Pro League dominance with new comer team for their first singing as UEFA Champion League winner players with his club before.
Still not release yet with how much salary offering paid by Al-Qadsiah make Nacho Fernandez interested for joining Saudi Pro League although playing for the promotion team and I think Nacho its not the last european players signing by Al-Qadsiah.

Its out my prediction with Nacho Fernandez future team after leaving Real Madrid, I think if want to play in Saudi Pro League team he will play for top teams such as Al Hilal or Al Nassr Nacho make us shock after accepting the promotion team offering Al-Qadsiah.

[fullhdpixel]

Previously it was circulated that Benzema would leave Al Ittihad because the sale option was exercised, Al Ittihad spent very large amount of money but did not get maximum performance from Benzema performance.
Seeing how he is in the Al Ittihad squad, it actually doesn't show that there is good chance of winning the title and perhaps selling Benzema will also be beneficial for the player himself because he also doesn't seem very comfortable playing with Al Ittihad.
It even circulated that Benzema would return to Real Madrid, but this was just rumor and it was not known what Benzema true future would be because all the reports were just rumors.

But going to the SPL and accepting Al Ittihad previous offer was his own decision and in any case he had to accept whatever the team conditions were and complete his contract.
Initially I thought Benzema would be able to perform as brilliantly as Ronaldo, but unfortunately we can only see Benzema best performance while he is playing with Real Madrid.

I feel like Milan did make a mistake, but that doesn't mean that Pioli would never move to SA, we are talking about a nation that is so rich that they could offer him as much as 20-30 million a year if they want to, well technically if they "want to" they could offer even 100 a year, and can afford to, but they are not idiots they won't offer that much.

So if Pioli accepts their offer or not, depends totally on how much they want him, if they really want him, they can make an offer which would be so unreal that Pioli would jump at the chance, imagine offering 30 and Pioli rejecting? That won't happen. So this is all about finding people who want to be there, and if Pioli doesn't want to, then they wouldn't want someone who doesn't want them.

[Leviathan.007]

I just saw a piece of weird news about one superstar player I was not expecting to see something like that from him.
Qadsiah is a team in Saudi Arabia they are not in the league for a long time and compared to teams like Al Hilal and Al Nassr, they don't have popularity in this country.
Now it seems Qadsiah wants to hire Nacho from Real Madrid. Qadsiah will pay him 10 per year which is a good amount of money to have this paler until 2026.

 

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Al-Qadsiah and Al-Ittihad are currently competing to get the services of Real Madrid captain Nacho Fernandez. On the other hand, Al-Qadsiah offered a 2 year contract for Nacho Fernandez after knowing that Al-Ittihad was getting closer to an agreement and I think here Al-Ittihad only needs to increase their salary offer if they want to win the competition to get him.

Literally, Al-Ittihad is bigger and better than Al-Qadsiah and I think Nacho Fernandez knows where he is going. Moreover, there is his former teammate at Real Madrid, namely Benzema, so the connection will be easier. On the other hand, the depth of Al-Ittihad's squad is much more adequate so there is no other reason for him not to join Al-Ittihad.

Despite all that, Nacho Fernandez will still be thinking about his decision with Real Madrid as he is still likely to stay rather than leave this summer.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1804401683939647586

Wow, I just heard about Al-Qadsiah who are also interested in bringing in European players, are they the first club in Saudi Pro that is not owned by the Saudi government that wants to bring in European players? as we know Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal and 3 other clubs are owned by the Saudi government, of course it is not surprising that they have a budget and now Al-Qadsiah comes as a new competitor    obviously it is interesting to increase competition in this league and avoid monopoly.

We can imagine how several clubs compete with each other while being owned by the same company I mean the competition is like nebulous and Al-Qadsiah must be a new example to bring in new competitors.

[klidex]

I just saw a piece of weird news about one superstar player I was not expecting to see something like that from him.
Qadsiah is a team in Saudi Arabia they are not in the league for a long time and compared to teams like Al Hilal and Al Nassr, they don't have popularity in this country.
Now it seems Qadsiah wants to hire Nacho from Real Madrid. Qadsiah will pay him 10 per year which is a good amount of money to have this paler until 2026.

It would be quite strange if Nacho Fernandez accepted an offer from a Saudi Arabian club that is not very well known because it would cause the career he has built so far to sink because Al Qadsiah is not a strong club like Al Hilal, Al Nassr or Al Ittihad even though he is one of the big club players. in Europe it would be a shame if he chose to play with Al Qadsiah just because the club offered him a very high salary, indeed he is now approaching retirement age and perhaps what he is looking for is not another title but wants to play without pressure because playing with a big club also requires mentally strong.

Al Qadsiah next season will play in the Saudi League after 3 seasons they struggled in the 1st division to return to the Saudi Pro League again but I'm not sure they can last longer because their abilities are not on par with big clubs, for me they are at a club that is not very being strong will actually have greater challenges and pressure because we are forced to perform as well as possible, whereas being in an elite club has great players in it so the pressure is not that great, at least Nacho has to think again about his decision to join the underdog club.

[Fiatless]

It would be quite strange if Nacho Fernandez accepted an offer from a Saudi Arabian club that is not very well known because it would cause the career he has built so far to sink because Al Qadsiah is not a strong club like Al Hilal, Al Nassr or Al Ittihad even though he is one of the big club players. in Europe it would be a shame if he chose to play with Al Qadsiah just because the club offered him a very high salary, indeed he is now approaching retirement age and perhaps what he is looking for is not another title but wants to play without pressure because playing with a big club also requires mentally strong.

Al Qadsiah next season will play in the Saudi League after 3 seasons they struggled in the 1st division to return to the Saudi Pro League again but I'm not sure they can last longer because their abilities are not on par with big clubs, for me they are at a club that is not very being strong will actually have greater challenges and pressure because we are forced to perform as well as possible, whereas being in an elite club has great players in it so the pressure is not that great, at least Nacho has to think again about his decision to join the underdog club.

After clinching 26 titles and playing 364 matches for a top club like Real Madrid, there is nothing more to desire in European football. He has enjoyed a long year of top-class football and had so many good memories now it is time to play for fun and the money. He considered moving to the US but he was attracted by Al Qadsiah coach José Miguel González's involvement and the irresistible financial package. Coach Michel was a former Real Madrid player and Nacho wants to link back with him in the SPL. The financial benefit of about 10 million euros a year is what the Spanish player has never earned in his career where his highest pay was €8.6m per annum.

The Saudi Professional League has improved over the years and Nacho is a big plus to the league. They need players of his class to use their experience to mentor young players and their reputation will bring publicity to the league. Al Qadsiah might not be as popular as other top clubs in the SPL but with the experience of coach Michel and their drive to bring in some players from Europe, we might see a surprise from the newly promoted side.