Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[asriloni]

I also agree with this view. Also, Cristiano Ronaldo has just gone to SPL. We have to give him some time to get used to the league, this country and this country's climate. Just a few months ago, he was playing football at the top level in the English Premier League. Of course, he will also show his skills in SPL and win matches for Al Nassr. I don't doubt Cristiano Ronaldo. I just don't think we should be hasty.

If I read the stats of him in the official An Nassr match he has already played twice not even made a goal he also disappointed many An Nassr supporters for failing to make the Arab Super Cup Final. Actually, I didn't find any major changes, he was still the same playing time at United. He can't make good use of his strengths and maybe he reckons playing in Arabia will be easier. But the reality is that until now he has not been able to make a goal. If this happened, he should have been aware that the golden age was up. Moreover this is proof that Ronaldo has started to run out and is just selfish which makes him feel still capable of competing even in Europe.

The media exaggerates what Ronaldo always does. Al Nassr's failure in the Saudi Super Cup was in the spotlight for a mistake by the megastar. indeed nothing has changed from Al Nassr's game after Ronaldo's arrival. we have to admit that, although many fans are disappointed. but Ronaldo is also a human, who has a limited age and performance.
failure in the Saudi Super Cup should have been avenged for the King's Cup. Ronaldo will still be under pressure from Al Nassr fans to score goals and give Al Nassr victory.

Anything about ronaldo would be increasing the traffic for the media. I would not be surprised that ronaldo got so many blames if he was not able to make the goals. I have seen some memes about him too. I see a video that shows that al nassr fans was stomping on ronaldo's jersey.  Im not sure if that was real al nassr supporter or not but how dumb people who have expecting something big to come from ronaldo which was not young anymore.
Those who blame ronaldo must be so dumb. they think football is only about ronaldo making goal against its opponent.

[Strongkored]

First of all, no one expects Ronaldo to perform in a way he used to perform when he was in his 20s. The reason why Al Nassr paid such a huge amount to Ronaldo is not just to keep them at the top of the table (if you check the points table for Saudi Professional League, you can see that Al Nassr is already at the top of the table). Ronaldo was brought to Saudi Arabia, in order to give the SPL and Saudi football more exposure to the outside world. The long term target is to win hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup and Ronaldo is a part of the bidding team (there are rumors that he will soon take up citizenship of Saudi Arabia).

We all know that but not for the fans of Al Nassr club because sometimes fans can go too far when expecting something from a star like Ronaldo. The club owner as well as the Saudi Arabian football association have a mission by signing Ronaldo and his presence there is almost similar to what happened to a star player who spent the end of his career in Major League Soccers is to make football there get more exposre and also broadcasting

[Rigon]

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Only Ronaldo can't make Al Nassr win games and only Messi can't make PSG win games , I have watched games featuring Messi-Neymar- mbappe on a PSG side but PSG lost that game so Al Nassr failure in the Saudi super cup shouldn't be blamed on Ronaldo alone, the media always looks for a way to hype any situation surrounding Ronaldo, Ronaldo at this point needs media protection.

First of all, no one expects Ronaldo to perform in a way he used to perform when he was in his 20s. The reason why Al Nassr paid such a huge amount to Ronaldo is not just to keep them at the top of the table (if you check the points table for Saudi Professional League, you can see that Al Nassr is already at the top of the table). Ronaldo was brought to Saudi Arabia, in order to give the SPL and Saudi football more exposure to the outside world. The long term target is to win hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup and Ronaldo is a part of the bidding team (there are rumors that he will soon take up citizenship of Saudi Arabia).

Games are not always at the same pace as humans. Something changes over time. However, even if everyone sees Ronaldo in a bad light, I never see him in a bad light. Saudi Arabia would have won this match if Messi or Neymar had been with Ronaldo in the match against Saudi All Stars and PSG. But if Al Nasir is worried about Ronaldo then it is completely stupid for Al Nasir.  Saudi football club is gaining recognition in the football world for Ronaldo. Good luck to Ronaldo. Hopefully he will return to form very soon.

[Silence Scream]

First of all, no one expects Ronaldo to perform in a way he used to perform when he was in his 20s. The reason why Al Nassr paid such a huge amount to Ronaldo is not just to keep them at the top of the table (if you check the points table for Saudi Professional League, you can see that Al Nassr is already at the top of the table). Ronaldo was brought to Saudi Arabia, in order to give the SPL and Saudi football more exposure to the outside world. The long term target is to win hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup and Ronaldo is a part of the bidding team (there are rumors that he will soon take up citizenship of Saudi Arabia).

We all know that but not for the fans of Al Nassr club because sometimes fans can go too far when expecting something from a star like Ronaldo. The club owner as well as the Saudi Arabian football association have a mission by signing Ronaldo and his presence there is almost similar to what happened to a star player who spent the end of his career in Major League Soccers is to make football there get more exposre and also broadcasting

Expectations are higher from Cristiano Ronaldo.  He is not expected to just play football and score goals.  Apart from football, it will act as an advertisement and an ambassador for Saudi Arabia.  His deal is a long-term deal.  Like Xavi, maybe he can start coaching there after leaving football.  Frankly, I wonder about Ronaldo's career if he becomes a coach.

[Slow death]

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Only Ronaldo can't make Al Nassr win games and only Messi can't make PSG win games , I have watched games featuring Messi-Neymar- mbappe on a PSG side but PSG lost that game so Al Nassr failure in the Saudi super cup shouldn't be blamed on Ronaldo alone, the media always looks for a way to hype any situation surrounding Ronaldo, Ronaldo at this point needs media protection.

First of all, no one expects Ronaldo to perform in a way he used to perform when he was in his 20s. The reason why Al Nassr paid such a huge amount to Ronaldo is not just to keep them at the top of the table (if you check the points table for Saudi Professional League, you can see that Al Nassr is already at the top of the table). Ronaldo was brought to Saudi Arabia, in order to give the SPL and Saudi football more exposure to the outside world. The long term target is to win hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup and Ronaldo is a part of the bidding team (there are rumors that he will soon take up citizenship of Saudi Arabia).

I understand that the objective of these Arabs in bringing cristiano ronaldo to play in their league is a matter of marketing, but about the 2030 world cup and about changing citizenship.

1 - portugal, spain and ukraine intend to organize the world cup, cristiano ronaldo and portugues and the portuguese have laws and codes of conduct and ethics and a very strict policy when it comes to dealing with someone who is a traitor to the country and a person who does not he is a patriot, i do not see cristiano ronado running the risk of being seen badly and all portuguese people calling him a traitor to the country

2 - bringing cristiano ronaldo to think about the 2030 world cup is a serious strategic error, because the moment cristiano ronaldo left europe his popularity will reduce at a very fast level every day

3 - I don't see what cristiano ronaldo would gain from changing nationality when he has always been a patriotic player and has always shown it, I doubt he will turn his back on portugal

[LUCKMCFLY]

The media did their best to kick Ronaldo out of Manchester United. The coach of the Portuguese national team did the same, keeping him in reserve. I don't even know the man's name. The name of the coach who will leave Ronaldo in reserve should be deleted from football history. Now there are critics for transferring to the Saudi League. He got rid of the unnecessary words of the media and earned a very good income. What could be more beautiful? He has already performed at a high level until this year and has broken unbreakable records. I don't think Ronaldo has been given the respect he deserves. I think it is wrong to ignore what Ronaldo has done for football by giving examples from his flamboyant life. Let's see what the answer will be when Messi is offered the same level. In my opinion, Messi should earn big income from football in his last years like Ronaldo.

Both the media and the ManU fans played their part. When Ronaldo was playing for them, they were constantly complaining about his performance. Jose Mourinho treated Ronaldo better when comapred to the treatment Ronaldo got at the hands of Fernando Santos, but that alone was not enough to retain him in ManU. And the joke is that once he announced his decision to quit ManU, all those fans who were complaining about him previously went up in arms and accused him of being greedy. This is a classical example of sour grapes, I would say.

That's what happened today. they are Man United fans. so anything related to the club they will definitely follow and even comment on it.
On the other side, Ronaldo fans, don't care what club they will defend. most importantly they watched their idols play in the field. not on the bench.
we've seen enough of this drama unfold. and I think it's enough to end. Ronaldo started his new career with a Club that was able to pay him well. that was enough, and just let him do his thing. The media doesn't need to get too excited about reports that they make carelessly.

This is an unstoppable discussion Ronaldos entry in Al Nassr and ending his career on Europe , but realistically Arabs have given him so much respect and so much honour which he is enjoying for sure . Let's hope he plays amazing football their and be fruitful for his league.

The thing about CR7 is undoubtedly one of the best things that have happened to him and his career, many say that it will be the end of his career, but I personally do not see it that way, I see this as an infallible opportunity for CR7 In the same way, if MESSI decides to go to an Arab team, this will become much more interesting, I think that now we see things from another point of view, will this Saudi league eventually have the audience of the PL? LA LIGA, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, now we could see that a League that was not taken into account could be something superior, if these players go there instead of the USA, they will give it all the excitement that everyone needs.

Cristiano Ronaldo will face Lionel Messi when he FINALLY plays in Saudi... A 'golden ticket' costs £2.2MILLION for what could be the G.O.A.T. rivals' final showdown - unless Argentine superstar cashes in with a £245m-a-year deal in the desert

The Saudi Pro League burst into the wider football world's conscience last month when Cristiano Ronaldo joined Al-Nassr after signing an eye-watering deal worth £175m-a-year.

Having previously been seen as just a minor league in the Middle East - since signing one of the sport's greatest-ever players - other stars such as Luka Modric, Marco Reus and Sergio Busquets have been linked with moves to Saudi Arabia as they wind down their illustrious careers.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11631795/Could-Lionel-Messi-join-Cristiano-Ronaldo-Saudi-Arabia-245m-year-deal.html

I'm sorry but looking at messi, he's playing in the european champions league, he plays in the league 1 a prestigious league and it's very competitive which means that the league 1 is a league that has a lot of good players and therefore messi is on top that is, messi is the best of the best, if messi leaves to play in an arab league, a league that has very low quality players, then messi will start to drop in quality due to lack of competitiveness and this will happen to cristiano ronaldo, when it is said that the good players who went to play in the Arab league and because their career is over are not lying, that's because a good player is only good because he competes with other good players, in the Arab league there are no good players, there is no competitiveness

Many say no to Messi being able to go to an Arab League, but as I have said in similar threads, I think Messi has won everything, one way to try different things is to go to this league, of course he will be almost worshiped like a god, but that's his decision, I think that most players after playing a great enough season in Europe decide to go to the USA League, which I see as if it were burying their career there, in Arabaia I don't see it that way, I see it With more action with more opportunities, perhaps being there constitutes new and unbeatable opportunities for them, that's how I see it and, I think that few see it that way, and of course they all see Europe as the ultra Plus in football, but anywhere in the world You can play soccer and have a high level.

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Only Ronaldo can't make Al Nassr win games and only Messi can't make PSG win games , I have watched games featuring Messi-Neymar- mbappe on a PSG side but PSG lost that game so Al Nassr failure in the Saudi super cup shouldn't be blamed on Ronaldo alone, the media always looks for a way to hype any situation surrounding Ronaldo, Ronaldo at this point needs media protection.

First of all, no one expects Ronaldo to perform in a way he used to perform when he was in his 20s. The reason why Al Nassr paid such a huge amount to Ronaldo is not just to keep them at the top of the table (if you check the points table for Saudi Professional League, you can see that Al Nassr is already at the top of the table). Ronaldo was brought to Saudi Arabia, in order to give the SPL and Saudi football more exposure to the outside world. The long term target is to win hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup and Ronaldo is a part of the bidding team (there are rumors that he will soon take up citizenship of Saudi Arabia).

I understand that the objective of these Arabs in bringing cristiano ronaldo to play in their league is a matter of marketing, but about the 2030 world cup and about changing citizenship.

1 - portugal, spain and ukraine intend to organize the world cup, cristiano ronaldo and portugues and the portuguese have laws and codes of conduct and ethics and a very strict policy when it comes to dealing with someone who is a traitor to the country and a person who does not he is a patriot, i do not see cristiano ronado running the risk of being seen badly and all portuguese people calling him a traitor to the country

2 - bringing cristiano ronaldo to think about the 2030 world cup is a serious strategic error, because the moment cristiano ronaldo left europe his popularity will reduce at a very fast level every day

3 - I don't see what cristiano ronaldo would gain from changing nationality when he has always been a patriotic player and has always shown it, I doubt he will turn his back on portugal

Well, according to what I have seen, Ukraine is very far from organizing the World Cup, if the war with Russia continues to drag on, I do not see a bad thing that Portugal and Spain want to join, but I would wait because the next World Cup will be in the USA, Canada and Mexico, we do not know how It will be that combination and how FIFA will see it, I think that now the Arabs are aiming to promote their soccer much more, they know that CR7 can help them, taking it to their soccer will at least arouse the emotions of others for soccer It doesn't matter if CR7 has done badly in Europe, the Arabs only care that their football grows, CR7 can have both nationalities, but it is known that he is going to play for Portugal, I have to remember that I saw a video and I don't know if it is fake, but a sheikh did not like at all that Al-Nassr lost and they were eliminated, and I also saw that CR7 does not want to retire in Arabia, he plans to finish his career in Europe.

[Fullcoinese]

Frankly, I wonder about Ronaldo's career if he becomes a coach.

not all the world's top players who even become the world's great legends succeed in becoming a coach. because success, when they are players, will not necessarily be followed when they become coaches.

Al Hilal is now getting closer to Al Nassr. their points gain is only 1 point difference. if Al Nassr cannot get 3 points in the next match, it will be a big loss. against Al Fateh, it will be quite difficult for Al Nassr. Al Fatih is not a weak team.

[Patrol69]

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Only Ronaldo can't make Al Nassr win games and only Messi can't make PSG win games , I have watched games featuring Messi-Neymar- mbappe on a PSG side but PSG lost that game so Al Nassr failure in the Saudi super cup shouldn't be blamed on Ronaldo alone, the media always looks for a way to hype any situation surrounding Ronaldo, Ronaldo at this point needs media protection.

First of all, no one expects Ronaldo to perform in a way he used to perform when he was in his 20s. The reason why Al Nassr paid such a huge amount to Ronaldo is not just to keep them at the top of the table (if you check the points table for Saudi Professional League, you can see that Al Nassr is already at the top of the table). Ronaldo was brought to Saudi Arabia, in order to give the SPL and Saudi football more exposure to the outside world. The long term target is to win hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup and Ronaldo is a part of the bidding team (there are rumors that he will soon take up citizenship of Saudi Arabia).

After Ronaldo was signed by Saudi club Al-Nassr, Saudi football gained a new name to the entire football world. I myself did not watch Saudi clubs before, but after Ronaldo joined Saudi Arabia, I regularly watched his games.  But we have to admit that Al-Nassr fans will surely expect better from Ronaldo. If he did not expect anything good from him, he would not have spent so much money to bring him from Europe to Saudi Arabia. But age is a big factor in football. Cristiano Ronaldo is already 37 years old. It would be foolish of us to compare the game of a 22-year-old with a 37-year-old. But many can say that Messi is performing great at this age. I would like to tell them that performance is not always the same. Messi himself went through such a bad period that he decided to give up football but he is doing great now after coming out. So we should trust and support Ronaldo and hope he comes back strong like Messi. 

[Luzin]

Expectations are higher from Cristiano Ronaldo.  He is not expected to just play football and score goals.  Apart from football, it will act as an advertisement and an ambassador for Saudi Arabia.

That's also what I wantto An Nassr, but right now it's hard to happen. The Arab League is not an easy league so ronaldo will score a lot of goals. That's one proof that he's currently just a former star player ready to dim his light. An Nassr should have thought about this. So they understand that there will be no high targets after Ronaldo joins. Today he is only a place of business, making a profit in the form of money in the business of the club, not a feat of trophies or champions.

Maybe if they were aware, the Club wasn't disappointed. But maybe it was the fans who would be angry. Many social media outlets have said he still wants to play in Europe and retire in Europe. It could happen but probably not many clubs will be willing to accept if he still asks for a big salary.

[SquallLeonhart]

I understand that the objective of these Arabs in bringing cristiano ronaldo to play in their league is a matter of marketing, but about the 2030 world cup and about changing citizenship.

1 - portugal, spain and ukraine intend to organize the world cup, cristiano ronaldo and portugues and the portuguese have laws and codes of conduct and ethics and a very strict policy when it comes to dealing with someone who is a traitor to the country and a person who does not he is a patriot, i do not see cristiano ronado running the risk of being seen badly and all portuguese people calling him a traitor to the country

2 - bringing cristiano ronaldo to think about the 2030 world cup is a serious strategic error, because the moment cristiano ronaldo left europe his popularity will reduce at a very fast level every day

3 - I don't see what cristiano ronaldo would gain from changing nationality when he has always been a patriotic player and has always shown it, I doubt he will turn his back on portugal

I definitely disagree that he would change citizenship, he will stay a Portuguese person and that is not going to happen, impossible. However, marketing part is true and 2030 is long way out, we have 7 more years which means that if they got Ronaldo already, and can get Messi and they can get some other older stars, and spend that much money on everything, then two things will happen.

First of all, there will be more people around the world watching their games and viewership is important, Qatar never had that and still got it, so this is a benefit. Secondly we are going to see more money going into football, and that will make it easier to achieve world cup requirements as well.

[Synchronice]

The media exaggerates what Ronaldo always does. Al Nassr's failure in the Saudi Super Cup was in the spotlight for a mistake by the megastar. indeed nothing has changed from Al Nassr's game after Ronaldo's arrival. we have to admit that, although many fans are disappointed. but Ronaldo is also a human, who has a limited age and performance.
failure in the Saudi Super Cup should have been avenged for the King's Cup. Ronaldo will still be under pressure from Al Nassr fans to score goals and give Al Nassr victory.

Anything about ronaldo would be increasing the traffic for the media. I would not be surprised that ronaldo got so many blames if he was not able to make the goals. I have seen some memes about him too. I see a video that shows that al nassr fans was stomping on ronaldo's jersey.  Im not sure if that was real al nassr supporter or not but how dumb people who have expecting something big to come from ronaldo which was not young anymore.
Those who blame ronaldo must be so dumb. they think football is only about ronaldo making goal against its opponent.

Ronaldo made mistake after mistake. Media wanted to bury him alive because Ronaldo is a clickbait and source of income for them, in addition, he boosted this process and media even further took the advantage of this. In interview with Piers Morgan, he agreed with Piers that he wanted to play at highest level, keep scoring of goals, etc and then even agreed with Piers that if it was about money, he would be in Saudi, earning a king's ransom. But soon after one month, he did absolutely the exact opposite of what he said. Fifa world cup 2022 was probably his last world cup and he wasn't able to play against Morocco where his team lost. He was overlooked by Fernando Santos in Portugal's national team.
I don't know, what happened around him is tragedy. He is amazing person, he is a legendary player, he was always donating tons of money to charity, trying to do good for people too but he become a very hated person in just some months. He didn't deserve to end career like this!

AL Nassr bought Ronaldo for popularity and attention, at least the club and funs should give him a little bit more time. Yeah, he is old but better than majority of players and will remain so for years.

[Lordhermes]

I understand that the objective of these Arabs in bringing cristiano ronaldo to play in their league is a matter of marketing, but about the 2030 world cup and about changing citizenship.

1 - portugal, spain and ukraine intend to organize the world cup, cristiano ronaldo and portugues and the portuguese have laws and codes of conduct and ethics and a very strict policy when it comes to dealing with someone who is a traitor to the country and a person who does not he is a patriot, i do not see cristiano ronado running the risk of being seen badly and all portuguese people calling him a traitor to the country

2 - bringing cristiano ronaldo to think about the 2030 world cup is a serious strategic error, because the moment cristiano ronaldo left europe his popularity will reduce at a very fast level every day

3 - I don't see what cristiano ronaldo would gain from changing nationality when he has always been a patriotic player and has always shown it, I doubt he will turn his back on portugal

I definitely disagree that he would change citizenship, he will stay a Portuguese person and that is not going to happen, impossible. However, marketing part is true and 2030 is long way out, we have 7 more years which means that if they got Ronaldo already, and can get Messi and they can get some other older stars, and spend that much money on everything, then two things will happen.

First of all, there will be more people around the world watching their games and viewership is important, Qatar never had that and still got it, so this is a benefit. Secondly we are going to see more money going into football, and that will make it easier to achieve world cup requirements as well.

I think having dual citizenship is not out of place , all Saudi Arabia wants is comfort for Ronaldo, Their league are most talk about recently. But this news is still a rumour until it happens. Ronaldo needs to be happy as he journey to his retirement.   As Portugal team captain he will never accept such offer from the Arabic nation. Ronaldo isn't desperate any more, he now play for fun and marketing purposes.

[Sithara007]

I definitely disagree that he would change citizenship, he will stay a Portuguese person and that is not going to happen, impossible. However, marketing part is true and 2030 is long way out, we have 7 more years which means that if they got Ronaldo already, and can get Messi and they can get some other older stars, and spend that much money on everything, then two things will happen.

First of all, there will be more people around the world watching their games and viewership is important, Qatar never had that and still got it, so this is a benefit. Secondly we are going to see more money going into football, and that will make it easier to achieve world cup requirements as well.

I don't understand the talk here. If someone changes his citizenship, then he becomes a traitor? That is laughable, because in that case we have hundreds of millions of traitors around the world. More than a million people newly become the citizens of the United States every year. Saudi citizenship though naturalization is extremely hard to obtain and from what I have heard they have provided passports to only a few thousand people so far. There are strict requirements such as fluency in Arabic and more than 10 years of residency in the kingdom.

In case Ronaldo acquires Saudi nationality, then he need to relinquish his Portuguese passport. The reason is that Saudi passport holders are not allowed to hold dual citizenship (although Portugal allows that).

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Tomorrow there will be several matches and some of these teams are in the relegation zone, such as Al-Khaleej and Al-Batin. It looks like Al-Batin will have difficulties when he has to face Abha who is in 8th place in the standings. Meanwhile, AL-Khaleej will face Al-Taawoun who is ranked 5th in the standings. But there is something quite interesting that Al-Shabab, who is in 3rd place in the standings, will fight Damas FC who is in 7th position, I think this match is quite balanced. What do you think? Do you have any predictions about the outcome of this match?

[Juggy777]

I definitely disagree that he would change citizenship, he will stay a Portuguese person and that is not going to happen, impossible. However, marketing part is true and 2030 is long way out, we have 7 more years which means that if they got Ronaldo already, and can get Messi and they can get some other older stars, and spend that much money on everything, then two things will happen.

First of all, there will be more people around the world watching their games and viewership is important, Qatar never had that and still got it, so this is a benefit. Secondly we are going to see more money going into football, and that will make it easier to achieve world cup requirements as well.

I don't understand the talk here. If someone changes his citizenship, then he becomes a traitor? That is laughable, because in that case we have hundreds of millions of traitors around the world. More than a million people newly become the citizens of the United States every year. Saudi citizenship though naturalization is extremely hard to obtain and from what I have heard they have provided passports to only a few thousand people so far. There are strict requirements such as fluency in Arabic and more than 10 years of residency in the kingdom.

In case Ronaldo acquires Saudi nationality, then he need to relinquish his Portuguese passport. The reason is that Saudi passport holders are not allowed to hold dual citizenship (although Portugal allows that).

@Sithara007 why are we all even discussing about his nationality change?, because he won’t ever change it no matter what the media say or even if he got unlimited amounts of money for the citizenship he yet wouldn’t take it. Furthermore there’s speculation that they intent to use him for their World Cup bid, but that’s baseless as there’s no clause which requires him to back Saudi for the World Cup hence let’s burry this speculations and focus on the games news only.

[Sithara007]

@Sithara007 why are we all even discussing about his nationality change?, because he won’t ever change it no matter what the media say or even if he got unlimited amounts of money for the citizenship he yet wouldn’t take it. Furthermore there’s speculation that they intent to use him for their World Cup bid, but that’s baseless as there’s no clause which requires him to back Saudi for the World Cup hence let’s burry this speculations and focus on the games news only.

I don't want to divert the topic, but never say "never". 

For Al Nassr, the next match will take place on 3rd February (Friday). Many of the users have already mentioned this, but their defeat against Al Ittihad during the Saudi Super Cup was a big surprise. I don't know what happened, but maybe Al Nassr needs sometime to adjust with Ronaldo in their lineup. At this point they don't have much to worry. They are still at the top of the table with 33 point from 14 matches. Al Hilal has 32 points, but they have played one additional match. All that said, they need to win against Al Ittihad.

[jostorres]

@Sithara007 why are we all even discussing about his nationality change?, because he won’t ever change it no matter what the media say or even if he got unlimited amounts of money for the citizenship he yet wouldn’t take it. Furthermore there’s speculation that they intent to use him for their World Cup bid, but that’s baseless as there’s no clause which requires him to back Saudi for the World Cup hence let’s burry this speculations and focus on the games news only.

I don't want to divert the topic, but never say "never". 

For Al Nassr, the next match will take place on 3rd February (Friday). Many of the users have already mentioned this, but their defeat against Al Ittihad during the Saudi Super Cup was a big surprise. I don't know what happened, but maybe Al Nassr needs sometime to adjust with Ronaldo in their lineup. At this point they don't have much to worry. They are still at the top of the table with 33 point from 14 matches. Al Hilal has 32 points, but they have played one additional match. All that said, they need to win against Al Ittihad.

I don't think we have any big upset in this match because right now Al Ittihad is having 31 points from 14 matches and if they won their remaining match then surely they could be at the second spot and still have fair chance to give challenge to leaders Al Nassr for the title of 2023 soccer league as they also have many foreigner players those are giving their best for this club. Now we have recently too much talk about this league and many have no knowledge about this, so they are surprised but as we all know results like these can happen in English Premier League and other leagues as well, so soccer is a game of upsets and shocking results.

[Frankolala]

@Sithara007 why are we all even discussing about his nationality change?, because he won’t ever change it no matter what the media say or even if he got unlimited amounts of money for the citizenship he yet wouldn’t take it. Furthermore there’s speculation that they intent to use him for their World Cup bid, but that’s baseless as there’s no clause which requires him to back Saudi for the World Cup hence let’s burry this speculations and focus on the games news only.

I don't want to divert the topic, but never say "never". 

For Al Nassr, the next match will take place on 3rd February (Friday). Many of the users have already mentioned this, but their defeat against Al Ittihad during the Saudi Super Cup was a big surprise. I don't know what happened, but maybe Al Nassr needs sometime to adjust with Ronaldo in their lineup. At this point they don't have much to worry. They are still at the top of the table with 33 point from 14 matches. Al Hilal has 32 points, but they have played one additional match. All that said, they need to win against Al Ittihad.

I don't think we have any big upset in this match because right now Al Ittihad is having 31 points from 14 matches and if they won their remaining match then surely they could be at the second spot and still have fair chance to give challenge to leaders Al Nassr for the title of 2023 soccer league as they also have many foreigner players those are giving their best for this club. Now we have recently too much talk about this league and many have no knowledge about this, so they are surprised but as we all know results like these can happen in English Premier League and other leagues as well, so soccer is a game of upsets and shocking results.

Al Naasr has more advantage than Al lttihad win their local league,not winning their last match wouldn't be a problem because they are using two points to the ahead of their rival Al lttihad. I know Ronaldo presence as a player in the club will add value to the clubs victory. Though,the league is still open and if there is any mistake from Al ...might top the league as the point difference is not much. Football is unpredictable.

 SPL is getting more attention,soon we will be seeing good football from this league because,there will be an improvement in the league,if good players are signed into the league. Ronaldo present can encourage young players to play in SPL from other leagues.

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I don't think we have any big upset in this match because right now Al Ittihad is having 31 points from 14 matches and if they won their remaining match then surely they could be at the second spot and still have fair chance to give challenge to leaders Al Nassr for the title of 2023 soccer league as they also have many foreigner players those are giving their best for this club. Now we have recently too much talk about this league and many have no knowledge about this, so they are surprised but as we all know results like these can happen in English Premier League and other leagues as well, so soccer is a game of upsets and shocking results.

There is only two points difference between the top-4 teams (Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal, Al-Shabab and Al-Ittihad). Al Nassr and Al-Ittihad have played only 14 matches each, so that gives them an advantage. Tomorrow we have the match between Al Fateh and Al Nassr, while Al Ittihad will be facing Al Adalah on 10th February. In both the cases, the opponents are considered as weak sides and therefore these two clubs have a chance to strengthen their position at the top. We are almost mid-way through the season. Each club is supposed to play a total of 30 matches, and at this point most of them have completed 14-15 matches.

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Only Ronaldo can't make Al Nassr win games and only Messi can't make PSG win games , I have watched games featuring Messi-Neymar- mbappe on a PSG side but PSG lost that game so Al Nassr failure in the Saudi super cup shouldn't be blamed on Ronaldo alone, the media always looks for a way to hype any situation surrounding Ronaldo, Ronaldo at this point needs media protection.

First of all, no one expects Ronaldo to perform in a way he used to perform when he was in his 20s. The reason why Al Nassr paid such a huge amount to Ronaldo is not just to keep them at the top of the table (if you check the points table for Saudi Professional League, you can see that Al Nassr is already at the top of the table). Ronaldo was brought to Saudi Arabia, in order to give the SPL and Saudi football more exposure to the outside world. The long term target is to win hosting rights for the 2030 FIFA World Cup and Ronaldo is a part of the bidding team (there are rumors that he will soon take up citizenship of Saudi Arabia).

Yes, that's what I've heard as well. Moving Ronaldo towards Al-Nassr FC wasn't the only goal of the Saudi Arabia, they're vision are much more broader and wider than that because they are already thinking up ahead and will join the bidding of Egypt and Greece to co-host the next, next World Cup which is in 2030. Actually, there are lots of countries now that are having a joint bid to increase their chances but, the Egypt-Greece-Saudi Araba joint bid is the most probable.