Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

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Brazilian star Roberto Firmino has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli .  At the end of last season, Liverpool's contract with Brazilian star Roberto Firmino expired and Roberto Firmino signed a three-year deal with Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli after leaving Anfield.  Now he will play pro league in Saudi Arabia.

Firmino refused to extend his contract with Liverpool since they didn't agree to rise his salary and because they recruited Nunez in part. Overall the player was reported to leave Anfield but it was not expected to join a league outside of Europe apart from the last days where we heard that he is in contact with Al Ahli.
He is too young to play there in my opinion but it is his choice in the end.

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[JeffBrad12]

Brazilian star Roberto Firmino has joined Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli .  At the end of last season, Liverpool's contract with Brazilian star Roberto Firmino expired and Roberto Firmino signed a three-year deal with Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli after leaving Anfield.  Now he will play pro league in Saudi Arabia.

Firmino has been rumored already approached by real madrid to be benzema's successor, but it seems like that madrid was losing interest in him. Firmino is gonna be in the same club with mendy.
Firmino has been passing his golden time with liverpool. He was not interesting to play in another european league. It seemed to me if firmino is thinking about how he will able to enjoy his life.
He has been passing the greatest year with liverpool. I really support him at this moment.

[Jody.Drummer]

Has anyone heard about the offer being made to Gianluigi Buffon? He is 45-year old and currently represents one Serie B club in Italy. The offer from Saudi Professional League is reportedly worth £25 million. Buffon is currently playing his 28th season in senior club football. There is no conformation from the player, and he is reportedly analyzing his options. However, I believe that this is as good as it gets for someone like Buffon. Saudis are offering a good opportunity for him to secure his retirement package.

That's not weird at all if we see Gianluigi Buffon joining the Saudi teams because he is getting old we know the Buffon we see these days is not going to have the same performance as he was working on Juventus. However, Buffon started his senior and youth career in Parma that's why he joined this team after Juventus to get retired from the team where he started his career.

That's why maybe Buffon will not leave his team especially because he is under contract with his team Parma until 2024 after that he will be 46.

I've only heard of this, but are Arab clubs not overreacting when it comes to signing 45-year-old players? I understand that he is a goalkeeper and is still a living legend because at his age he is still actively playing even though he is not playing in the top tier of the league. If the Arab clubs want him then I think they're just capitalizing on his popularity, because if you look at the age factor and also the performances, it's clear that he's no longer in his 30s.

But I think, when an Arab club tries to sign a player who is no longer able to play for a long time, then it's too much in my opinion. Because if they want players to come from Europe, they can still bring in players who are still not old like Buffon. So if they insist, then the reason I give is that they only boost the popularity of a player.

[hahay]

Al-Ahli managed to recruit Edouard Mendy and Roberto Firmino in this transfer market, at least this transfer surprised me too. Because after all, the reality is that Al-Ahli is a promotion team for next season in the Saudi Professional League, because last season Al-Ahli only played in Division 1. Of course, this kind of incident is very rare in the big leagues in Europe but maybe, because it looks like they too getting paid high and not fixated on titles then it is enough to make Edouard Mendy and Roberto Firmino willing to play at Al-Ahli next season. Also, both of them got the same contract duration for three seasons, which is quite interesting.

[Renampun]

Firmino refused to extend his contract with Liverpool since they didn't agree to rise his salary and because they recruited Nunez in part. Overall the player was reported to leave Anfield but it was not expected to join a league outside of Europe apart from the last days where we heard that he is in contact with Al Ahli.
He is too young to play there in my opinion but it is his choice in the end.

Firmino is currently 31 years old and I think that is the right age to move from Liverpool and come to the Arab League, apart from that only Al ahli is willing to pay Firmino a high salary, reportedly Mendy (who previously played for chelsea), who served as Al ahli's new goalkeeper, will also play along with Firmino.
To be honest, getting Firmino on a free transfer is a big luck for Al ahli, what a wrong move for Liverpool management who can't benefit from the sale of Firmino. The Arab League really created an uproar in the transfer market, they continued to bring in top European players.

[makishart]

I think the rumor Sadio Mane might true, he's not really happy with Bayern Munich due to personal reason. If Mane not want to move to Saudi League, I expect he would move to other team.

Mane has been linked to the liverpool again before this news was coming. No update regarding it. I don't even think with his age now he will be moving to the SPL. SPL is the best place for a professional player to retire but not for seeking more experience. Mane is still getting a lot of interests from various clubs. He will able move to the serie a or la liga if he wants. I do agree with you if it's impossible to hear him gonna accept such offer.
Al ahli already secured firmino from liverpool and the club used firmino to lure mane to join in al ahli.

It's quite hard to believe mane will accept it even though im sure that if firmino gonna try to persuade him to join in al ahli. I hope mane will try to give confirmation regarding his future in bayern.
Al ahli's offer seems not to bad at all.

[Falconer]

Firmino refused to extend his contract with Liverpool since they didn't agree to rise his salary and because they recruited Nunez in part. Overall the player was reported to leave Anfield but it was not expected to join a league outside of Europe apart from the last days where we heard that he is in contact with Al Ahli.
He is too young to play there in my opinion but it is his choice in the end.

Roberto Firmino is not young anymore, he is already 31 years old and will be 32 years old in October. Liverpool should let him go for the same reason, that's because Liverpool always find it difficult to pay the high salary demands of their players. Mane had to suffer the same fate last season, as did several other players who have been released by Liverpool in recent seasons.

Do you believe that if you want Liverpool to increase your salary, then only two options are most likely to be achieved, that is to stay for the same salary or go to another team.

[Volgastallion]

Firmino refused to extend his contract with Liverpool since they didn't agree to rise his salary and because they recruited Nunez in part. Overall the player was reported to leave Anfield but it was not expected to join a league outside of Europe apart from the last days where we heard that he is in contact with Al Ahli.
He is too young to play there in my opinion but it is his choice in the end.

Roberto Firmino is not young anymore, he is already 31 years old and will be 32 years old in October. Liverpool should let him go for the same reason, that's because Liverpool always find it difficult to pay the high salary demands of their players. Mane had to suffer the same fate last season, as did several other players who have been released by Liverpool in recent seasons.

Do you believe that if you want Liverpool to increase your salary, then only two options are most likely to be achieved, that is to stay for the same salary or go to another team.

Yes but in this modern football 31 its not so old like 10 or 20 years ago, now we can see players still at top level at 38 years old.

I really like to see how this players are gonna play on the Saudi Arabia league, because maybe a lot of them start to play with less effort than in Europe, but surely when a lot of them are in the league that can make more competitive.

[sokani]

Mane has been linked to the liverpool again before this news was coming. No update regarding it. I don't even think with his age now he will be moving to the SPL. SPL is the best place for a professional player to retire but not for seeking more experience. Mane is still getting a lot of interests from various clubs. He will able move to the serie a or la liga if he wants. I do agree with you if it's impossible to hear him gonna accept such offer.
Al ahli already secured firmino from liverpool and the club used firmino to lure mane to join in al ahli.

It's quite hard to believe mane will accept it even though im sure that if firmino gonna try to persuade him to join in al ahli. I hope mane will try to give confirmation regarding his future in bayern.
Al ahli's offer seems not to bad at all.

The only european club I am aware that has interest to sign him is Newcastle United. About Liverpool return? Jurgen Klopp really likes Mane but I don't know if he would want him back. I could remember the case of Coutinho when he left for Barcelona and things didn't go well with him. When Klopp was asked if he would like to resign him, he said no that he warned him before he left. Maybe Klopp doesn't like resigning players who left him for another club. Mane is unsettled at Bayern Munich, Al Ahly already has a 3 years lucrative deal for him on the table and there are other Saudi Arabian clubs reported to be interested in his signature.

[baeva]

Firmino refused to extend his contract with Liverpool since they didn't agree to rise his salary and because they recruited Nunez in part. Overall the player was reported to leave Anfield but it was not expected to join a league outside of Europe apart from the last days where we heard that he is in contact with Al Ahli.
He is too young to play there in my opinion but it is his choice in the end.

Firmino is currently 31 years old and I think that is the right age to move from Liverpool and come to the Arab League, apart from that only Al ahli is willing to pay Firmino a high salary, reportedly Mendy (who previously played for chelsea), who served as Al ahli's new goalkeeper, will also play along with Firmino.
To be honest, getting Firmino on a free transfer is a big luck for Al ahli, what a wrong move for Liverpool management who can't benefit from the sale of Firmino. The Arab League really created an uproar in the transfer market, they continued to bring in top European players.

I disagree a bit, despite his age he can still play in European leagues at a high level for at least a few years, maybe 2, maybe 3, it all depends on the ambition of the player himself, and Firmino apparently has a slightly different ambition - to make money. I think now all players who are approaching the age when it's time to end their career will move to this league, the league won't have the best average age of players, but it won't be bad either.

[shogun47]

Firmino refused to extend his contract with Liverpool since they didn't agree to rise his salary and because they recruited Nunez in part. Overall the player was reported to leave Anfield but it was not expected to join a league outside of Europe apart from the last days where we heard that he is in contact with Al Ahli.
He is too young to play there in my opinion but it is his choice in the end.

Roberto Firmino is not young anymore, he is already 31 years old and will be 32 years old in October. Liverpool should let him go for the same reason, that's because Liverpool always find it difficult to pay the high salary demands of their players. Mane had to suffer the same fate last season, as did several other players who have been released by Liverpool in recent seasons.

Do you believe that if you want Liverpool to increase your salary, then only two options are most likely to be achieved, that is to stay for the same salary or go to another team.

Firmino would have probably left Liverpool for the salary in Saudi Arabia even if Liverpool decided to keep him for the same salary or even raised it. Usually I think that Firmino is the perfect backup striker who can also play the full distance if necessary as he has great scoring potential, but he wanted to leave the club as far as I know and do something else. Who knows whether he said it because the clubs from the SPL had already been reaching out to him. He wouldn't have said it back then, but now that he went to Saudi Arabia it is not unlikely that negotiations had been going on for a while.

[Leviathan.007]

The only thing they need for the Saudi teams for the next season is to be patient and let the players they hired show good performance because that's normal to see these players can't have good performance in some games because most of the players they bought were never playing on the Asian teams and they are in the other weather situation. Also, I guess they should invest more and hire better coaches.

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Firmino has been rumored already approached by real madrid to be benzema's successor, but it seems like that madrid was losing interest in him. Firmino is gonna be in the same club with mendy.
Firmino has been passing his golden time with liverpool. He was not interesting to play in another european league. It seemed to me if firmino is thinking about how he will able to enjoy his life.
He has been passing the greatest year with liverpool. I really support him at this moment.

I think it's just a rumor that is circulating, there isn't even strong evidence that Firmino is really being targeted by Real Madrid. Indeed Firmino is not too old and he has a good enough physicality and finishing so that when his contract ended with Liverpool he was really linked with a number of big teams from Europe. Be it real madrid or Ac milan but at the same time firmino prefers to leave the European stage and go to saudi arabia.

Yes, he has officially become an Al Ahli player for next season. With the success of getting Firmino, Al Ahli is not necessarily quite satisfied, they are even reported to be targeting Sadio Mane to strengthen their front line. I think if Sadio mane joins Al Ahli then their team depth will be quite strong next season.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Cristiano Ronaldo is the driving force behind their meteoric rise in the world of football. The Arab important individuals and businesses had everything planned out; they picked one of the world's greatest players and signed him over, focusing half of the world's attention on the player while simultaneously keeping an eye on the Saudi Arabia league. I believe Saudi Arabia will have a longer span in football; China started it but couldn't finish it; they flopped along the way; now it's Saudi Arabia's turn; they signed heavily from Europe, but whatever happens, Europe will remain the focus of attention when it comes to football.

China sabotage themselves because their football governing bodies made the league unattractive to foreign players but I don't think Saudi Arabia can't ever do that. Firstly they have the money to spend as they want and they aren't just buying players to their league, they're also buying clubs all over Europe and making their presence felt. They also have bidding plans to host world cup tournaments. Their plans isn't just for their league to get popular but also the make their dominance in football in general. Saudi Arabia went after stars first and with them buying a Ronaldo they knew buying others will be a piece of cake.

The only problem they had was when they couldn't secure Messi signature but they'll take that as a motivation to make other deal as attractive as possible that players can't reject and they'll be doing so by all means possible. Players aren't going to be taxed and they'll be receiving a dream salary. It's just a matter of time before what Ronaldo said in his interview that soon Saudis Pro league would be in top 5 league in the world. More star players will be joining the league in the future and it'll be fun to watch them play even more some European games.

[makishart]

Mane has been linked to the liverpool again before this news was coming. No update regarding it. I don't even think with his age now he will be moving to the SPL. SPL is the best place for a professional player to retire but not for seeking more experience. Mane is still getting a lot of interests from various clubs. He will able move to the serie a or la liga if he wants. I do agree with you if it's impossible to hear him gonna accept such offer.
Al ahli already secured firmino from liverpool and the club used firmino to lure mane to join in al ahli.

It's quite hard to believe mane will accept it even though im sure that if firmino gonna try to persuade him to join in al ahli. I hope mane will try to give confirmation regarding his future in bayern.
Al ahli's offer seems not to bad at all.

The only european club I am aware that has interest to sign him is Newcastle United. About Liverpool return? Jurgen Klopp really likes Mane but I don't know if he would want him back. I could remember the case of Coutinho when he left for Barcelona and things didn't go well with him. When Klopp was asked if he would like to resign him, he said no that he warned him before he left. Maybe Klopp doesn't like resigning players who left him for another club. Mane is unsettled at Bayern Munich, Al Ahly already has a 3 years lucrative deal for him on the table and there are other Saudi Arabian clubs reported to be interested in his signature.

Saudi's offer for him is very good. Newcastle has not been giving update regarding interest for mane. The problem is now mane needs to determine his future as soon as possible. I think thay Lfc can change its mind for mane. Mane has been contributing a lot for the club in the past.Football was dynamic. We can only wait what decision will be taken by mane.
mane shall leave from bayern asap before transfer season gonna close.
im feeling doubt with his future in club after it has been coached by tuchel.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Saudi's offer for him is very good.

Offers from Saudi for European star players are always better than offers from European clubs. We have to look at not only salary they offer but remember in Europe, players will have to pay personal income tax which they will not be charged in Saudi Arabia.

Newcastle has not been giving update regarding interest for mane. The problem is now mane needs to determine his future as soon as possible. I think thay Lfc can change its mind for mane. Mane has been contributing a lot for the club in the past.Football was dynamic. We can only wait what decision will be taken by mane.
mane shall leave from bayern asap before transfer season gonna close.
im feeling doubt with his future in club after it has been coached by tuchel.

Mane had one troubling season with Bayern Munich but he still has enough time to shine in Europe. He must decide that will he want to continue playing in Europe 2 or 3 more seasons with target to win one more Champions League or he just need to get money. If money is his priority, he can move to Saudi Professional League now. I know Mane has a very kind heart and did a lot of charity in his nation.

With good salary from Saudi, he can do more charity activities for kids in Senegal.

All the amazing things Sadio Mané has done for charity

[Sithara007]

Offers from Saudi for European star players are always better than offers from European clubs. We have to look at not only salary they offer but remember in Europe, players will have to pay personal income tax which they will not be charged in Saudi Arabia.

This is a very important factor and a lot of people ignore it. Thank you so much for mentioning it. I remember the outcry from several players a few years ago, when the government of François Hollande imposed an income tax of 75% in France. A number of players threatened to move out of the country back then. Saudi Arabia doesn't have income tax for citizens, but non-Saudi resident individuals are taxed at a flat rate of 20% (please correct me in case I am wrong). But even if it is 20%, the rate is much lower than what they have in the European Union.

[borovichok]

Saudi's offer for him is very good. Newcastle has not been giving update regarding interest for mane. The problem is now mane needs to determine his future as soon as possible. I think thay Lfc can change its mind for mane. Mane has been contributing a lot for the club in the past.Football was dynamic. We can only wait what decision will be taken by mane.
mane shall leave from bayern asap before transfer season gonna close.
im feeling doubt with his future in club after it has been coached by tuchel.

Saudi Arabia clubs will tend to offer bids for Sadio Mané,  I hope he accepts it because the Liverpool I know would never think of signing him back. Bayern Munich has seen not much use of Mané at the Allianz Arena, and it appears that the former Liverpool player will work out a deal with another team. They usually make things right by bringing in players who fit the club's game style. Sadio Mané's severe injuries and confrontational interactions with his colleagues indicate a resistant attitude; although the board dealt with him, they only wish to put him to the market; Mané must begin a new chapter. Sadio Manè was a significant project for Liverpool before things changed and they lost the Senegal international.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

This is a very important factor and a lot of people ignore it. Thank you so much for mentioning it. I remember the outcry from several players a few years ago, when the government of François Hollande imposed an income tax of 75% in France. A number of players threatened to move out of the country back then. Saudi Arabia doesn't have income tax for citizens, but non-Saudi resident individuals are taxed at a flat rate of 20% (please correct me in case I am wrong). But even if it is 20%, the rate is much lower than what they have in the European Union.

Excellent mate.

I knew about tax-free policy in Saudi Professional League but I did not know about the site from which you took the screenshot. I learned one new thing and the site is shortly bookmarked on my browser and added into my own sheet. I will need it for future whenever I need to share information about tax policies worldwide.

France and Spain charge very high income tax and football players don't like to play there if they don't receive too high salary.

[jostorres]

Newcastle has not been giving update regarding interest for mane. The problem is now mane needs to determine his future as soon as possible. I think thay Lfc can change its mind for mane. Mane has been contributing a lot for the club in the past.Football was dynamic. We can only wait what decision will be taken by mane.
mane shall leave from bayern asap before transfer season gonna close.
im feeling doubt with his future in club after it has been coached by tuchel.

Mane had one troubling season with Bayern Munich but he still has enough time to shine in Europe. He must decide that will he want to continue playing in Europe 2 or 3 more seasons with target to win one more Champions League or he just need to get money. If money is his priority, he can move to Saudi Professional League now. I know Mane has a very kind heart and did a lot of charity in his nation.

With good salary from Saudi, he can do more charity activities for kids in Senegal.

Currently, Sadio Mané is 31 years old with now just leaving his club Bayern Munich with no official offer is coming for him but right now new promoted Saudi Club Al-Ahli is trying their best for having Liverpool dream duo into their club as they already have Robert Firmino and now looking for the Sadio Mané even nothing is clear about his future, but things are looking positive as he can join here because recently he has great decrease in his performance and value in European clubs which is surely not good sign for him.

Now things are changing drastically in soccer world and many newly youths are taking places of star players Sadio Mané still can do good for any club in any league but right now as situation is not favorable he needs to join Saudi League for the change.