Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[borovichok]

I do think that for Mo Salah, he is more of a loyal player. He knows how important his role is at Liverpool and would not want to leave the gap unfilled mostly as they still are struggling to be on top of the their league.
I don't think it's about the money for him, else he would have jumped at the first instance of an open check or a wage bigger than Ronaldo's.

Salah is yet at the peak of his career, he can't be compared to Ronaldo that has literally almost played in the world major leagues and with more titles and accomplishment that he, Salah can only dream of still.

Rejecting bids from SPL have turn to become a regular routine for European players specifically the big names. Jurgen Klopp have no found the backup replacement for Mohammed Salah yet, more reason the Egyptian is not leaving them anytime soon, he's here to play for the club for years. Mohammed Salah plays an important role in Liverpool and exiting Anfield to settle for Saudi Pro League is definitely not included in his current plans. Salah admires Europe football and he will continue to play in the Reds jersey until he decides if he will extend his contract with Liverpool or take a shocking move to SPL.

[QueenVera]

This story was reported by many news outlets that Karim Benzema has been having a frosty relationship with the Portuguese manager. That was how Rudi Garcia was sacked as Al Nassr because of the misunderstanding he was having with Cristiano Ronaldo. These coaches should know that some players need to be tolerated because they are very expensive and the club will not want to lose them for anything.

It is believed that Nuno Santos was not consulted about the signing of Benzema and the French striker didn't fit in his plans and this didn't go well with Benzema. There were also speculations that the former coach of Al Ittihad didn't want Benzema to be the captain of the team. It became clear every day their differences were irreconcilable so one person needed to leave the club. The poor performance of the club made the coach the victim and so he was used as the sacrificial lamb.

United Arab Emirates club Al Ain coach Alfred Schreuder has resigned from the club after spending just a few months. It is believed that the Dutch coach with replace Nuno Santos. For now, Al Ittihad's assistant coach Hassan Khalifa will be in charge of the club.

New signings and putting the team in a dilemma of evicting and retaining one out of two options. When the situation happened with Ronaldo, it was said that it's cos of his influence, money and capacity. Now it's Benzema's turn, what will be said. For me I'd blame Saudi league because the teams are trying all their possible best to be recognized.
 
 Al Nassr before Ronaldo joined weren't heard about,  All of a sudden, they're talked about occasionally, It's rumoured that the league wants to secure a spot in the UEFA champions league and they shouldn't be blamed for doing all it takes to make meaning, they'd rather do away with those that doesn't really matter and retain those that actually do matter, It's kind of life's lifestyle, no doubt every team there, if in that situation will do the same as Al Nassr had done or even worse, It's all for a purpose
I don't know but likely in the coming months, we should expect to see more of these occurrences.

[shogun47]

I do think that for Mo Salah, he is more of a loyal player. He knows how important his role is at Liverpool and would not want to leave the gap unfilled mostly as they still are struggling to be on top of the their league.
I don't think it's about the money for him, else he would have jumped at the first instance of an open check or a wage bigger than Ronaldo's.

Salah is yet at the peak of his career, he can't be compared to Ronaldo that has literally almost played in the world major leagues and with more titles and accomplishment that he, Salah can only dream of still.

Rejecting bids from SPL have turn to become a regular routine for European players specifically the big names. Jurgen Klopp have no found the backup replacement for Mohammed Salah yet, more reason the Egyptian is not leaving them anytime soon, he's here to play for the club for years. Mohammed Salah plays an important role in Liverpool and exiting Anfield to settle for Saudi Pro League is definitely not included in his current plans. Salah admires Europe football and he will continue to play in the Reds jersey until he decides if he will extend his contract with Liverpool or take a shocking move to SPL.

But I think the rejections of bids never goes without consequences and when Liverpool rejected that bid, they did some calculations what it would cost them to find and pay a new player for Salah and whether it would be possible. But I think Liverpool went to Salah and perhaps raised his salary by a lot to make him have an easier decision to not put Liverpool under pressure to force them into the transaction. But time is running and Liverpool will have to look for new players, whether they want it or not.

[temple]

I do think that for Mo Salah, he is more of a loyal player. He knows how important his role is at Liverpool and would not want to leave the gap unfilled mostly as they still are struggling to be on top of the their league.
I don't think it's about the money for him, else he would have jumped at the first instance of an open check or a wage bigger than Ronaldo's.

Salah is yet at the peak of his career, he can't be compared to Ronaldo that has literally almost played in the world major leagues and with more titles and accomplishment that he, Salah can only dream of still.

When I read your post I really wondered whether you could be right, but so many decisions in the football world led me to believe that all what counts is the money. As far as I know it was Liverpool who denied the offer and not the player who was still under contract, so there wasn't much that Salah could have done against it. It is a fact that he is still at the peak of his career and it would have been a pity had he left Liverpool to go to Saudi Arabia only because of the money, but if Liverpool didn't have a choice but to sell him because of his contract duration, I think he would have been gone by now.

[Hirose UK]

I do think that for Mo Salah, he is more of a loyal player. He knows how important his role is at Liverpool and would not want to leave the gap unfilled mostly as they still are struggling to be on top of the their league.
I don't think it's about the money for him, else he would have jumped at the first instance of an open check or a wage bigger than Ronaldo's.

Salah is yet at the peak of his career, he can't be compared to Ronaldo that has literally almost played in the world major leagues and with more titles and accomplishment that he, Salah can only dream of still.

Rejecting bids from SPL have turn to become a regular routine for European players specifically the big names. Jurgen Klopp have no found the backup replacement for Mohammed Salah yet, more reason the Egyptian is not leaving them anytime soon, he's here to play for the club for years. Mohammed Salah plays an important role in Liverpool and exiting Anfield to settle for Saudi Pro League is definitely not included in his current plans. Salah admires Europe football and he will continue to play in the Reds jersey until he decides if he will extend his contract with Liverpool or take a shocking move to SPL.

Mohammed Salah rejected an offer from the Saudi team some time ago, he even stated that he wanted to stay and be able to have his final achievement for Liverpool because Mohammed Salah position for Liverpool is also very important, even play very well.
The big contribution that Mohammed Salah has made to Liverpool might make Jurgen Klopp reluctant to just let him go and there is possibility that contract extension will occur.

But there are several rumors circulating that Mohammed Salah has big chance of moving to Saudi next season, but we don't know whether these rumors are true or not because Mohammed Salah himself has stated that he will not play for the Saudi team.
It just that this is wasted opportunity for Mohammed Salah to be able to earn large amounts of money while growing in Saudi because we can also see that several top European players have become stars and have better achievements when they move to Saudi.

[Jody.Drummer]

Al Hilal vs Al Taawon
This is a match that will be very interesting from both clubs, because the performance of these two clubs is a club that can inhabit the top 4, yes even though we know Al Hilal's performance is better than Al Taawon. But even so, that doesn't mean this will be an easy match for Al Hilal to win. For Al Taawon itself, this is an opportunity for them to improve their position in the standings after week 13 Al Ahli can only draw. If Al Taawon win then they will be able to shift Al Ahli's position which is ranked 3rd.

[slapper]

I do think that for Mo Salah, he is more of a loyal player. He knows how important his role is at Liverpool and would not want to leave the gap unfilled mostly as they still are struggling to be on top of the their league.
I don't think it's about the money for him, else he would have jumped at the first instance of an open check or a wage bigger than Ronaldo's.

Salah is yet at the peak of his career, he can't be compared to Ronaldo that has literally almost played in the world major leagues and with more titles and accomplishment that he, Salah can only dream of still.

Rejecting bids from SPL have turn to become a regular routine for European players specifically the big names. Jurgen Klopp have no found the backup replacement for Mohammed Salah yet, more reason the Egyptian is not leaving them anytime soon, he's here to play for the club for years. Mohammed Salah plays an important role in Liverpool and exiting Anfield to settle for Saudi Pro League is definitely not included in his current plans. Salah admires Europe football and he will continue to play in the Reds jersey until he decides if he will extend his contract with Liverpool or take a shocking move to SPL.

Mohammed Salah rejected an offer from the Saudi team some time ago, he even stated that he wanted to stay and be able to have his final achievement for Liverpool because Mohammed Salah position for Liverpool is also very important, even play very well.
The big contribution that Mohammed Salah has made to Liverpool might make Jurgen Klopp reluctant to just let him go and there is possibility that contract extension will occur.

But there are several rumors circulating that Mohammed Salah has big chance of moving to Saudi next season, but we don't know whether these rumors are true or not because Mohammed Salah himself has stated that he will not play for the Saudi team.
It just that this is wasted opportunity for Mohammed Salah to be able to earn large amounts of money while growing in Saudi because we can also see that several top European players have become stars and have better achievements when they move to Saudi.

There are a lot of rumours going around about Salah's move, and each rumour builds on the last. I'm firmly pointing out the difference between what Salah has said in public about staying with Liverpool and what so-called "reliable sources" have said. It seems like no one is aware of how loyal the player is or that he just renewed his deal, which makes him one of the highest-paid players at Anfield. This talk about missing out on a "great chance" by not joining a Saudi team seems to take away from the professional and personal reasons why a player makes their choice. People don't seem to care about how committed a player is to his club, as if money should be the only thing that matters in his job

[len01]

Al-Nassr may be slightly affected but we know they still have great players who can still be relied on in Asian competitions for example, the collaboration between Talisca and Sadio Mane will be a threat to any team. The most important thing is that Ronaldo is still with Al-Nassr in the upcoming important match when Al-Hilal vs Al-Nassr on December 2, this match will prove who is the strongest between these two teams and Ronaldo's contribution is certainly very much needed because Al-Hilal also has star players.

predicting Al Nassr match which will play away against Al Hilal and from the history of meetings between the two teams when competing, Al Hilal can always beat Al Nassr, but at that time there were no Ronaldo and Mane.
after Ronaldo arrival it got a little better and followed by the arrival of Mane on the front line, Al Nassr was able to beat Al Hilal 1x and from this we can conclude that Al Nassr chances of winning are possible but it is also possible that the match will end in a draw because from the start of the season until today Al Hilal has not been defeated and the only bad thing that Al Hilal has experienced is ending in a draw.

there are 2 chances in the upcoming match between Al Nassr winning or ending in a draw.

[Strongkored]

Al-Ahli failed to maintain its lead after being held to a draw by host Damac with the same score of 2-2. I thought this would be a landslide victory for Al-Ahli because they were ahead in the first half with 2 goals. But it seems that as the host, Damac didn't want to give up and didn't want to accept the result until in the end they managed to equalize in the 73rd minute and also in the 90+1 minute. Al-Ahli would have almost gotten 3 points if Damac had not scored a goal in the minute of injury time and with this result Al-Ahli failed to match the points tally with Al-Nassr in the standings.

Al Ahli threw away the opportunity to still have a small point difference with Al Nassr because this draw would make the competition for the title even more intense between Al Hilal and Al Nassr. The second half was a disaster for Al Ahli because their opponents managed to score two goals so they failed to achieve their lead and the 3 points they almost got, and it could be said that their striker Roberto Firmino was not a good purchase for Al Ahli because so far his contribution has been very minimal.

Today's big match which will definitely be highly anticipated is Al Hilal vs Al Taawon. In fact, even though Al Taawon has been impressive this season, Al Hilal is still the favorite to win this match. The question is how many goals will Mitrovic score? because he is always thirsty to be able to give his team goals and wins

[rendravolt]

Al-Ahli failed to maintain its lead after being held to a draw by host Damac with the same score of 2-2. I thought this would be a landslide victory for Al-Ahli because they were ahead in the first half with 2 goals. But it seems that as the host, Damac didn't want to give up and didn't want to accept the result until in the end they managed to equalize in the 73rd minute and also in the 90+1 minute. Al-Ahli would have almost gotten 3 points if Damac had not scored a goal in the minute of injury time and with this result Al-Ahli failed to match the points tally with Al-Nassr in the standings.

I was a little surprised by Damac's performance. This club is not a big club and is also not a strong club in the Saudi Pro League, but this club often withstands attacks from big top clubs and today Al Ahli was also thwarted by Damac by chasing 2 scores.
I admit that Damac is very great in terms of the performance of the defensive line which is quite good and the attack line which is smart enough to catch up with the score.
If I look at Al Ahli's mistake it was in the second half which slightly underestimated Damac so it was very easy for Damac's players to take advantage of the situation to score 2 goals.

What I regret is why Al-Ahli couldn't score another goal in the second half, even though there was still a lot of time left and they actually weakened their defense which made them finally concede a goal. As a strong team that has several star players, this result is clearly not good enough because they should have won with a score of more than 3 goals. I know that this is an away match for Al-Ahli but that is not an excuse considering that their team is very favored to win. Apart from all that, Al-Ahli must improve its defense so that when the opponent has a chance to score a goal in the final minute, they can anticipate it well.

[klidex]

Al Hilal vs Al Taawon
This is a match that will be very interesting from both clubs, because the performance of these two clubs is a club that can inhabit the top 4, yes even though we know Al Hilal's performance is better than Al Taawon. But even so, that doesn't mean this will be an easy match for Al Hilal to win. For Al Taawon itself, this is an opportunity for them to improve their position in the standings after week 13 Al Ahli can only draw. If Al Taawon win then they will be able to shift Al Ahli's position which is ranked 3rd.

This will be quite an interesting match considering that both clubs are equally good this season, but it seems quite difficult for Al Taawon to beat Al Hilal because currently Al Hilal is performing well and consistently and have not lost in their last 5 matches.
This match will be held at Al Hilal headquarters, of course Al Hilal will not give Al Taawon a chance to win or maybe the only chance that Al Taawon can do is by holding Al Hilal to a draw, but we also don't know because in football matches there are always surprises. and maybe if Al Taawon succeeds in defeating Al Hilal this will be a matter of pride for Al Taawon (if capable).

[Sithara007]

This will be quite an interesting match considering that both clubs are equally good this season, but it seems quite difficult for Al Taawon to beat Al Hilal because currently Al Hilal is performing well and consistently and have not lost in their last 5 matches.
This match will be held at Al Hilal headquarters, of course Al Hilal will not give Al Taawon a chance to win or maybe the only chance that Al Taawon can do is by holding Al Hilal to a draw, but we also don't know because in football matches there are always surprises. and maybe if Al Taawon succeeds in defeating Al Hilal this will be a matter of pride for Al Taawon (if capable).

Al Hilal is at the top of the points table and so far they have won 10 out of their 12 matches (2 matches ended in draw). But now they are being faced with a few challenges. All of a sudden Neymar has gone AWOL and this will definitely impact their performance as well as team morale. They do have star players such as Sergej Milinković-Savić and    Rúben Neves, but the absence of Neymar will have an impact on the overall team strategy. And Al Taawoun is a very strong side. They are at the 4th place in the points table right now.

[marcous]

Al Hilal is at the top of the points table and so far they have won 10 out of their 12 matches (2 matches ended in draw). But now they are being faced with a few challenges. All of a sudden Neymar has gone AWOL and this will definitely impact their performance as well as team morale. They do have star players such as Sergej Milinković-Savić and    Rúben Neves, but the absence of Neymar will have an impact on the overall team strategy. And Al Taawoun is a very strong side. They are at the 4th place in the points table right now.

Al Hilal is unbeaten and currently tops the standings by collecting 32 points, a difference of 4 points with Al Nassr who is in second place in the standings. I think Al Nassr is their strong competitor this season, Ronaldo is slowly doing his job well. On the other hand even though Neymar is injured, I think his team will not decline in performance because we have seen that they have played well in several matches.

However in the long term, when competition continues to increase Neymar is a figure that the team really needs. Because after all his role is really needed to make Al Hilal consistently achieve points.

The match against Al Taawon in the next few hours will not make Al Hilal lose points, I really understand that Al Taawon is playing quite well this season. However on paper Al Hilal is still too strong for them to beat  let alone act as hosts.

[Uruhara]

Al-Ahli failed to maintain its lead after being held to a draw by host Damac with the same score of 2-2. I thought this would be a landslide victory for Al-Ahli because they were ahead in the first half with 2 goals. But it seems that as the host, Damac didn't want to give up and didn't want to accept the result until in the end they managed to equalize in the 73rd minute and also in the 90+1 minute. Al-Ahli would have almost gotten 3 points if Damac had not scored a goal in the minute of injury time and with this result Al-Ahli failed to match the points tally with Al-Nassr in the standings.

I don't know how but this Damac Club is very unique. They are able to play against big teams and can even hold big teams in the Saudi Pro League to a draw. It's not just Al-Ahli that has been held to a draw by Damac. But Al-Hilal, Al-Fateh and Al-Taawoun also experienced the same thing when facing Damac. They were all held to a draw by Damac. In fact, Damac's quality is below those teams. But Damac always seems to be able to make things difficult for strong opponents. But fortunately Al-Nassr was able to defeat Damac. But it was a shame that Al-Ahli, who had had the advantage since the first half, had to be willing to share points with Damac.

[BRINIRHA]

Al Hilal vs Al Taawon
This is a match that will be very interesting from both clubs, because the performance of these two clubs is a club that can inhabit the top 4, yes even though we know Al Hilal's performance is better than Al Taawon. But even so, that doesn't mean this will be an easy match for Al Hilal to win. For Al Taawon itself, this is an opportunity for them to improve their position in the standings after week 13 Al Ahli can only draw. If Al Taawon win then they will be able to shift Al Ahli's position which is ranked 3rd.

The Al-Hilal vs Al-Taawoun match will definitely be very fierce. Even though Al-Hilal actually has a far superior squad. And Al-Hilal also has more top European players at their club. But Al-Taawoun is a club that can actually match the performance of other strong clubs in the SPL. Even Al-Taawoun doesn't actually have many top European players. But their performance is on par with clubs that have many top European players. I think this match will be very difficult to predict. Even though Al-Hilal will definitely be the favorite, it is not certain that victory will be on Al-Hilal's side. A draw is possible. Or it could even be that Al-Taawoun wins.

But Al-Taawoun's last 3 matches in the SPL were actually not that good. Well, all 3 matches ended in a draw. Like against Al-ittihad, Al-Khaleej and finally against Damac. Everything ended in a draw. So I think Al-hilal, which has a better history in the last few matches, will be far superior in this match too. Maybe I should bet on Al-hilal.

[swogerino]

Al Hilal vs Al Taawon
This is a match that will be very interesting from both clubs, because the performance of these two clubs is a club that can inhabit the top 4, yes even though we know Al Hilal's performance is better than Al Taawon. But even so, that doesn't mean this will be an easy match for Al Hilal to win. For Al Taawon itself, this is an opportunity for them to improve their position in the standings after week 13 Al Ahli can only draw. If Al Taawon win then they will be able to shift Al Ahli's position which is ranked 3rd.

This will be quite an interesting match considering that both clubs are equally good this season, but it seems quite difficult for Al Taawon to beat Al Hilal because currently Al Hilal is performing well and consistently and have not lost in their last 5 matches.
This match will be held at Al Hilal headquarters, of course Al Hilal will not give Al Taawon a chance to win or maybe the only chance that Al Taawon can do is by holding Al Hilal to a draw, but we also don't know because in football matches there are always surprises. and maybe if Al Taawon succeeds in defeating Al Hilal this will be a matter of pride for Al Taawon (if capable).

I doubt there will be much to be interested in this game as the bookies are giving 1.22 as an odd for the win for Al Hilal which if I am not remembering wrong have Neymar in their team and that should be enough for most people to think that this will be an easy win for Al Hilal.They beside having better players are also in the top place and sounds like they will not make a dramatic mistake during this game otherwise other teams can profit and shorten the gap to them.Despite the opponent not being that down in the standings I believe in the end will be the name of good quality players who will decide this game.

[Plaguedeath]

But Al-Taawoun's last 3 matches in the SPL were actually not that good. Well, all 3 matches ended in a draw. Like against Al-ittihad, Al-Khaleej and finally against Damac. Everything ended in a draw. So I think Al-hilal, which has a better history in the last few matches, will be far superior in this match too. Maybe I should bet on Al-hilal.

In terms of statistic Al Hilal should be win in this match, but shit can happen in any team including Al Hilal. I think the match could be end in draw again as Al-Taawoun's past few matches were draw. Hoping Al Taawoun to win is really too much, so I'd bet draw in this match.

[KTChampions]

Al-Ahli failed to maintain its lead after being held to a draw by host Damac with the same score of 2-2. I thought this would be a landslide victory for Al-Ahli because they were ahead in the first half with 2 goals. But it seems that as the host, Damac didn't want to give up and didn't want to accept the result until in the end they managed to equalize in the 73rd minute and also in the 90+1 minute. Al-Ahli would have almost gotten 3 points if Damac had not scored a goal in the minute of injury time and with this result Al-Ahli failed to match the points tally with Al-Nassr in the standings.

It seems that after this round the fight for the title will be between two clubs Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal as the rest will fall behind by 5 points or more. But if Al-Hilal cannot beat Al-Taawoun, which is currently in fourth place, and if they win, they will overtake Al-Ahli, then everything will get confused again. Al-Nasr plays with team from 8th place tomorrow, so we can expect them to take 3 points.

[Docnaster]

But Al-Taawoun's last 3 matches in the SPL were actually not that good. Well, all 3 matches ended in a draw. Like against Al-ittihad, Al-Khaleej and finally against Damac. Everything ended in a draw. So I think Al-hilal, which has a better history in the last few matches, will be far superior in this match too. Maybe I should bet on Al-hilal.

In terms of statistic Al Hilal should be win in this match, but shit can happen in any team including Al Hilal. I think the match could be end in draw again as Al-Taawoun's past few matches were draw. Hoping Al Taawoun to win is really too much, so I'd bet draw in this match.

Anyone who's followed proceedings from the Saudi Pro League this season I think will definitely know that Al-Taawoun's chances of getting anything from their away game against Al Hilal later today is very slim. The current league leaders Al Hilal is most consistent club in the Saudi League this season and I expect them to pick all three points from their game against Al-Taawoun today.

[QueenVera]

The widening point difference makes it increasingly difficult for Al-ittihad to compete for the title this season. Even though the season will still last quite a long time. But currently many are pessimistic about seeing Al-ittihad in the title race this season.

Al-ittihad's squad has indeed gotten better this season. But other clubs also seem to be improving their squads to be better too. So it makes it seem like Al-ittihad is getting worse. Al-Hilal, who is currently in first place in the standings, also experienced a season that was not very good last season. But this season they have made quite significant developments or improvements. For Al-Nassr, it looks like they are still the same as last season. It's just that this season the team's goal productivity level has become better. Because Cristiano Ronaldo and Mane have also adapted well. Talisca is also improving after the arrival of these two European star players. What makes Al-Nassr currently invincible. Except for defeat at the start of the season.

Safe to say Al Ittihad are out of the title race even after massive recruitments from Europe, well they could still have a spot in the top all depending on the team’s determination and fighting spirit,the Saudi League clubs all made massive recruitments from Europe and it has showed both on the club and the league generally.

 Al-Hilal sits pretty top but trust CR7 Al-Nassr to keep them on their toes for the title, Inclusion of Saido Mane was what CR7 needed in the attack to help the team bang in goals and that has worked, Talisca is really improving and has more room for improvements, Let’s see if Al Ittihad will be able to put up a fight to get to top spot and probably challenge for the title.