Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Slow death]

It seems that the Arabs are not kidding, they have already made big signings for their league and have not stopped, now I see this news:

Former OL striker Moussa Dembélé will join Saudi side Al Ettifaq

Dembélé agreed four year deal with Steven Gerrard’s team, medical will be in UK then deal will be sealed

Jordan Henderson will join soon then Dembélé and Club Brugge’s Jack Hendry will sign for Ettifaq too.

source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CvF2hW4Iacp/

I'm still wondering if these Arab league teams manage to make a lot of profit after spending so much money on hiring these players and the expenses with these high salaries and I'm also wondering how the local players are feeling when they see these big contracts and salaries they are making with foreign players while the domestic ones seem to me that they don't earn anything compared to the salaries of foreigners, will this really work? this is something i've been asking myself since yesterday

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.

playing in a league that is not at a high level will not help mbappe at all, just see in these friendlies how the arab teams are losing even with lower teams in europe, the difference in level is very high, in addition these threats by PSG to put mbappe on the bench will not harm mbappe, on the contrary they will harm psg, because he will be paying salary to mbappe even without playing and without a doubt that psg without mbappe won't win the Ligue 1, that is, the mbappe doesn't need to sign anything with the Arabs and psg will be forced to put him in the field so they don't lose the Ligue 1

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[Volgastallion]

What a shit an a non sense it was that offer to Mbappe, i really dislike this kind of _"new" football, so much money involved without reason, only greed and business, i know football its a busines since 1990 but come on, this its so much.

Its gonna flood and cause a mass inflation on football.

[Docnaster]

What a shit an a non sense it was that offer to Mbappe, i really dislike this kind of _"new" football, so much money involved without reason, only greed and business, i know football its a busines since 1990 but come on, this its so much.

Its gonna flood and cause a mass inflation on football.

The Saudi Arabian League organisers already knows that quality football of the modern day depends on how much clubs are willing to offer to big players and that's why they're very ready to financially buy their way in to becoming one of the best leagues in the world right now.
Days are gone when footballers plays for the love of the beautiful game of football rather they now play for the love of how much is placed on the table and that's not gonna change anytime soon

[Google+]

What a shit an a non sense it was that offer to Mbappe, i really dislike this kind of _"new" football, so much money involved without reason, only greed and business, i know football its a busines since 1990 but come on, this its so much.

Its gonna flood and cause a mass inflation on football.

I think it's quite natural for PSG to set a high price for their player because Mbappe is one of the highest quality stickers. So far we have seen Al Hilal submit their first offer for PSG after PSG listed Mbappe as a player for sale in this transfer market.

There have even been several teams that have sent their offers regarding their interest in recruiting Mbappe. But so far only Al hillal has sent a bid that is quite high, namely € 300 million to bring in Mbappe. Real madrid appear to have yet to submit their first proposal to sign Mbappe.

[Leviathan.007]

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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.

A player like Ousmane Dembélé will never join the Saudi teams at this time when he can play in a top European team and earn achievements with his team. In fact, Dembélé is still young and he is in a situation to think about the Arabian team in the next years but not now when he is in the good with 26y old.

[Iroh]

What a shit an a non sense it was that offer to Mbappe, i really dislike this kind of _"new" football, so much money involved without reason, only greed and business, i know football its a busines since 1990 but come on, this its so much.

Its gonna flood and cause a mass inflation on football.

I must admit, the offer for Mbappe is insane. Generally, the monies that is being spent to entice and bring in quality players from other clubs is really much. That's the high price to pay when you're serious about increasing the reputation and the competition in the league and the Saudis are willing to pay that price. You mentioned it yourself, football is business and the Saudis have got the money to invest.

I wouldn't get so worried about all that so soon. While they could offer irresistible amounts of money to try and lure in players, I believe not everyone would be willing to make the move over there. Money is a great motivator but it doesn't motivate or sway everyone to make the move over to the Saudi league.

[Leviathan.007]

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.

I think after this season when the Abarian teams spend too much money for hiring the players they need, we are likely to see the salary of players increase since there will be a lot of demand from the Saudi team, which is something European teams do not want to see their players ask for more money.

[borovichok]

A player like Ousmane Dembélé will never join the Saudi teams at this time when he can play in a top European team and earn achievements with his team. In fact, Dembélé is still young and he is in a situation to think about the Arabian team in the next years but not now when he is in the good with 26y old.

Saudi clubs have made proposals for Barcelona's frontline, but the player has said he intends to stay and develop step by step with the club. Ousmane Dembele is an important frontline player at Camp Nou; he has ambitions to win major trophies with his current club but has no plans to leave. Ousmane Dembele is appreciated by Xavi, and he will continue to see regular game time as long as he maintains his fitness and is not prone to injuries. I don't see anything that would cause him to go so quickly. He understands his teammates, skills and knows when and how to dribble his opponents.

[Sithara007]

A player like Ousmane Dembélé will never join the Saudi teams at this time when he can play in a top European team and earn achievements with his team. In fact, Dembélé is still young and he is in a situation to think about the Arabian team in the next years but not now when he is in the good with 26y old.

Never say never.

Ousmane Dembélé is currently playing for Barcelona, and his salary is just around £17million per year. Al Nassr was offering him more than twice his existing salary, at €200 million for 5 years (€40 million per year). But then, the salary offered by the Saudi club was lower, when compared to those offered to some of the other European players. Dembélé has turned down the offer for now, but if he gets a sweetened offer then I am sure that he will seriously consider about it. And it is not just the salary. An opportunity to paly with Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcelo Brozović and Talisca is also quite exciting.

[asriloni]

What a shit an a non sense it was that offer to Mbappe, i really dislike this kind of _"new" football, so much money involved without reason, only greed and business, i know football its a busines since 1990 but come on, this its so much.

Well, that's happening now. It's not only in our imagination but arabian was destroying the price of football players with their money. I must admit that if they are richest people in the world but football business seems changed a lot.
Big transfers like this make European clubs want to sell their players for high prices to earn money from their competitors. The PSG transfer has been triggering a lot of team saw 100 millions as common price for the player. I think that another shit show like this gonna inflated the price of footballers in the european league too.

Its gonna flood and cause a mass inflation on football.

True and that's what im thinking about. The inflation can't be avoided caused by any team wanna seek money as much as they can from selling their players.

[MusaMohamed]

Never say never.

We can say it with very ambitious and successful players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi but even they decided to leave Europe and surprisingly joined Saudi Professional League and MLS. With non ambitious players like Dembele, it is more impossible.

Ousmane Dembélé is currently playing for Barcelona, and his salary is just around £17million per year. Al Nassr was offering him more than twice his existing salary, at €200 million for 5 years (€40 million per year). But then, the salary offered by the Saudi club was lower, when compared to those offered to some of the other European players. Dembélé has turned down the offer for now, but if he gets a sweetened offer then I am sure that he will seriously consider about it. And it is not just the salary. An opportunity to paly with Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcelo Brozović and Talisca is also quite exciting.

Clubs in Saudi Arabia will not have to pay too high transfer cost for Dembele to convince Barcelona let him go. They even don't have to send too good offers like the one from Al Hilal to Mbappe to convince Dembele. So Dembele is a possible transfer for Saudi Arabian clubs in this summer especially if he stays in Barcelona or Europe with any big club, he will not certainly win more titles but one thing to be sure, he will receive less money from his salary.

[Sithara007]

Clubs in Saudi Arabia will not have to pay too high transfer cost for Dembele to convince Barcelona let him go. They even don't have to send too good offers like the one from Al Hilal to Mbappe to convince Dembele. So Dembele is a possible transfer for Saudi Arabian clubs in this summer especially if he stays in Barcelona or Europe with any big club, he will not certainly win more titles but one thing to be sure, he will receive less money from his salary.

Al Nassr offered more than 2x salary that he is getting right now, but Dembélé thinks that he should get even more. I would not blame him. We have seen the crazy offers being made by Saudi clubs to players like Marcelo Brozović. Anyway, Dembélé is likely to stay with Barca for at least one more season. He is either waiting for a better offer from Saudi, or want to take advantage of the player drain from Europe towards Saudi Arabia. These big offers being made by Saudi clubs are beneficial for players on both the sides. Even those who don't want to move to Saudi can now demand better salary and perks from their existing clubs. 

[Vaskiy]

What a shit an a non sense it was that offer to Mbappe, i really dislike this kind of _"new" football, so much money involved without reason, only greed and business, i know football its a busines since 1990 but come on, this its so much.

Its gonna flood and cause a mass inflation on football.

These days football leagues have gained importance and it is in a transition level from one part of the world to the rest of the world. By the time Saudi Arabia have decided to take advantage of the scenario and making use of the opportunity. As mentioned this would cause big inflation in football. Already we've seen it happening with the European Football Clubs. For some time period European Clubs enjoyed and now Saudi Arabia Pro League clubs have begun to pour good sum of money into big players. Maybe after few decades this could happen somewhere else.

[Polkeins]

What a shit an a non sense it was that offer to Mbappe, i really dislike this kind of _"new" football, so much money involved without reason, only greed and business, i know football its a busines since 1990 but come on, this its so much.

Its gonna flood and cause a mass inflation on football.

I think a lot of people agree with you, but these are the times. Garden clubs have huge money and now they want to spend it not in Europe, as in the case of PSG or Manchester City, but in their own country and it is logical that having left billions in Europe, now they want to spend this money in the country, so I think we will see more than one such transfer.

As for 300 million for Mbappe, it's certainly a lot of money, but at one time they paid 200 for Neymar and now they are ready to pay Ronaldo the same amount as a salary for a year.
I don't think the quality of soccer will grow from this, rather the opposite, in a couple of years Saudi clubs will sell off the same players, but for less money.

[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

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.

It is true that all these teams are linked with PIF and that is indeed a fact that makes all transfers easier for saudi league teams to be able to get European players. But what surprised me is that Allan Saint-Maximin is still quite young and he is also very happy with the money he will be making in those 3 years.

Maybe it will be later for Newcastle if they want to bring him again, but in that time everything can change and it is not certain that there will be other European clubs who will offer a contract. I think Allan Saint-Maximin might have decided not to pursue anything for European competition and if we look at it even though he could be in the champions league next season if he wants to stay at newcastle.

[Lordhermes]

The league is getting more attention  daily, more players are coming through. and by the end of the transfer market, the league would be full of potential from Europe.

mbappa parents should disown him if he reject such huge amount of money for just a year contract, its insane to reject it for trophy and personal recognition. he should go for the money, football is now a business for more money. no passion again, he could get the contract and sign for Real madrid next year. than to stay in Psg where there is no more love for him, from the fans down to the management.

[RaltcoinsB]

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.

I think Mbappe is not close to signing a contract with Paris. Now I am almost certain that he will go outside of France and play for Real Madrid next year. He achieved great success in his adventure in France. He proved to be one of the best in the world. At Real Madrid, he should be preparing to do more. Let's see if Mbappe will come to SPL.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

I think it's quite natural for PSG to set a high price for their player because Mbappe is one of the highest quality stickers. So far we have seen Al Hilal submit their first offer for PSG after PSG listed Mbappe as a player for sale in this transfer market.

There have even been several teams that have sent their offers regarding their interest in recruiting Mbappe. But so far only Al hillal has sent a bid that is quite high, namely € 300 million to bring in Mbappe. Real madrid appear to have yet to submit their first proposal to sign Mbappe.

Do you think Real Madrid will bid higher than 300 million? I don't believe Madrid can do it obviously they would choose another player as an alternative even Real Madrid can bring in 3 great players at once    If this news is true then Al hilal will get Mbappe because there will be no other club willing to bid higher, unless rumors of Madrid and Mbappe having reached a personal agreement then there is no other option for any club. I personally believe that Madrid have secured Mbappe through clandestine talks that's why they didn't react anything to Mbappe's news, including the high bid submitted by Al hilal.

[shogun47]

I think it's quite natural for PSG to set a high price for their player because Mbappe is one of the highest quality stickers. So far we have seen Al Hilal submit their first offer for PSG after PSG listed Mbappe as a player for sale in this transfer market.

There have even been several teams that have sent their offers regarding their interest in recruiting Mbappe. But so far only Al hillal has sent a bid that is quite high, namely € 300 million to bring in Mbappe. Real madrid appear to have yet to submit their first proposal to sign Mbappe.

Do you think Real Madrid will bid higher than 300 million? I don't believe Madrid can do it obviously they would choose another player as an alternative even Real Madrid can bring in 3 great players at once    If this news is true then Al hilal will get Mbappe because there will be no other club willing to bid higher, unless rumors of Madrid and Mbappe having reached a personal agreement then there is no other option for any club. I personally believe that Madrid have secured Mbappe through clandestine talks that's why they didn't react anything to Mbappe's news, including the high bid submitted by Al hilal.

The 300 million are only half of the story or even less than half. Let's assume for a moment that Real Madrid offers 330 million and 40 million in salary, I think the issue is still there because for Mbappe the transfer fee is irrelevant. he has to make a decision whether he wants to become a billionaire within a single year (if you add on top what he already has) or whether he wants to go to Real Madrid for a tiny cut of what Al-Hilal is offering. I am only doing the calculations here, it is not that I think 40 million or 50 million wouldn't be much or enough, but it is a tiny cut of what Al-Hilal offers him and I think if he plays in Saudi Arabia, the salary is net after tax. In Spain any salary he gets will have to be taxed.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

The 300 million are only half of the story or even less than half. Let's assume for a moment that Real Madrid offers 330 million and 40 million in salary, I think the issue is still there because for Mbappe the transfer fee is irrelevant. he has to make a decision whether he wants to become a billionaire within a single year (if you add on top what he already has) or whether he wants to go to Real Madrid for a tiny cut of what Al-Hilal is offering. I am only doing the calculations here, it is not that I think 40 million or 50 million wouldn't be much or enough, but it is a tiny cut of what Al-Hilal offers him and I think if he plays in Saudi Arabia, the salary is net after tax. In Spain any salary he gets will have to be taxed.

The problem is we don't know what Mbappe wants yet is he really chasing money? if yes then Al Hilal is the solution but what if he pursues a career? obviously Real Madrid is the solution, in general all top players will pursue career first then money therefore I doubt if Mbappe will choose Al Hilal. I'm not a Mbappe fan so it doesn't matter to me wherever he plays it's just that I'm interested in following this drama, I wonder if talented young players prefer money over career. If he was me then I would choose a career then at the end of the career I would make money