Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[dzungmobile]

Saudi clubs have gained a lot of popularity since Ronaldo and Benzema joined the SPL from the European League.

With approaches from Middle East nations, they aim at long term and they shown it with their approaches for education, economics and now I believe they are doing this with football. They have a longer plan and more sustainable strategies for Saudi Professional League. I really believe that they are executing it with a plan like for 10 or 20 years to change their leagues and local player quality completely.

Japan and J-league are good case studies for Saudi Arabia to believe that they will successfully upgrade their league like J-league after a few decades.

These two legendary players have other players to join the SPL who are thinking of joining the Saudi club. Bayern Munich legendary player Sadio Mane Al Nassr is likely to be signed. Reports have revealed that representatives of the former Liverpool star have met with Al Nassr club officials. If the deal is completed, Sadio Mane could be seen at the Saudi club in the Middle Eastern country. The SPL are offering huge sums of money to sign good stars which are attracting players to come to Saudi clubs.

Big clubs need money from transfers to rebuild their squads and it's nothing better than selling old players at very good transfer prices to Saudi Arabian clubs and use that transfer income to buy new players.

From player side, when they are old and already got some achievements in Europe, they have nothing to lose by moving to Saudi Professional League just to play a very last seasons in their career.

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[asriloni]

I agree with you; also i believe that the Saudi League teams are also strategic in their attempts; they have gone after players who still have couple of years to play and also mixed the signings with young players such as Mendy and Neves. With Mahrez reportedly being tempted to move from Manchester city and Henderson + Fabinho touted to join as well. The league is building its reputation well.

In a few years; they will have quality young gems coming out of their leagues.

Luring young people to join by recruiting so many skilled players into the league. It's an excellent strategy being used by SPL. I noticed that certain Saudi pro leagues are tempting young players with massive salaries.
Zaniolo can become the next young player gonna be recruited by SPL club. Saudi clubs went into the crazy mode. They were intervening any transfers that happened in the european competitions. Money is the main aim by professional football.

I gonna waiting for young player to join in the club soon. We will see a lot of changes gonna happen in the various clubs next season. SPL gonna be one of considerable league now.


The opening match gonna be gerrard's club against ronaldo's club (ettifaq vs nassr).

That's gonna be very interesting match.

[rendravolt]

I would rather say the Saudi league are bringing in former best players who were at a time the best players to have played in Europe league. They’re not bringing in current best players who are still at their prime now, maybe they won’t want to join since they’re still valued at their teams and in Europe.

Even the addition of this past great players have added value to their league, I just imagine how many popularity and recognition the league will get more when young and talented players at their peak level joins the league.

It's true that the saudi league did that and I don't think it's a problem because they signed a former European star player who already has great experience in various competitions. Moreover, even though most of them are former European star players, the exposure resulting from their big names is clearly felt for the popularity of the Saudi league and therefore this is like a mutually beneficial collaboration. I think other leagues that have large investment funds need to imitate the Saudi league way of starting to introduce their league so that it can be better known by outsiders.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

It's true that the saudi league did that and I don't think it's a problem because they signed a former European star player who already has great experience in various competitions. Moreover, even though most of them are former European star players, the exposure resulting from their big names is clearly felt for the popularity of the Saudi league and therefore this is like a mutually beneficial collaboration. I think other leagues that have large investment funds need to imitate the Saudi league way of starting to introduce their league so that it can be better known by outsiders.

The experience from the Chinese League is enough to prove that using corporate/private party funds is not able to finance club expenses even they were unable to achieve a good profit things are different in the Saudi Professional League they get funding from the government obviously the club can afford all the expenses. The question is, why does the government want to finance the clubs in this league? I suspect this is related to the government's mega project which is called Saudi Vision 2030 you can check it on the official website.

[marcous]

The experience from the Chinese League is enough to prove that using corporate/private party funds is not able to finance club expenses even they were unable to achieve a good profit things are different in the Saudi Professional League they get funding from the government obviously the club can afford all the expenses. The question is, why does the government want to finance the clubs in this league? I suspect this is related to the government's mega project which is called Saudi Vision 2030 you can check it on the official website.

Yes i have seen it and read it carefully, the Government of Saudi Arabia is trying to make changes in the long term to avoid dependence on their energy resources, namely oil. Football is an important element in their efforts to carry out these reforms, so the move by the Government to fund Clubs in the SPL is part of their long term project. Henceforth, if the SPL League is more advanced and developing (competitive), there will be many outside sponsors who will bring benefits to the club, and the government will no longer need to fund it as it is at present.

It's true that many football observers see that the policy they are taking is a step that is extraordinarily genius. Because football (SPL) will bring more benefits to the State of Saudi Arabia than other sectors. I think the SPL will develop over time and will become a competitive league signing European stars.

[bering]

There was a rumour about Jordan Henderson transfer today that previously Al Ettifaq are dare to pay 700.000 per week salary for Henderson and he has been agree with that amount and moved to Al Ettifaq because Henderson has realized he wouldn't gets much minutes to play if staying at Liverpool especially Liverpool has gets several players for midfielder position so that's why he will accept the offers from Al Ettifaq but it's been two days since the negotiation reach an agreement but Al Ettifaq hasn't officially bid for Henderson this because Liverpool want 20 millions but it say Al Ettifaq only able to pay 13 million considering this is their highest budget for this summer so this transfer have potention to be failed because Liverpool aren't willing to lowering the price

[tusandii]

The experience from the Chinese League is enough to prove that using corporate/private party funds is not able to finance club expenses even they were unable to achieve a good profit things are different in the Saudi Professional League they get funding from the government obviously the club can afford all the expenses. The question is, why does the government want to finance the clubs in this league? I suspect this is related to the government's mega project which is called Saudi Vision 2030 you can check it on the official website.

China experienced a failure when the government spent a certain amount of money to fund the expenses of football clubs and clear profits were not obtained because football was not really the most popular sport there, moreover the development of Chinese football clubs could not have success fast enough that's why it would only there is always a loss that can be.
In contrast to the Saudis who are really enthusiastic about being able to advance the development of football there, even the Saudi League so far has always had increasing enthusiasts.
That's why Saudi are able to provide big budgets for football clubs and still survive.

[shogun47]

The experience from the Chinese League is enough to prove that using corporate/private party funds is not able to finance club expenses even they were unable to achieve a good profit things are different in the Saudi Professional League they get funding from the government obviously the club can afford all the expenses. The question is, why does the government want to finance the clubs in this league? I suspect this is related to the government's mega project which is called Saudi Vision 2030 you can check it on the official website.

China experienced a failure when the government spent a certain amount of money to fund the expenses of football clubs and clear profits were not obtained because football was not really the most popular sport there, moreover the development of Chinese football clubs could not have success fast enough that's why it would only there is always a loss that can be.
In contrast to the Saudis who are really enthusiastic about being able to advance the development of football there, even the Saudi League so far has always had increasing enthusiasts.
That's why Saudi are able to provide big budgets for football clubs and still survive.

Erm correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't it the other way around? As far as I know the Chinese clubs began spending enormous amounts of money on players from the European leagues and when the Chinese government noticed what is going on, it was the government that blocked further transfers and introduced spending caps. I think it were a few Chinese billionaires who for a short period of time had the dream to enter the competition in global sports and in this case soccer.

A huge difference between the Chinese league and the SPL is also the proximity of Saudi Arabia to the Western countries. It is not the same when you are a few hours flight away from your home country or family as when you are living in China in a foreign world but also with a huge distance from anything you are familiar with.

[Jody.Drummer]

I would rather say the Saudi league are bringing in former best players who were at a time the best players to have played in Europe league. They’re not bringing in current best players who are still at their prime now, maybe they won’t want to join since they’re still valued at their teams and in Europe.

Even the addition of this past great players have added value to their league, I just imagine how many popularity and recognition the league will get more when young and talented players at their peak level joins the league.

It's true that the saudi league did that and I don't think it's a problem because they signed a former European star player who already has great experience in various competitions. Moreover, even though most of them are former European star players, the exposure resulting from their big names is clearly felt for the popularity of the Saudi league and therefore this is like a mutually beneficial collaboration. I think other leagues that have large investment funds need to imitate the Saudi league way of starting to introduce their league so that it can be better known by outsiders.

It was a move made by them to attract younger players to join them. If they directly target a player at his golden age, it is clear that the player will prefer Europe for his career. But when they target players who are older and approaching retirement age with a large amount of money, then they will be easier to convince. But the point here is that their first move opens the door for other players. I don't know the exact number of European-labeled players that have joined them, but I do know that it's quite a lot.

It's about capital, because I also want to know if they're going to continue this program in the long term or not.
Their management of finances must be well managed, the slightest mistake will make it difficult for them. I'm just thinking realistically with the money they spend so much.

I believe they have a good business in Arabia, but they shouldn't get too carried away with it. About finances I mean because again the money they need is not a small amount of money to do everything they are doing right now.

[Bananington]

For now you are describing the status quo and the younger high potential talents will try to stay and find their role within a top European club, but what if the Saudi Professional League keeps expanding their top player portfolio, is even willing to spend more money than they already are and in a next step try to establish their own kind of Champions League and subsidize it to a level that no other international competition can compete with? We are not there yet, but I wouldn't vouch for such a scenario being unrealistic. I think it is possible and it only needs some broadcasters who like the idea and show the league on the most prominent channels around the world. That is when the dominant role of European soccer will be at risk.

It is possible that this happens, the Saudi people are good strategist and rich ones too that have the money to do what they plan. Maybe that can be in the stage two of their plans so far to use the new players to start a competition that will attract young players.

Al Ahli that Riyad Mahrez just agreed to join, the team that  Edouard Mendy, Roberto Firmino already joined are also interested in bringing Allan Saint-Maximin from Newcastle who is just 26years of age but very talented as we saw last season whenever he played. He always made defenders against him nervous and is a good player any team would be happy to have.

https://talksport.com/football/1499251/newcastle-allan-saint-maximin-transfer-harvey-barnes/

[Doell]

There was a rumour about Jordan Henderson transfer today that previously Al Ettifaq are dare to pay 700.000 per week salary for Henderson and he has been agree with that amount and moved to Al Ettifaq because Henderson has realized he wouldn't gets much minutes to play if staying at Liverpool especially Liverpool has gets several players for midfielder position so that's why he will accept the offers from Al Ettifaq but it's been two days since the negotiation reach an agreement but Al Ettifaq hasn't officially bid for Henderson this because Liverpool want 20 millions but it say Al Ettifaq only able to pay 13 million considering this is their highest budget for this summer so this transfer have potention to be failed because Liverpool aren't willing to lowering the price

Anyhow, Liverpool do not want to loss and gain more money from transfer fee Jordan Henderson. Considering that his remaining contract also still more two years at the Reds, so Liverpool do not want to lowering that man transfer fee. Yes, it seems like Ettifaq agreement with Jordan Henderson will be failed, because they have a limited budget with the amount you already mentioned.

[Rabata]

For now you are describing the status quo and the younger high potential talents will try to stay and find their role within a top European club, but what if the Saudi Professional League keeps expanding their top player portfolio, is even willing to spend more money than they already are and in a next step try to establish their own kind of Champions League and subsidize it to a level that no other international competition can compete with? We are not there yet, but I wouldn't vouch for such a scenario being unrealistic. I think it is possible and it only needs some broadcasters who like the idea and show the league on the most prominent channels around the world. That is when the dominant role of European soccer will be at risk.

It is possible that this happens, the Saudi people are good strategist and rich ones too that have the money to do what they plan. Maybe that can be in the stage two of their plans so far to use the new players to start a competition that will attract young players.

A few days ago Saudi clubs were criticized in varies ways that they only try to include popular and senior players in their clubs. But there is no doubt about the strategy that Saudi is pursuing as they are attracting not only senior players but also young players which indicates their long strategic plan. According to their plans, the Saudi Pro League will attract the attention of the world in the next few years. While there have been a lot of rumors about player transfers in recent times, there is also some truths. As a result, the Saudi league will continue to get better players from around the world.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

China experienced a failure when the government spent a certain amount of money to fund the expenses of football clubs and clear profits were not obtained because football was not really the most popular sport there, moreover the development of Chinese football clubs could not have success fast enough that's why it would only there is always a loss that can be.
In contrast to the Saudis who are really enthusiastic about being able to advance the development of football there, even the Saudi League so far has always had increasing enthusiasts.
That's why Saudi are able to provide big budgets for football clubs and still survive.

Maybe you don't understand the point of what I'm saying but no problem we just discuss based on opinion yeah it's not easy to understand this situation, I still believe that their main goal is not to make the League famous or anything like that they use football to promote other projects and so far they have succeeded because it has become a worldwide concern and hot news in the media. For now we just enjoy the competition in this league and we have to wait until 2030 to see the results of this project.

[makishart]

Al-Ahli, who are owned by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, are prepared to table a £30million bid for the 32-year-old. This would represent good value for City, given Mahrez's age - and that he has only two years remaining on his contract.
According to Saudi outlet Ariyadhiah, Mahrez has agreed to join Al-Ahli.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/23071356/man-city-riyad-mahrez-transfer-saudi/

Finally, mahrez said yes for al ahli's offer. He will become another player who will be going to the saudi pro league. That's pretty interesting to see treble winner hero for manchester city will leave from EPL and join in the saudi pro league.
A bit curious about what's his motive to leave from city and join in the al ahli but i think that salary would become the main reason for him to join. I have heard a rumor if there was a saudi clubs that's being blocked caused by the club tries to buy 5 chelsea's players at once.

That's so crazy to hear if it that news was true. PIF gonna be so crazy by spending so much money to buy various european players. Mazrez will be playing together with mendy from chelsea and ruben neves from wolves.
Im very happy mahrez deciding to leave from manchester city. Mahrez can start to enjoy his life in al ahli.

[salad daging]

China experienced a failure when the government spent a certain amount of money to fund the expenses of football clubs and clear profits were not obtained because football was not really the most popular sport there, moreover the development of Chinese football clubs could not have success fast enough that's why it would only there is always a loss that can be.
In contrast to the Saudis who are really enthusiastic about being able to advance the development of football there, even the Saudi League so far has always had increasing enthusiasts.
That's why Saudi are able to provide big budgets for football clubs and still survive.

Maybe you don't understand the point of what I'm saying but no problem we just discuss based on opinion yeah it's not easy to understand this situation, I still believe that their main goal is not to make the League famous or anything like that they use football to promote other projects and so far they have succeeded because it has become a worldwide concern and hot news in the media. For now we just enjoy the competition in this league and we have to wait until 2030 to see the results of this project.

There are certain goals to boost their tourism to be more famous through football that has been built at this time, with the upcoming European players of course this is the center of world attention and the media becomes an introduction where the whole world will know about this country and also its league which is now increasingly popular, one of which is the star player Ronaldo and other players.

Obviously we will have to wait a few seasons to see how the Saudi Professional League develops, will it still be as popular as it is now when Ronaldo is gone? Because the center of attention of the Saudi league is Ronaldo.

[LUCKMCFLY]

The Saudis are spending the most to get the players they want. Their financial compensation is something that most players can hardly reject because it is like the highest, they would have received in the whole of their football career. It would definitely put them in a dilemma as to whether they should not do it for the love of the sports or do it for the money. Will he go where the money is or stay as a free agent? I wouldn't judge him if he leaves for Saudi since he is no longer needed in Manchester City.

There are still lots of european clubs interested to sign silva. I think that gonna make nassr feel more difficult to recruit him as a new player.  Saudi pro league has been successfully changing the image of its competition to be potential league in the middle east.
Let's see what kind of answer gonna be given by silva. I think that he will reject it. Remember this if Barcelona and PSG are still interesting to sign silva from manchester city. The way of nassr to get him becomes impossible to happen.
Barcelona may be prepared de jong to be swapped to the bernardo silva while PSG will able to pay him a lot of money like what al nassr gonna do.
So, the conclusion is if silva may not leave from EPL to go to the middle east league as he has still got so many demand to use his service. Silva gonna stay in european league.

The Truth is that it does not Matter if Silva goes to the Saudi League or not, because here everyone is pending, not only in Europe , but they are becoming very interested in Arabia, for me, Since CR7 left , what he did was open the way for the players in Europe to have one more option, an option of where they will have more remuneration and more money for them , where they will not lose level , I have seen that many are doing well , they are generally good players , famous , veterans who already love Europe  They say they can't take it anymore, and look, here in the Saudi League they want them because they obviously have them ready to take advantage of all their technique and their best years to contribute to the league.

Another thing for now they are hiring Players of this style, but I am sure that very soon there will be young players who will not want to go to Europe to play but in Arabia , for this and many other Things that this Saudi league is Having a high llevel , I Admire what the Arabs are doing.

China experienced a failure when the government spent a certain amount of money to fund the expenses of football clubs and clear profits were not obtained because football was not really the most popular sport there, moreover the development of Chinese football clubs could not have success fast enough that's why it would only there is always a loss that can be.
In contrast to the Saudis who are really enthusiastic about being able to advance the development of football there, even the Saudi League so far has always had increasing enthusiasts.
That's why Saudi are able to provide big budgets for football clubs and still survive.

Maybe you don't understand the point of what I'm saying but no problem we just discuss based on opinion yeah it's not easy to understand this situation, I still believe that their main goal is not to make the League famous or anything like that they use football to promote other projects and so far they have succeeded because it has become a worldwide concern and hot news in the media. For now we just enjoy the competition in this league and we have to wait until 2030 to see the results of this project.

There are certain goals to boost their tourism to be more famous through football that has been built at this time, with the upcoming European players of course this is the center of world attention and the media becomes an introduction where the whole world will know about this country and also its league which is now increasingly popular, one of which is the star player Ronaldo and other players.

Obviously we will have to wait a few seasons to see how the Saudi Professional League develops, will it still be as popular as it is now when Ronaldo is gone? Because the center of attention of the Saudi league is Ronaldo.

Well now the Saudi League is on a great rise , it could be said that CR7 opened the doors for other players in the world to see Saudi football as an Option to continue growing in fútbol , not only as a source of big Money but as a real reason for them to be you and have a better chance than even European fútbol , for now veteran players are leaving, famous , but in the near future things are going to change because I know that young players will be attracted to go to Playing in such Interesting fútbol is good Because things going Towards this Change have Made me Grow much more.

Now, here who is winning everything is Saudi Fútbol since they are doing everything possible to bring the technique of those Spanish players to see if the Saudis learn and take all the Techniques they can learn , if we see it from a point of view From a Strategic point of view ,  it is very good and I feel that this way the Saudis can be even bigger.

[AakZaki]

Meanwhile I read in the local media that this season there are 6 European players who have officially moved to the Saudi Arabian League. Maybe it will increase again, because I heard the rumours about Sadio Mane.

Al-Ahli SFC
1. Edouard Mendy
2. Roberto Firmino

Al-Ittihad Club
1. Jota (Celtic)
2. Karim Benzema
3. N'Golo Kante

Al-Nassr FC
1. Marcelo Brozovic

[Pandu Geddon]

Maybe it will increase again, because I heard the rumours about Sadio Mane.

because Tuchel himself said that Mane did not perform as expected last season. this is a big sign that Mane will not be part of Tuchel's plans. and most likely Mane will be released this summer. Moreover, Munich also needs funds to bring in Kane. Of course, the purchase that might be made by the Al Nassr club which is rumored to be interested in pairing Ronaldo with Mane will be an advantage for Munich.
if Mane doesn't get a better offer from another European club that of course must be according to the wishes of Munich. I think a Saudi club like Al Nassr will be a good place for Mane.

[Iranus]

Al Hilal will attempts to buy Galatasaray player Nicolo Zaniolo that it say they are willing to pay 120 millions salary for 4 years and he has contract with Galatasaray until 2027 but this summer he was rumoured to moved from this team because reported Juventus are interested want to bought him from Galatasaray but apparently huge amount of salary which is offered by Al Hilal might be will tempting him to moved to Saudi Pro League and actually Zaniolo has arrived to Galatasaray on Feb this year but he has impressive performance and can able to help Galatasaray to get Turkish league title however Zaniolo is still 24 years old so he still have good potention to playing at european clubs and i think he should be thinking twice to accept the offers from Al Hilal

Saudi clubs are doing their best to improve their league. This is why they are bringing the world's best star players like Ronaldo and Benzema to the Saudi club. At the same time, the Saudi clubs are trying to take various young players from the world. Because they know very well that if the clubs improve, the Saudi national team will improve. They will become more experienced. Al Hilal is trying to move Nicolo Zaniolo to the team. Quite talented player Nicolo Zaniolo. But he is still young. And so Nicolo Zaniolo will probably try to go to a Serie A or Premier League team. If he can't move to a renowned team in the Premier League or Serie A, we'll probably see Nicolo Zaniolo at Al Hilal next season.

They are not bringing the best stay players to the Saudi Professional League, they are bringing players to the league who once used to be the best or one of the best, but are now looking for a big cheque to make their declining years taste even better. They are still far away from bringing the best players into the league who are in their prime time at the date of the transfer. Not sure if anything has ever become public, but I would like to know whether these Saudi clubs also tried their luck with players like Mbappe or Haaland and how much they offered them if they now came to Saudi Arabia Who knows maybe the managers of the players said no immediately when they received a first offer, but it would still be interesting to know if they tried it.

Clubs in Saudi Arabia are trying to add the best players to the squad. Players like Ronaldo and Benzema are very experienced. And Saudi clubs are trying to bring these experienced players to the club. They are not interested in young players. By performing with experienced players, the Saudi Arabian national team players will become more experienced. But if the Saudi League is more developed, maybe in the future we will see young star players also playing in the Saudi League.

[shogun47]

For now you are describing the status quo and the younger high potential talents will try to stay and find their role within a top European club, but what if the Saudi Professional League keeps expanding their top player portfolio, is even willing to spend more money than they already are and in a next step try to establish their own kind of Champions League and subsidize it to a level that no other international competition can compete with? We are not there yet, but I wouldn't vouch for such a scenario being unrealistic. I think it is possible and it only needs some broadcasters who like the idea and show the league on the most prominent channels around the world. That is when the dominant role of European soccer will be at risk.

It is possible that this happens, the Saudi people are good strategist and rich ones too that have the money to do what they plan. Maybe that can be in the stage two of their plans so far to use the new players to start a competition that will attract young players.

Al Ahli that Riyad Mahrez just agreed to join, the team that  Edouard Mendy, Roberto Firmino already joined are also interested in bringing Allan Saint-Maximin from Newcastle who is just 26years of age but very talented as we saw last season whenever he played. He always made defenders against him nervous and is a good player any team would be happy to have.

https://talksport.com/football/1499251/newcastle-allan-saint-maximin-transfer-harvey-barnes/

I wasn't fully updated on the transfers that Al Ahli has done so far, but this sounds like a strategy when actually the average of the players they sign is going down over time. It certainly helps convincing other young players who are very talented to also decide to go their way into this league. Mahrez and Firmino aren't even that old themselves. They are not those 35 years old guys who are frequently injured. They could still play a few years on a very high level and they bring in fanbases as well, which is also part of the strategy to make the league more attractive.