Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[KTChampions]

Al Nassr in the 2 friendly games in which Al Nassr played against teams from Europe had humiliating defeats, first they lost against celta de vigo by 5 - 0, in a game in which Al Nassr did not manage to score at least one goal, in the second game they lost against benfica in a game in which they only scored 1 goal but conceded 4 goals, with these results Al Nassr conceded 9 goals in just 2 games and scored 1 goal only and from now on 2 two days Al Nassr will play against PSG, luckily for Al Nassr and that PSG will not play with mbappe, so I ask:

Could it be that this is Al Nassr's great chance to beat a team from Europe in these friendly games?

currently Al Nassr has the following players that in my opinion are the best in their squad: Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcelo Brozović, Seko Fofana, Anderson Talisca, David Ospina, Telles.

but it is still very insufficient to make them win the Saudi league, I don't know how many foreign players are allowed to be playing on the field, but in my opinion Al Nassr needs to hire more players, especially in the midfield which is where their big problem is, even if you change coach while there is some rule that prevents many foreign players on the field, so these many signings will be of no use, in my opinion the field should only have 3 internal players

Terrible results, but in fairness it should be said that these are not the weakest clubs in Europe (especially Benfica), although more could have been expected in the duel with Celta. I can assume that given the close ties between PSG and Saudi Arabia, the score in this friendly game will be more decent. Something like 3-4 in favor of PSG or even 3-3.

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[tusandii]

The Saudis made very large offers, even European clubs lost financially to Saudi clubs.
But so far, the goals and targets of the Saudi League for the future, in the long term, cannot really be known for certain.

Don't compare Saudi clubs with Europeans because Europe has far earlier had strong clubs and better playing strategies.
But in the future we don't know what will happen, it could be that Saudi Arabia has clubs that can compete with Europe.

You know, it's a long time to get to that point. The maximum that we will be able to see in the near future is friendly matches between Saudi league clubs and European clubs, because by definition they do not qualify for the European Cup. Will they build something of their own, similar to the European cups? Also an interesting question

Yes, everything takes time and the long or fast process to reach a point of success depends on the hard work and effort put in by the Saudi clubs and football associations there.
But nothing is impossible and Saudi could really compete with Europe for football in the future.

To make a big event like the European Cup also seems to have the option to build it because so far the Saudis have many qualified supporting factors.
But this is just a thought and there is not really a bright spot about it.

[Luzin]

To make a big event like the European Cup also seems to have the option to build it because so far the Saudis have many qualified supporting factors.
But this is just a thought and there is not really a bright spot about it.

Naturally, they have good finances. That made them start building a club filled with former world players. Although they are in retirement age, their orientation is not only achievement. It seems that they have a good understanding of the football industry. The arrival of European players certainly increases jersey sales figures. So they are in the period of starting. Maybe it won't take long, the quality of the league will be the same as the European level. This is already a lot of Asian players who are in big European clubs.

[shogun47]

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I guess this is one of the goals, dominate the Asian Champions League, but it won't stop there. They are also drawing a lot of attention to their domestic league as the World Cup 2030 is also on their to do list. But what do the European clubs do when the Saudis decide to launch a super league and simply 10 x the prize pool of what the UEFA is offering in the Champions League? Will there be a threshold where clubs can't say no anymore to a super league? It feels like this is just the beginning of a massive project.

Regardless of the reasons why some Arab Pro League teams spend so much money to recruit top players, the bottom line is that it has attracted a lot of public attention towards them. The Arab Pro League is expected to be more competitive as these teams have built up quality teams with some quality players who used to be top players in European competition, that's good from a competitive standpoint.

It's certainly possible that they are aiming for a bigger move in player transfers, but I think some of their guesses are correct. That's definitely not a problem because they have a lot of investors who are willing to spend a lot of money to build a quality team.

I still see the potential that this could backfire in the future against the SPL when they are trying to maintain or even further raise the quality of the teams. Players get spoiled and they correct their former requirements to play in the SPL. Since everyone now knows that the Arab clubs are willing to pay hundreds of millions in salaries, it will be harder and harder for them to sign players in the future for less. They got a snowball rolling here. Now with the most recent news about Mbappe and the 700 million offering, what are they going to do to convince above average players to go there in the future? I know this is not my problem, but I am trying to build a solid opinion on that as they might have started with their offers to European players that were already too high.

[rendravolt]

Some time ago there were rumors for the Saudi league that there would be another European player and now Al-Ahli has reached a verbal agreement with Newcastle to sign Allan Saint-Maximin. The 26-year-old player seems very interested in the offer made by Al-Ahli and must be willing to end his prime faster from the EPL to the Saudi league. He plays as a left winger and that means it will be a dangerous trio from Al-Ahli with Firmino, Mahrez and Allan Saint-Maximin for next season. His contract runs until 2026 and now it's just a matter of waiting for an official announcement from Al-Ahli for this great transfer.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1683192317207887875

[bering]

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Other than that, I think all of them will continue to do their jobs until the desired targets are met. About Ousmane Dembele, I don't think he will leave Barcelona because he is an important player for Xavi's project and even though he rarely gets minutes due to frequent injuries, I don't think he will rush to go to the saudi league.

Ousmane Dembélé has turned down a proposal from Al-Nassr. I just think he believes that the timing isn't right for such a move. Players who are genuinely focused on their careers wouldn't choose to go there. He feels that he is still too young to make a move like that and it would be more sensible for him to continue playing for Barcelona.

5 years contract with total salary 200 millions this is fantastic offers from Al-Nassr and maybe those who thinking about money will accept this offer but apparently Ousmane Dembele was not interested to moved to Al-Nassr because he want to stay at Barcelona for much longer and Ousmane Dembele is a good player and i have been notice everytime he was playing since the beginning of match Barcelona almost gets the positive results even Xavi always be considering his talent and everytime Dembele in the good fitness Xavi always be putting him into Barcelona starting lineup

Just like i said before that Ousmane Dembele is injured prone and since he joined to Barcelona Dembele could not play full for 1 season due to injury problems moreover he has 1 year remaining contract until season 2024 over and negotiations for a contract extension are also still no progress and Al-Nassr also are willing to pay according to Dembele release clause which is the price is not too high 50 millions but this is still not final decision for Dembele because possibly he will change his mind

[hahay]

To make a big event like the European Cup also seems to have the option to build it because so far the Saudis have many qualified supporting factors.
But this is just a thought and there is not really a bright spot about it.

Naturally, they have good finances. That made them start building a club filled with former world players. Although they are in retirement age, their orientation is not only achievement. It seems that they have a good understanding of the football industry. The arrival of European players certainly increases jersey sales figures. So they are in the period of starting. Maybe it won't take long, the quality of the league will be the same as the European level. This is already a lot of Asian players who are in big European clubs.

Although there are many European stars currently playing in the Saudi Professional League but for me, their quality cannot be compared to the competition in the big European leagues. So yes, the European league still has the main attraction in the world of soccer, and will not be replaced by the Saudi Professional League. Also, at the moment they are still lucky that superstar Ronaldo is still playing there, so the appeal is still great. I just can't imagine if Ronaldo will retire, whether the Saudi Professional League will still be attractive or not.

[freedomgo]

The Saudis made very large offers, even European clubs lost financially to Saudi clubs.
But so far, the goals and targets of the Saudi League for the future, in the long term, cannot really be known for certain.

Don't compare Saudi clubs with Europeans because Europe has far earlier had strong clubs and better playing strategies.
But in the future we don't know what will happen, it could be that Saudi Arabia has clubs that can compete with Europe.

You know, it's a long time to get to that point. The maximum that we will be able to see in the near future is friendly matches between Saudi league clubs and European clubs, because by definition they do not qualify for the European Cup. Will they build something of their own, similar to the European cups? Also an interesting question

Well, everything has its own start and I'm confident enough to say that Saudi League will make its own name in the future and maybe they can expand if they are already successful until we can somehow say that they are competitive enough to play against the top teams in EuroLeague.

Time will tell until they are already ready for that kind of matches because right now, they are still way behind from the clubs in Europe.

[asriloni]

Some time ago there were rumors for the Saudi league that there would be another European player and now Al-Ahli has reached a verbal agreement with Newcastle to sign Allan Saint-Maximin. The 26-year-old player seems very interested in the offer made by Al-Ahli and must be willing to end his prime faster from the EPL to the Saudi league. He plays as a left winger and that means it will be a dangerous trio from Al-Ahli with Firmino, Mahrez and Allan Saint-Maximin for next season. His contract runs until 2026 and now it's just a matter of waiting for an official announcement from Al-Ahli for this great transfer.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1683192317207887875

Is not it just a transfer between the club that being owned by the same company? I meant newcastle and al ahli under PIF. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65813662
I would not be surprised to see that if this transfer is going very smoothly caused by allant saint maximin can come back anytime to the EPL. A bit surprised to see that if he has picked by the club to be sent to the PIF's saudi club.

That's pretty much the same as the transfer between chelsea and strasbourg. Chelsea has also owned a lot of shares from strasbourg.

[marcous]

Although there are many European stars currently playing in the Saudi Professional League but for me, their quality cannot be compared to the competition in the big European leagues. So yes, the European league still has the main attraction in the world of soccer, and will not be replaced by the Saudi Professional League. Also, at the moment they are still lucky that superstar Ronaldo is still playing there, so the appeal is still great. I just can't imagine if Ronaldo will retire, whether the Saudi Professional League will still be attractive or not.

This is true because not all clubs in the Saudi Pro League have star players who have moved from Europe, so this competition cannot be compared to leagues in European countries. Many stages must be passed such as building a good club infrastructure and ending with recruiting star players. Everything takes time, and money will make it a little quicker than usual. Ronaldo deserves to be called a football celebrity because his appeal can make a big impact, if he retires or moves to another league it will certainly reduce the image of the SPL.

It seems that this has been well anticipated, Al Hilal is trying to bring Mbappe to the SPL at a price of 300 million Euros. They plan to hijack it from Real Madrid, Fabrizio Romano said in his tweet that Al Hilal had made an official offer.

[indah rezqi]

Some time ago there were rumors for the Saudi league that there would be another European player and now Al-Ahli has reached a verbal agreement with Newcastle to sign Allan Saint-Maximin. The 26-year-old player seems very interested in the offer made by Al-Ahli and must be willing to end his prime faster from the EPL to the Saudi league. He plays as a left winger and that means it will be a dangerous trio from Al-Ahli with Firmino, Mahrez and Allan Saint-Maximin for next season. His contract runs until 2026 and now it's just a matter of waiting for an official announcement from Al-Ahli for this great transfer.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1683192317207887875

Yes it is true that he will move from Newcastle to Al Ahli, but with the same club owner Muhammed Bin Salman. As you said the Mahrez-Fermino-Saint Maximin duo will be one of the best in SPL, i think SPL top scorer next season will be a highlight after several clubs signed former European stars. The latest news is that Al Hilal has officially made an offer to PSG Management for a fantastic price, which is around 300 million, of course this will make it difficult for Real Madrid desire to take him to the Santiago Bernabeu.

But i think this is just to attract media attention, Mbappe seems less interested in playing in the SPL. He still has a long time to play there, winning several other prestigious trophies in Europe such as the Champions League is a target that has not been achieved. Joining Madrid would make his dream one step further, rather than staying at PSG.

[LGD2Business]

Finally, the riddle of Romain Saiss is solved. Finally, a formula was found for Saiss, who wasn't happy with the team and wanted to leave, and Al-Sadd SC bought him for 2.5 million Euro. We can say that a good transfer fee is received for a player who has reached the age of 33. Beşiktaş thought they could make more money from him, but the expected offers never came. Let's say thank you for that, he could've gone with no fee at the end of the season. It's necessary to get rid of such players as soon as possible because they disrupt the order of the team.

[baeva]

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You know, it's a long time to get to that point. The maximum that we will be able to see in the near future is friendly matches between Saudi league clubs and European clubs, because by definition they do not qualify for the European Cup. Will they build something of their own, similar to the European cups? Also an interesting question

i noticed that the Arab League is trying to build branding that is on par with the European League because many of the Saudi Arabian teams are currently buying top players in the European League at very high prices, will this phenomenon stop? i'm sure it won't be because there will be more and more teams in the Arab League who buy Europe's top players, the very shocking news is that Sadio Mane continues to be linked with Al Nassr, if Mane officially moves to the Arab League then all the attention of football fans will be on the Arab League.

Sadio Mane isn't the most star player, so the claim that people's attention will be on the Saudi league is over exaggerated. Furthermore, people will still actively watch the European league and the SPL will be followed by watching the score after the match is over, that's it, that's the whole result. All they've achieved so far is that their league is at least known about

[temple]

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You know, it's a long time to get to that point. The maximum that we will be able to see in the near future is friendly matches between Saudi league clubs and European clubs, because by definition they do not qualify for the European Cup. Will they build something of their own, similar to the European cups? Also an interesting question

i noticed that the Arab League is trying to build branding that is on par with the European League because many of the Saudi Arabian teams are currently buying top players in the European League at very high prices, will this phenomenon stop? i'm sure it won't be because there will be more and more teams in the Arab League who buy Europe's top players, the very shocking news is that Sadio Mane continues to be linked with Al Nassr, if Mane officially moves to the Arab League then all the attention of football fans will be on the Arab League.

Sadio Mane isn't the most star player, so the claim that people's attention will be on the Saudi league is over exaggerated. Furthermore, people will still actively watch the European league and the SPL will be followed by watching the score after the match is over, that's it, that's the whole result. All they've achieved so far is that their league is at least known about

But to be fair they had to start somewhere and I think this is the start of whatever their plans are. I was not thinking that much about the league, but I think they could become more relevant if they continuously bring in new superstars from all over the world. I think the same that most people only check the results and maybe look whether someone scored important goals and how many, but so far it is not like the majority is following the league like they would follow other leagues, although this is just an assumption on my part. So most likely the goal is to make the league more attractive in the next few years.

They have indirectly announced that a lot more money is available to be spent on new players over the next years and that there is a spending plan until 2030, wich coincides with their plan to host the world cup. It's quite impressive how they are pursuing their plans to make their league more interesting and turn Saudi Arabia into a soccer hub.

[Iroh]

Well, everything has its own start and I'm confident enough to say that Saudi League will make its own name in the future and maybe they can expand if they are already successful until we can somehow say that they are competitive enough to play against the top teams in EuroLeague.

Time will tell until they are already ready for that kind of matches because right now, they are still way behind from the clubs in Europe.

All the top competitive leagues today started from somewhere and the Saudi league is no different. I too believe they’re on the path to making a name for themselves in the game of football. Any league needs money and the Saudi league has lots of money. They could afford to try and lure in any player they want with irresistible offers and have so far been really successful in that aspect.

They’re still far behind compared to other top leagues in terms of level of competition and quality of players but they’re quickly gaining traction with new and popular signings into the league.

[rahmad2nd]

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Other than that, I think all of them will continue to do their jobs until the desired targets are met. About Ousmane Dembele, I don't think he will leave Barcelona because he is an important player for Xavi's project and even though he rarely gets minutes due to frequent injuries, I don't think he will rush to go to the saudi league.

Ousmane Dembélé has turned down a proposal from Al-Nassr. I just think he believes that the timing isn't right for such a move. Players who are genuinely focused on their careers wouldn't choose to go there. He feels that he is still too young to make a move like that and it would be more sensible for him to continue playing for Barcelona.

To be honest, it seems that I missed a lot of new information. in fact, I don't know if Dembele also received an offer from a Saudi club. and if these rumors are true, I'm pretty sure Dembele will turn it down to play in this league competition. in fact, the player has said his love for Barcelona. yep, as Romano has reported in the last few weeks. Previously, there were rumors that Enrique would hijack Barcelona players to join PSG. however, the player is not interested in leaving Barcelona. in fact, PSG offered a high salary offer. no doubt like Al Nassr, of course they lure fantastic salaries.
unfortunately, the player is more comfortable playing with his current club. in fact, he still has a long career in Europe's top leagues. However, what I should appreciate is that these Saudi clubs do not hesitate to recruit players who are aged below 30+.

Now, what has become a hot topic of discussion is Al Hilal's offer to PSG for Mbappe. it seems, they are really serious about bringing in top European players. I really can't stop thinking, that the money they spend is not a small amount. but whatever it is, I really appreciate it and hopefully the development of football in Saudi will increase in the not too distant future.

[Docnaster]

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Other than that, I think all of them will continue to do their jobs until the desired targets are met. About Ousmane Dembele, I don't think he will leave Barcelona because he is an important player for Xavi's project and even though he rarely gets minutes due to frequent injuries, I don't think he will rush to go to the saudi league.

Ousmane Dembélé has turned down a proposal from Al-Nassr. I just think he believes that the timing isn't right for such a move. Players who are genuinely focused on their careers wouldn't choose to go there. He feels that he is still too young to make a move like that and it would be more sensible for him to continue playing for Barcelona.

To be honest, it seems that I missed a lot of new information. in fact, I don't know if Dembele also received an offer from a Saudi club. and if these rumors are true, I'm pretty sure Dembele will turn it down to play in this league competition. in fact, the player has said his love for Barcelona. yep, as Romano has reported in the last few weeks. Previously, there were rumors that Enrique would hijack Barcelona players to join PSG. however, the player is not interested in leaving Barcelona. in fact, PSG offered a high salary offer. no doubt like Al Nassr, of course they lure fantastic salaries.
unfortunately, the player is more comfortable playing with his current club. in fact, he still has a long career in Europe's top leagues. However, what I should appreciate is that these Saudi clubs do not hesitate to recruit players who are aged below 30+.

Now, what has become a hot topic of discussion is Al Hilal's offer to PSG for Mbappe. it seems, they are really serious about bringing in top European players. I really can't stop thinking, that the money they spend is not a small amount. but whatever it is, I really appreciate it and hopefully the development of football in Saudi will increase in the not too distant future.

If not for his contact injuries, Ousmane Dembele is one of the best players of his age not just in Spain but also in Europe. His electrifying pace and footwork ranks among the current best in Europe and that is very wise of him to reject an offer to leave European football and join the Saudi Arabian League.
Dembele knows that Barcelona with their current financial crises needs a player of his qualities to remain at the club and help them find their feat again

[AakZaki]

Now there are rumors of a return transfer from the Saudi league team, namely Al-Hilal, who have agreed terms with Aleksandar Mitrović from Fulham. Even the Fulham coach also confirmed that Aleksandar Mitrović is not working in the squad. It seems that the mainstay striker for the Serbian national team is also starting to be interested in the big salary offered by Al-Hilal and as we know he is still 28 years old and that is the same age as Ruben Neves who first joined Al-Hilal some time ago. It looks like the Saudi league will continue to have European players coming in and this time Aleksandar Mitrović, who arrived in his prime, also decided to end his career in Europe sooner.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1682858153585659906

Money seems to make an attraction for players to move. I don't like this, although maybe it's Saudi Arabia's attempt to make football better. But just look like Oscar, Hulk when he was young he went to Asia and they seemed to be missing in the best game. They are quite good with the club but their level is different. I don't mind if the players move on at the age end of a career like Ronaldo. He worked hard in Europe, after not many clubs wanted him to move to Asia. With such a young age, they should have worked hard in Europe first.

[Doell]

It seems that this has been well anticipated, Al Hilal is trying to bring Mbappe to the SPL at a price of 300 million Euros. They plan to hijack it from Real Madrid, Fabrizio Romano said in his tweet that Al Hilal had made an official offer.

Wow if it's true, then it is very likely PSG will sell Mbappe to the Al Ahli club, because at the moment only they which are to make such a big offer. Although there is still a possibility Mbappe might choose to stay at Paris by signing extend his contract with PSG, rather than being released to Saudi because the PSG deadline to Mbappe is still a few days away. But considering Mbappe current tense situation with PSG, I became doubtful he will extend his contract.

[Ndabagi01]

This is true because not all clubs in the Saudi Pro League have star players who have moved from Europe, so this competition cannot be compared to leagues in European countries. Many stages must be passed such as building a good club infrastructure and ending with recruiting star players. Everything takes time, and money will make it a little quicker than usual. Ronaldo deserves to be called a football celebrity because his appeal can make a big impact, if he retires or moves to another league it will certainly reduce the image of the SPL.

Ronaldo is the cause for SPL's fame, and his arrival at the Saudi club has piqued the interest of many other players. This is a celebrity effect, and Saudi Arabia will be pleased that they were able to sign him to play in the Saudi Professional League. Players who are getting older and are no longer appreciated as much in European football and are hoping to retire in a small club with a low pay have been influenced to join clubs with high salaries even at their age.

It seems that this has been well anticipated, Al Hilal is trying to bring Mbappe to the SPL at a price of 300 million Euros. They plan to hijack it from Real Madrid, Fabrizio Romano said in his tweet that Al Hilal had made an official offer.

They are not planning to hijack him from Real Madrid, but rather to assist PSG in not losing too much money if they are unable to sell him this transfer season, as well as to assist Mbappe in staying fit rather than sitting on the bench for next season, and to save Real Madrid from selling some important players in order to bring Mbappe this season. Al-Hillal, in my opinion, is doing Real Madrid a huge favour by agreeing to give Mbappe the option of joining Real Madrid on a free transfer after one year with them.