Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[rahmad2nd]

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From the developments that have been made by the management of the Saudi Arabian Pro League, of course the developments from year to year are getting better. It's just that they started late but it doesn't really matter because they did it this year and it has proven to raise the name of the Saudi Arabia pro league even more famous. Several major Saudi Arabian pro league teams continue to target many players with well-known player status and of fairly good quality.

Benzema presence this season is sure to be talked about in every media because he was one of the stickers who was quite qualified in the past season with Real Madrid. So, with that in mind, SPL next season will certainly make a big difference in the fight for the title because two famous player names will compete with each other in bringing their teams to become champions next season.

IMO, they're not late by nature. however this effort is something of the first step of a privatization project from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia which has the aim of developing Saudi Arabian football. this project, has been planned and will involve more parties and bring in the world's top players.
This project was recently planned, by Prince Mohammed bin Salman. proven, at first they brought the world's top star CR7 to Al Nassr. after the season was over, Al Ittihad did not want to lose to bring in Benzema, N'Golo Kante. As if not wanting to be outdone, Al Nassr is again trying to bring in another player, namely Hakim Ziyech and rumors that the contract is almost complete.

Al Hilal also did not want to lose, they appeared and enlivened the hunt for European players. but starting from the midfielder, namely, Ruben Neves and soon Koulibaly will follow to join Al Hilal. apparently, they have not decided to bring in a top European striker. the other two clubs, have not started their hunt even though they have tried to provide proposals to several clubs and players.

Well, next season the Saudi Pro League will be even more crowded with newcomers from European leagues. thus, it is certain that there will be 5 clubs that will appear competitive in the hunt for this competition trophy.

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[Slow death]

Neymar received a sizable offer to join the Saudi League therefore other players must have been drawn by the glamour of playing alongside Ronaldo Messi and Benzema.

it's true that with ronaldo playing in the arab league a lot has changed, the press started to talk a lot about the arab league, people started to follow the arab league games and now it's not just ronaldo's team that wants to have good players, the other teams are also making an effort to hire the best players, but I saw on tv in my country that neymar wants to return to barcelona but that for that to happen he would have to lower his salary a lot, but in my opinion neymar na he will go back to barcelona, ideally for neymar and go to play in saudi arabia because in europe he is always injured and involved in controversies, and he is the type of player that coaches get headaches

I also saw a rumor that ronaldo's team wants to bring in William Carvalho and Marcelo Brozovic, I don't know how far that could be true, but it's better that the Arabs start rushing to sign players because now that messi has gone to the states united of america so it is possible that more players agree to go to the united states than go to saudi arabia, in any case it seems to me that the arabs need to create a good league next season so that they can attract new talents, that is the only way that the Saudi Arabia League will reach very high levels of competitiveness in the future. until now I'm wondering if these Arabs are making a profit with so much spending on player signings

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

I was really surprised that there was another player from Chelsea who was the target of a Saudi league club and now it is goalkeeper Eduardo Mendy's turn to join Al-Hilal. I didn't think that the dynasty owned by Chelsea was now collapsing to optimize its finances again after spending so much money last season. But it's also a good offer to play in the Saudi league because it has such a fantastic salary per season. I think now the favorite destination for European players is to join the Saudi league after winning any title in Europe.

There's a reason it seems the Saudis are now mostly interested in Chelsea leftovers and that's because the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Clearlake Capital (who are a share holders at Chelsea) has a business which involves Clearlake Capital managing some investing from the PIF that has now taken ownership of about 4 clubs in the Saudis Pro league. We should be expecting a lot of business between Chelsea and the PIF until the transfer window is over. Chelsea has alot of players that needs to be offloaded that are big money earners that only Saudis can handle their wages.

Todd Boehly is a business man and finding loophole are his specialties and he has been doing that since he took over Chelsea. He did it in the January transfer window that saw him spend millions without breaking any rules and he's doing it again by selling lots of players without breaking any rules. He's going to be the owner of a club in Europe that benefits the most from this Saudis money been spent. I see buzz about what Chelsea are doing is illegal and not been fair to other clubs but that's how business is, only those that understand the games gets the biggest piece of the pie

[Zlantann]

They are smartly using their money by signing with those players and make matches between those clubs more exciting. I believe if possible, each club will try to sign with a big star player rather than signing with some star players for a single club. It will make the league more exciting and attract more television, communication companies in Europe to broadcast the Saudi Professional League matches.

Saudi Arabia has a lot money and they just don't know where they need to use all of their money. Obviously signing many star players will influence their traffic, but it wouldn't be last long. The bad thing of signing star players is, young football player in Saudi Arabia will not able to compete against them because if there's a star player and a good Saudi Arabian player, they will choose to let the star player play than their local player.

These new star players will bring a lot of experience to the Saudi League which will also help young players to develop because they will learn a lot from these star players. But I also concur that buying expensive players will not give the Saudi League a long time development if they don't have plans to integrate young Saudi players into the league. The management of the Saudi league should also ensure that it is not only these star players that will be well paid. The Saudi League is generally known now as a high-paying league so it is also expected that all the players should be well paid just as it is done in most advanced leagues. The local players will not give their best if the pay gap between them and these foreign players is too wide. I am not saying that they should be paid the same wage but there should be an improvement from what they were receiving in time past because the  Saudi league is now in the global spotlight.

[makishart]

I was really surprised that there was another player from Chelsea who was the target of a Saudi league club and now it is goalkeeper Eduardo Mendy's turn to join Al-Hilal. I didn't think that the dynasty owned by Chelsea was now collapsing to optimize its finances again after spending so much money last season. But it's also a good offer to play in the Saudi league because it has such a fantastic salary per season. I think now the favorite destination for European players is to join the Saudi league after winning any title in Europe.

Since chelsea faces a problem in getting an offer from european clubs and chelsea used arabian clubs as alternative ways to sell the players. The arabian clubs are also paying the price what chelsea wanted.
Chelsea will use the money raised from selling its players to balancing its financial and avoid FFP. I remember that chelsea being threatened by EPL regarding FFP.
That's why chelsea is interesting to kick so many players to leave from the club. So far two deals already made with arabian clubs which are very good for chelsea.

[Sithara007]

I was really surprised that there was another player from Chelsea who was the target of a Saudi league club and now it is goalkeeper Eduardo Mendy's turn to join Al-Hilal. I didn't think that the dynasty owned by Chelsea was now collapsing to optimize its finances again after spending so much money last season. But it's also a good offer to play in the Saudi league because it has such a fantastic salary per season. I think now the favorite destination for European players is to join the Saudi league after winning any title in Europe.

When someone is offering 2-3 times the current salary, you can't retain the players with only claims that the European leagues are having much higher quality when compared to the other leagues. In case of SPL, the quality and popularity is on the rise. At this point it may not be able to match the standards of European leagues, but within the next 2-3 years I can foresee SPL giving the European leagues a run for their money. And given the fact that many of the European economies are in recession, I would say that this trend will accelerate in the coming months.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

When someone is offering 2-3 times the current salary, you can't retain the players with only claims that the European leagues are having much higher quality when compared to the other leagues.

If I read news about those offers correctly, those clubs from Saudi gave like 10-times salary offers than what those players currently receive from their clubs. Those contract offers are super good because they come when those players are old and at very last seasons in their careers.

Personally it's really hard to reject such offers because you only need to leave Europe, play in Saudi 2 or 3 years and earn more money than what you got from your 15 or 20 previous years in your career. I don't consider it is kind of sacrifice from old players. With only 2 or 3 years in their career, they will not achieve big things in Europe and they even lose their positions in their clubs. So moving to Saudi and enjoy money, get a better finance as preparation for future after their retirement, is good.

In case of SPL, the quality and popularity is on the rise. At this point it may not be able to match the standards of European leagues, but within the next 2-3 years I can foresee SPL giving the European leagues a run for their money. And given the fact that many of the European economies are in recession, I would say that this trend will accelerate in the coming months.

Its noise is increasing but is the league quality on the rise too? I am not sure, it is too soon to say quality of a whole league is on the rise because one or few star players from Europe join them. They need more than that to increase the league quality generally.

[LUCKMCFLY]

but unfortunately CR7 vs. Messi Maybe we won't see him anymore...

unfortunately that big comparison between messi and ronaldo ended, i remember that every year i was laughing when fifa games and pro evolution soccer games (PES) came out it was a competition between two video game companies that on the cover of their games one when they put an image of messi the other one put an image of cristiano ronaldo and it was something polarized in that every year only the image of these two players appeared and i kept laughing because fifa which is produced by eletronic arts put an ugly face of players, but with time they got better but as a consequence they consume a lot of computer resources

but it is a fact that with messi in the usa the world will forget about him because he will be playing in a league that is not even popular and in a team that does not have a good position in the table, so messi really seems to have gone to usa aware that he will be saying goodbye from soccer, honestly I would prefer him to stay in france where at least he could have retired in a good way, but the offer from us was the best one from PSG and in the us he won't even make any effort because of the team in which he will play and a meaningless team

Those great classic games on PS , of course I know what you mean , personally I think that Mesi was going to bury his career, he would say that why would he go kill himself in France or in fútbol in Europe because clearly there you can winning is critical as they were already being given it in France , so it's a shame , I don't know but it would have been better if he had gone to Saudi fútbol, at least he had more visibilit , imagine the Guatemalan League is above the MLS , that If it was burying a legend like him , I hope he doesn't lose all his form , or now what he wants is peace of mind , I respect that too.

[Sithara007]

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Its noise is increasing but is the league quality on the rise too? I am not sure, it is too soon to say quality of a whole league is on the rise because one or few star players from Europe join them. They need more than that to increase the league quality generally.

I am not claiming that at this point, the quality in Saudi Professional League is comparable to that of the English Premier League or the La Liga. But that doesn't mean that SPL quality is really bad. We hear only about the big names such as Ronaldo and Benzema. But at the same time 50-60% of the players are from Latin America and Europe. Saudis have been trying to improve the quality of the league for some time now. It is a continuous process and will take time. I have watched a few of the SPL games, and I was actually impressed with the quality of play. But I agree that at this point, they are not at the level of UEFA leagues.

[rendravolt]

I was really surprised that there was another player from Chelsea who was the target of a Saudi league club and now it is goalkeeper Eduardo Mendy's turn to join Al-Hilal. I didn't think that the dynasty owned by Chelsea was now collapsing to optimize its finances again after spending so much money last season. But it's also a good offer to play in the Saudi league because it has such a fantastic salary per season. I think now the favorite destination for European players is to join the Saudi league after winning any title in Europe.

When someone is offering 2-3 times the current salary, you can't retain the players with only claims that the European leagues are having much higher quality when compared to the other leagues. In case of SPL, the quality and popularity is on the rise. At this point it may not be able to match the standards of European leagues, but within the next 2-3 years I can foresee SPL giving the European leagues a run for their money. And given the fact that many of the European economies are in recession, I would say that this trend will accelerate in the coming months.

More precisely for some players who accept this offer because they see a large amount of money and also a guaranteed retirement age. Therefore, instead of continuing to try to make a career in Europe, it is better to go to the Saudi league and start making large amounts of money. But if you want that, of course all players in Europe must prove their prowess first, such as winning a major trophy in European competition or breaking other records.

I think those are some of the points that became a reference for the Saudi league team to sign European star players. I don't think that 2-3 times will be enough to reach that goal and I think at least another 5 years or so SPL will be bigger and compete with other top leagues.

[shinratensei_]

Clubs in the Saudi Professional League look set to land more stars from Europe this season. In fact, I heard that there are players from a club from the Italian league who will also join the SPL. The bottom line is that in the coming season I think the SPL league will really put out a much better game than usual.

I heard that too. It's brozovic who already tried to be signed by al nassr. Al nassr will be also offering very big amounts of money for him as long as he will able to leave from intermilan.
Al nassr is now competing with barcelona and im sure barcelona will be losing against al nassr caused by barcelona is now able to paying him with huge salary.
I hope brozovic goes to the al nassr as soon as possible. He wil become a good team mate for cristiano ronaldo.

In fact, what makes me most curious is the Al-Nassr vs Al-ittihad match, which of course will bring together Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema as an opponent. The competition from the former two best strikers from Real Madrid will be very interesting to watch.

True and im waiting it as well. Al ahli will be also coming with new squads as it was trying so hard to secure more and more european players.


https://twitter.com/centregoals/status/1671297556217753601

Since kante was officially ittihad's player and benzema welcomed him as a teammate in ittihad. It's known that if kante and benzema were coming from the same country.
That's good for benzema and kante.

[borovichok]

I was really surprised that there was another player from Chelsea who was the target of a Saudi league club and now it is goalkeeper Eduardo Mendy's turn to join Al-Hilal. I didn't think that the dynasty owned by Chelsea was now collapsing to optimize its finances again after spending so much money last season. But it's also a good offer to play in the Saudi league because it has such a fantastic salary per season. I think now the favorite destination for European players is to join the Saudi league after winning any title in Europe.

It's surprising to see Chelsea trending on Twitter with the hashtag #Al_Chelsea. It appears amusing because Chelsea has lost the majority of their players to Saudi teams, and more are willing to leave. Chelsea players leaving Stamford Bridge for Saudi Premier League clubs, I completely understand the club's dilemma. It's encouraging to see some players who no longer want to play for the Blues exit. Todd Boehly will make more bids for potential replacements for the outgoing players, and this time he should sign players who want to explore their career rather than settle down with the ones who want to play for hugh offers they're paid for.

[Awaklara]

I was really surprised that there was another player from Chelsea who was the target of a Saudi league club and now it is goalkeeper Eduardo Mendy's turn to join Al-Hilal. I didn't think that the dynasty owned by Chelsea was now collapsing to optimize its finances again after spending so much money last season. But it's also a good offer to play in the Saudi league because it has such a fantastic salary per season. I think now the favorite destination for European players is to join the Saudi league after winning any title in Europe.

It's surprising to see Chelsea trending on Twitter with the hashtag #Al_Chelsea. It appears amusing because Chelsea has lost the majority of their players to Saudi teams, and more are willing to leave. Chelsea players leaving Stamford Bridge for Saudi Premier League clubs, I completely understand the club's dilemma. It's encouraging to see some players who no longer want to play for the Blues exit. Todd Boehly will make more bids for potential replacements for the outgoing players, and this time he should sign players who want to explore their career rather than settle down with the ones who want to play for hugh offers they're paid for.

several players seem to have been successfully retained by Chelsea, although there will now be more vacant positions in the squad. and that means Chelsea must immediately make a deal with several players and clubs who want to negotiate with them.
however this has been a difficult season for Chelsea, they will form a new team and also they must be required to finish before the new season starts.

[BRINIRHA]

In fact, what makes me most curious is the Al-Nassr vs Al-ittihad match, which of course will bring together Cristiano Ronaldo and Benzema as an opponent. The competition from the former two best strikers from Real Madrid will be very interesting to watch.

True and im waiting it as well. Al ahli will be also coming with new squads as it was trying so hard to secure more and more european players.


https://twitter.com/centregoals/status/1671297556217753601

Since kante was officially ittihad's player and benzema welcomed him as a teammate in ittihad. It's known that if kante and benzema were coming from the same country.
That's good for benzema and kante.

I am even more excited to hear that N'Golo Kanté is also joining Al-ittihad. But to be honest, I initially suspected that Kante would enter Al-Nassr. Because Al-Nassr also made a fairly high offer for Kante. But it turns out that Al-ittihad won in the struggle for N'Golo Kanté. And with this Al-Ittihad, which already has Benzema, will certainly become a stronger team.

I wonder who Al-Nassr will bring in to accompany Cristiano Ronaldo. because from my observations last season Cristiano Ronaldo was a little difficult to find colleagues who could accelerate with him. And rumors have reached me that Al-Nassr has found a suitable candidate to pair up front with Cristiano Ronaldo. The player is Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea). but at this time there is no certainty. it's just that if Ziyech also joins the Arab league. then there is no doubt that the SPL will further enhance its reputation in the world of world football.

[shogun47]

I am even more excited to hear that N'Golo Kanté is also joining Al-ittihad. But to be honest, I initially suspected that Kante would enter Al-Nassr. Because Al-Nassr also made a fairly high offer for Kante. But it turns out that Al-ittihad won in the struggle for N'Golo Kanté. And with this Al-Ittihad, which already has Benzema, will certainly become a stronger team.

I wonder who Al-Nassr will bring in to accompany Cristiano Ronaldo. because from my observations last season Cristiano Ronaldo was a little difficult to find colleagues who could accelerate with him. And rumors have reached me that Al-Nassr has found a suitable candidate to pair up front with Cristiano Ronaldo. The player is Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea). but at this time there is no certainty. it's just that if Ziyech also joins the Arab league. then there is no doubt that the SPL will further enhance its reputation in the world of world football.

I didn't know that the Saudi clubs are competing with each other as it was said that some of the best clubs are centrally controlled more or less. But in the end the SPL is a project as a whole and not only for single clubs.

The rumors surrounding Al-Nassr transfer intentions currently refer to Ziyech, Brozovic, Niguez from Atletico Madrid, Zaha from Crystal Palance and a few others. But none of them is a very popular player. They are good players though and could add some quality to the team.

I already wonder what Ronaldo will do when his contract ends with Al-Nassr.

[X-ray]

I am not claiming that at this point, the quality in Saudi Professional League is comparable to that of the English Premier League or the La Liga. But that doesn't mean that SPL quality is really bad. We hear only about the big names such as Ronaldo and Benzema. But at the same time 50-60% of the players are from Latin America and Europe. Saudis have been trying to improve the quality of the league for some time now. It is a continuous process and will take time. I have watched a few of the SPL games, and I was actually impressed with the quality of play. But I agree that at this point, they are not at the level of UEFA leagues.

It's not yet comparable at this moment. It sounds non sense to compare saudi pro league to the major league in eu. saudi pro league is just trying to grow slowly but surely it will be able to compete with another league even major league in eu.
It's still in the process to growth and it sounds really dumb if people compare it with the competition like la liga even english premier league. The main reason for saudi pro league clubs were taking professional players from eu was for transferring its skills and experience. In addition to support saudi to be the next country that will host world cup in 2030. Saudi was in the progress now. Let's wait it a few years later from now and there will be so many changes to happen with it.
It's caused by saudi needs time to build its competition to be even better with the help from the players that being transfered from eu leagues.

[Docnaster]

I read an online publication and it seems that almost all the Chelsea players who are leaving the club this summer are going to Saudi Arabia. I was reading personal terms agreements between the players and the clubs in Saudi. Such players are;
1. Koulibally
2. Hakim Ziyech
2. Aubameyang
I don't know if other players will join them, player like Silva due to his age.

[salad daging]

I read an online publication and it seems that almost all the Chelsea players who are leaving the club this summer are going to Saudi Arabia. I was reading personal terms agreements between the players and the clubs in Saudi. Such players are;
1. Koulibally
2. Hakim Ziyech
2. Aubameyang
I don't know if other players will join them, player like Silva due to his age.

Chelsea have agreed to an agreement with several Saudi clubs with 3 Chelsea players to be sold, even the three players have agreed on this and the news is that they will be closed as soon as possible with a few more steps.

I read other rumors Aubameyang refuses to go there and would rather stay with Chelsea but still the manager wants to sell him because he is not in the new squad list with the current coach, but there is a possibility that Aubameyang will be sold too if there is interest from other clubs.

Hakim Ziyech has signed with Al Nassr until 2026. Source

[Strongkored]

With several players who play in the European leagues coming to the Saudi pro league and it is likely that there will be more because the clubs in this league do not seem to have limited funds so using the power of money to bring these players to their clubs will be able to compete with Al Nassr, Ittihad FC and also Al Hilal, I wonder if their presence will make us watch matches in these leagues? I honestly say no, because let alone the Saudi Pro League and even in other well-known leagues, if it's not a big match I will prefer to pass, except for the English Premier League, where the matches have quite high intensity, even when the match is between bottom teams it's always interesting to watch.
But it's quite interesting how they use their money power to build the image of the country and also the image of their league, and I'm not sure they will continue to do this for the long term.

[Litzki1990]

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Its noise is increasing but is the league quality on the rise too? I am not sure, it is too soon to say quality of a whole league is on the rise because one or few star players from Europe join them. They need more than that to increase the league quality generally.

I am not claiming that at this point, the quality in Saudi Professional League is comparable to that of the English Premier League or the La Liga. But that doesn't mean that SPL quality is really bad. We hear only about the big names such as Ronaldo and Benzema. But at the same time 50-60% of the players are from Latin America and Europe. Saudis have been trying to improve the quality of the league for some time now. It is a continuous process and will take time. I have watched a few of the SPL games, and I was actually impressed with the quality of play. But I agree that at this point, they are not at the level of UEFA leagues.

The Saudi Professional League is not yet at the same level as the English Premier League or La Liga, but the Saudi Professional League will soon be close to these leagues. Since Cristiano Ronaldo, the club owners are trying to take many European stars to the Saudi leagues. I believe that in the coming days, more professional European stars will join the Saudi club. If the owners of the Saudi leagues arrange teams with professional stars, the teams will definitely improve in the game and then the Saudi League can be compared with the European teams.