Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[len01]

Sadio Mane is a real actor. He is a great forward and I am sure he will take his place in the team in the coming days. After ensuring the harmony in the team, he can give a great performance. For Sadio Mane, the Saudi Arabian league may be a very simple league. I'm sure he will score a lot of goals.

I hope so but sadio will be able to making its debut once al nassr gonna face Raja CA in the quarterfinal of saudi club champion league. I think that just because mane was coming from european league and it doesn't mean if mane can make as many goal as possible. He needs to spend more times to build chemistry with another player in the club. We can only expect him to perform as well as possible. I don't wanna blame him if mane will not able to perform perfectly during his debut.
he can help al nassr to win the first leg against Raja CA. It will be very helpful if he will make a lot of goals to make the club will able to go to the semifinal of saudi champion league.
I hope he will be starting his debut soon. Many people are waiting his performance to play in al nassr. Ronaldo will also feel satisfied with his joining in the club..

at least the chance to strengthen the team becomes bigger. I will never doubt the performance of European players who will appear in this SPL because it will be much easier for Mane to show his strongest performance in Saudi Arabia because on the one hand, although some people doubt Mane, Im sure he can score as many goals in every game in SPL later.
and the arrival of Mane made Ronaldo more confident in bringing Al Nassr to get the trophy they wanted because the chemistry between Ronaldo and Mane would be faster and be able to work together to strengthen the chances of success.

Mane arrival will make a very big change for Al Nassr and also his fans who will be ready to fully support getting the dream title.

[Jody.Drummer]

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Sadio Mane joins the Al Nassor club, so I think Ronaldo is a great danger. Because I think in all respects Sadio means more than the young Ronaldo. So in the game I think Sadio Mane will start scoring great, even more than Cristiano Ronaldo.

I don't agree with what you said here, not disagreeing with your opinion because it also has a point, but when it comes to comparing players then it becomes something different. What I want to emphasize here is that they are in one club, and that makes them have to work together as a team, even though in the end Cistiano Ronaldo had to lose his shine to Mane, then that is the function of a real team. I mean they should be able to cover each other's backs, not be at odds with each other, which is what will make the team fall apart.

[Rockstarguy]

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Sadio Mane joins the Al Nassor club, so I think Ronaldo is a great danger. Because I think in all respects Sadio means more than the young Ronaldo. So in the game I think Sadio Mane will start scoring great, even more than Cristiano Ronaldo.

I don't agree with what you said here, not disagreeing with your opinion because it also has a point, but when it comes to comparing players then it becomes something different. What I want to emphasize here is that they are in one club, and that makes them have to work together as a team, even though in the end Cistiano Ronaldo had to lose his shine to Mane, then that is the function of a real team. I mean they should be able to cover each other's backs, not be at odds with each other, which is what will make the team fall apart.

I agree with you.  It is not a thing of competition,  it is just a team work that the coming of Sadio Mane into the club will make it easy for Ronaldo to score more goals and also the presence of Ronaldo in the team will also help sadio mane to perform well. Fachant is making look as if it will be a game of competition for the players. The essence of having good players in a team is to make the game easy for all  the players to come out with the best performance.

[borovichok]

I agree with you.  It is not a thing of competition,  it is just a team work that the coming of Sadio Mane into the club will make it easy for Ronaldo to score more goals and also the presence of Ronaldo in the team will also help sadio mane to perform well. Fachant is making look as if it will be a game of competition for the players. The essence of having good players in a team is to make the game easy for all  the players to come out with the best performance.

Al Nassr have sets their ultimate targets to achieved this season, they got everything at their disposal, what they need to do is compete with everything inother to win their league and then focused on other trophies. New players added to the team, ofcourse it won't affect Ronaldo in any way, rather there presence will boost him in all rounds specifically pointing to the areas of goal scoring. The new boss will enhanced the club with good management within his squad. We should not hyped Mane, because he has some floppy history. Sadio Mané failed to display a stellar performance with Bayern Munich, he hoped to do a terrific one in his new club.

[tusandii]

Jordan Henderson's move to Al-Ettifaq FC has entered its 10th day, the former Liverpool captain has become the only main player option that Al-Ettifaq has looked at and now he has officially joined and can help sharpen the attack line for Al-Ettifaq.
With the transfer actually I am still a little doubtful about this decision considering that last season Al-Ettifaq was only able to finish in 7th position in the League so maybe this summer it will still be the same, namely it will be difficult for Al-Ettifaq to finish in the top 4 or even enter the final .
But I think Jordan Henderson will struggle a bit to make a name for himself because he plays for Al-Ettifaq.

[rendravolt]

Some time ago Franck Kessie was rumored to join and Al-Ahli and it seems that the agreement has been reached since yesterday. Currently, all that's left is the preparation to carry out a medical test for Franck Kessie before being made official as an Al-Ahli player. As for the transfer fee, Al-Ahli had to pay around 15 million euros to get Franck Kessie and that was not difficult for them. The more European squad there are at Al-Ahli and the possibility that in the Saudi league next season they will become tough competitors for other strong teams.
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Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1687771569731325952

[Polkeins]

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp urges FIFA to intervene against Saudi Pro League

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230802-liverpool-manager-jurgen-klopp-urges-fifa-to-intervene-against-saudi-pro-league/

It is clear that the question is not at all in the timing of transfer windows, but in the financial competition that Saudi clubs easily win at the expense of money.
By the way, the statistics you provided are interesting, but they do not at all reflect the real pressure from the Saudi clubs, because they do not take into account the signing of free agents. By signing free agents for bigger salaries (and big bonuses), Saudi clubs are forcing English clubs to spend more - but that pressure doesn't make it into this statistic.

That's strange statement from  Klopp, cause before Saudi clubs started poaching free agents no one brought up the difference in transfer windows between Europe and Saudi Arabia.

The English Premier League is the most profitable league in the world and it is understandable that they want to pay players less in order to earn more, but now it will not work that way. Saudi clubs are now better than unions in protecting the rights of players, because now every good player can know that in case of anything can move to Saudi Arabia.

By the way, when oil money from the Arab Emirates went to buy English clubs like Manchester City or Newcastle, no one also expressed concern, everyone was satisfied with the fact that the Arab sheikhs spend their money in England, but as soon as they decided to invest it in Saudi clubs, everyone immediately became indignant.

[Docnaster]

I agree with you.  It is not a thing of competition,  it is just a team work that the coming of Sadio Mane into the club will make it easy for Ronaldo to score more goals and also the presence of Ronaldo in the team will also help sadio mane to perform well. Fachant is making look as if it will be a game of competition for the players. The essence of having good players in a team is to make the game easy for all  the players to come out with the best performance.

Al Nassr have sets their ultimate targets to achieved this season, they got everything at their disposal, what they need to do is compete with everything inother to win their league and then focused on other trophies. New players added to the team, ofcourse it won't affect Ronaldo in any way, rather there presence will boost him in all rounds specifically pointing to the areas of goal scoring. The new boss will enhanced the club with good management within his squad. We should not hyped Mane, because he has some floppy history. Sadio Mané failed to display a stellar performance with Bayern Munich, he hoped to do a terrific one in his new club.

I was very surprised to see comments of some people who thinks that Sadio Mane's arrival at Al Nassr will form a kind of competition between the Senegalese star give time Balon D'or winner Cristiano Ronaldo at the Saudi club.
Ronaldo for fact was playing in the left side of the attack in his days at Manchester United and Real Madrid but in recent years, we've seen him play majorly as the main striker. Mane will definitely be playing from the left attacking flank while Ronaldo will play as the centre forward. The duo are gonna form a good partnership at the club and help the club win a major trophy next season

[JeffBrad12]

Some time ago Franck Kessie was rumored to join and Al-Ahli and it seems that the agreement has been reached since yesterday. Currently, all that's left is the preparation to carry out a medical test for Franck Kessie before being made official as an Al-Ahli player. As for the transfer fee, Al-Ahli had to pay around 15 million euros to get Franck Kessie and that was not difficult for them. The more European squad there are at Al-Ahli and the possibility that in the Saudi league next season they will become tough competitors for other strong teams.

Another player goes to the saudi club. The things that scared EPL manager may come true. Saudi club keeps approach more and more players from various european league. Glad kessie is doing right by agreeing its verbal agreement with al ahli.
I would like to give him applause by making such a decision. He knows that if playing in the big club is not everything, but he must also accept the reality if all of football players are playing for money.

Another superior clubs in saudi pro league shall not underestimate al ahli. Even though this club is coming back again as a promotional club but al ahli gonna come with a strong club.

[Doell]

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Anderson Talisca at Al Nassr is very developed, he became the main striker before Ronaldo arrived, and Ronaldo's presence made him have to play by being an assist provider for their main striker Ronaldo
Talisca is only one goal different from top scorer 2022-2023 Hamdallah from Al Ittihad, so actually Talisca would still be able to play her position as a second striker and score goals there well if coach Al Nassr did not fully implement the assist strategy for Ronaldo, and if Sadio Mane was present later also just to play the same thing then there will be a second striker in Al Nassr who was knocked out of position.
Sadio Mane is very likely to become the main striker there apart from being a feeder for Ronaldo because he has proven himself as a reliable striker too at Liverpool only at Bayern Munich his career did not go well.

Talisca was previously the main striker in this team, and yes since Ronaldo arrival he has become the second striker. I remember Talisca should have been top scorer in SPL, but he gave Ronaldo a lot of space, it's great player has so much respect Ronaldo at there. By the way actually the current strategy is really good, I think the enemy defenders will focus on Ronaldo and be able to make Talisca or other move freely, because they might think that Talisca or other will only give assists to Ronaldo.

[Maslate]

I agree with you.  It is not a thing of competition,  it is just a team work that the coming of Sadio Mane into the club will make it easy for Ronaldo to score more goals and also the presence of Ronaldo in the team will also help sadio mane to perform well. Fachant is making look as if it will be a game of competition for the players. The essence of having good players in a team is to make the game easy for all  the players to come out with the best performance.

Al Nassr have sets their ultimate targets to achieved this season, they got everything at their disposal, what they need to do is compete with everything inother to win their league and then focused on other trophies. New players added to the team, ofcourse it won't affect Ronaldo in any way, rather there presence will boost him in all rounds specifically pointing to the areas of goal scoring. The new boss will enhanced the club with good management within his squad. We should not hyped Mane, because he has some floppy history. Sadio Mané failed to display a stellar performance with Bayern Munich, he hoped to do a terrific one in his new club.

I was very surprised to see comments of some people who thinks that Sadio Mane's arrival at Al Nassr will form a kind of competition between the Senegalese star give time Balon D'or winner Cristiano Ronaldo at the Saudi club.
Ronaldo for fact was playing in the left side of the attack in his days at Manchester United and Real Madrid but in recent years, we've seen him play majorly as the main striker. Mane will definitely be playing from the left attacking flank while Ronaldo will play as the centre forward. The duo are gonna form a good partnership at the club and help the club win a major trophy next season

I was shocked as well when I know that they've been expecting some form of competition between Mane and CR7, and that will make the team more competitive and stronger. In fact, Ronaldo and Mane already had a history with each other when they both played together in one team in the past (I forgot which club was that) for 3 years and that is also one of the reasons why Al Nassr acquired Mane because of that history, the club didn't mean for them to race with each other just like what the other people was expecting because the plan was to compliment each other, and that will happen soon.

[Jody.Drummer]

Sadio Mane joins the Al Nassor club, so I think Ronaldo is a great danger. Because I think in all respects Sadio means more than the young Ronaldo. So in the game I think Sadio Mane will start scoring great, even more than Cristiano Ronaldo.

I don't agree with what you said here, not disagreeing with your opinion because it also has a point, but when it comes to comparing players then it becomes something different. What I want to emphasize here is that they are in one club, and that makes them have to work together as a team, even though in the end Cistiano Ronaldo had to lose his shine to Mane, then that is the function of a real team. I mean they should be able to cover each other's backs, not be at odds with each other, which is what will make the team fall apart.

I agree with you.  It is not a thing of competition,  it is just a team work that the coming of Sadio Mane into the club will make it easy for Ronaldo to score more goals and also the presence of Ronaldo in the team will also help sadio mane to perform well. Fachant is making look as if it will be a game of competition for the players. The essence of having good players in a team is to make the game easy for all  the players to come out with the best performance.

That's how teams should work, not how they should put each other down. Competition within the team must be, but keep in mind it is only limited to competition to show his best game to penetrate the main squad. The harder it is for players to break into the first-team squad, the better it is, because it shows that they are showing each other their best.
We have all seen how many clubs fail with unhealthy competition, even though they are star-studded clubs.
We can see the success of Real Madrid with their star-studded players, because they compete in a healthy manner.

[Cryptomultiplier]

I agree with you.  It is not a thing of competition,  it is just a team work that the coming of Sadio Mane into the club will make it easy for Ronaldo to score more goals and also the presence of Ronaldo in the team will also help sadio mane to perform well. Fachant is making look as if it will be a game of competition for the players. The essence of having good players in a team is to make the game easy for all  the players to come out with the best performance.

Al Nassr have sets their ultimate targets to achieved this season, they got everything at their disposal, what they need to do is compete with everything inother to win their league and then focused on other trophies. New players added to the team, ofcourse it won't affect Ronaldo in any way, rather there presence will boost him in all rounds specifically pointing to the areas of goal scoring. The new boss will enhanced the club with good management within his squad. We should not hyped Mane, because he has some floppy history. Sadio Mané failed to display a stellar performance with Bayern Munich, he hoped to do a terrific one in his new club.

I was very surprised to see comments of some people who thinks that Sadio Mane's arrival at Al Nassr will form a kind of competition between the Senegalese star give time Balon D'or winner Cristiano Ronaldo at the Saudi club.
Ronaldo for fact was playing in the left side of the attack in his days at Manchester United and Real Madrid but in recent years, we've seen him play majorly as the main striker. Mane will definitely be playing from the left attacking flank while Ronaldo will play as the centre forward. The duo are gonna form a good partnership at the club and help the club win a major trophy next season

Both Mane and Ronaldo are good attacking combo for the Arab side Nassr. There's not going to be any kind of competition between both players as they are professional, have played in more than one league and country and have both won their accolades in the form of trophies or titles or bonuses.
This should be more like a retirement kinda service from the players to the growing Arab side.

If anything, both players will compliment each other and make the game gain more followers and we would be likely to see more players signed there, if everything planned to make the game great in the Arab nation, goes according to the management's projected plan.

[hahay]

Jordan Henderson's move to Al-Ettifaq FC has entered its 10th day, the former Liverpool captain has become the only main player option that Al-Ettifaq has looked at and now he has officially joined and can help sharpen the attack line for Al-Ettifaq.
With the transfer actually I am still a little doubtful about this decision considering that last season Al-Ettifaq was only able to finish in 7th position in the League so maybe this summer it will still be the same, namely it will be difficult for Al-Ettifaq to finish in the top 4 or even enter the final .
But I think Jordan Henderson will struggle a bit to make a name for himself because he plays for Al-Ettifaq.

Basically, Al-Ettifaq is not a great team in the Saudi Pro League, because Al-Ettifaq is also not a team that has a strong dominance in the Saudi Pro League. But at this moment, Al-Ettifaq managed to bring in Gerrard as a coach and also, Al-Ettifaq managed to bring in another European player who is used to having great pressure in the big European leagues besides Henderson. So yes, with these efforts, it is possible that Al-Ettifaq can also compete strongly in the upper zone in the Saudi Pro League standings next season. But indeed, competing teams especially like Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad and also Al-Hilal have better top players in their squad. But if Al-Ettifaq really puts in a good effort, then it is possible that the efforts made by Al-Ettifaq in this transfer window can produce good results for next season as well.

[jostorres]

Sadio Mane is a real actor. He is a great forward and I am sure he will take his place in the team in the coming days. After ensuring the harmony in the team, he can give a great performance. For Sadio Mane, the Saudi Arabian league may be a very simple league. I'm sure he will score a lot of goals.

I hope so but sadio will be able to making its debut once al nassr gonna face Raja CA in the quarterfinal of saudi club champion league. I think that just because mane was coming from european league and it doesn't mean if mane can make as many goal as possible. He needs to spend more times to build chemistry with another player in the club. We can only expect him to perform as well as possible. I don't wanna blame him if mane will not able to perform perfectly during his debut.
he can help al nassr to win the first leg against Raja CA. It will be very helpful if he will make a lot of goals to make the club will able to go to the semifinal of saudi champion league.
I hope he will be starting his debut soon. Many people are waiting his performance to play in al nassr. Ronaldo will also feel satisfied with his joining in the club..

I will not go deep about Sadio Mané, but one thing is sure mostly peoples feeling few players which are having high ratings in European clubs are going to be dominating here in Saudi Pro League which is not solid point because as we all know many clubs are spending huge funds and tightening their defence and all other departments it's never been easy to have any luxury for scoring good number of goals this season is going to be full of action and entertaining because first time many top ranked and other players are coming here and going to give their best.

Sadio Mané have to do hard work if he wants to have his mark in this league because Al Nassr club have few other top ranked players which are doing good and things could be not easy for him to have his place surely it's going to be interesting as now we will watch combo of Ronaldo and Sadio Mané.

[SamReomo]

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Anderson Talisca at Al Nassr is very developed, he became the main striker before Ronaldo arrived, and Ronaldo's presence made him have to play by being an assist provider for their main striker Ronaldo
Talisca is only one goal different from top scorer 2022-2023 Hamdallah from Al Ittihad, so actually Talisca would still be able to play her position as a second striker and score goals there well if coach Al Nassr did not fully implement the assist strategy for Ronaldo, and if Sadio Mane was present later also just to play the same thing then there will be a second striker in Al Nassr who was knocked out of position.
Sadio Mane is very likely to become the main striker there apart from being a feeder for Ronaldo because he has proven himself as a reliable striker too at Liverpool only at Bayern Munich his career did not go well.

Talisca was previously the main striker in this team, and yes since Ronaldo arrival he has become the second striker. I remember Talisca should have been top scorer in SPL, but he gave Ronaldo a lot of space, it's great player has so much respect Ronaldo at there. By the way actually the current strategy is really good, I think the enemy defenders will focus on Ronaldo and be able to make Talisca or other move freely, because they might think that Talisca or other will only give assists to Ronaldo.

Talisca is not going to ever take the first spot of striker in the team when someone like Ronaldo is playing for the team. Although, he can't even dream of taking the place of Ronaldo, but still I believe that he can play as a good mate for Ronaldo and they both can score some good goals without any doubt. The main striking power will still be for the Ronaldo and the setup could be very interesting when such player can accommodate him in achieving some good goals for the team.  

[Oneandpure]

I was very surprised to see comments of some people who thinks that Sadio Mane's arrival at Al Nassr will form a kind of competition between the Senegalese star give time Balon D'or winner Cristiano Ronaldo at the Saudi club.
Ronaldo for fact was playing in the left side of the attack in his days at Manchester United and Real Madrid but in recent years, we've seen him play majorly as the main striker. Mane will definitely be playing from the left attacking flank while Ronaldo will play as the centre forward. The duo are gonna form a good partnership at the club and help the club win a major trophy next season

Cristiano Ronaldo will move up as main striker and Sadio Mane will play left side of attacking or left winger, its not an unfamiliar position for Ronaldo as main striker because he most filled that position several time since in Real Madrid, Juventus and Manchester United. Actually, Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't need adapt again with position as main striker because he has quit well performance although not play on the left attacking line side.
Al Nassr next match against Raja Casablanca as Morocco teams on quarter final Arab Club Champions Cup and if Sadio Mane plays in the first minutes actually Ronaldo position move up as main striker. Have advantage for Al Nassr after success signing Sadio Mane and he will more contribution for creating many assists to Ronaldo.

[marcous]

Jordan Henderson's move to Al-Ettifaq FC has entered its 10th day, the former Liverpool captain has become the only main player option that Al-Ettifaq has looked at and now he has officially joined and can help sharpen the attack line for Al-Ettifaq.
With the transfer actually I am still a little doubtful about this decision considering that last season Al-Ettifaq was only able to finish in 7th position in the League so maybe this summer it will still be the same, namely it will be difficult for Al-Ettifaq to finish in the top 4 or even enter the final .
But I think Jordan Henderson will struggle a bit to make a name for himself because he plays for Al-Ettifaq.

Basically, Al-Ettifaq is not a great team in the Saudi Pro League, because Al-Ettifaq is also not a team that has a strong dominance in the Saudi Pro League. But at this moment, Al-Ettifaq managed to bring in Gerrard as a coach and also, Al-Ettifaq managed to bring in another European player who is used to having great pressure in the big European leagues besides Henderson. So yes, with these efforts, it is possible that Al-Ettifaq can also compete strongly in the upper zone in the Saudi Pro League standings next season. But indeed, competing teams especially like Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad and also Al-Hilal have better top players in their squad. But if Al-Ettifaq really puts in a good effort, then it is possible that the efforts made by Al-Ettifaq in this transfer window can produce good results for next season as well.

I think Al Ettifaq can compete to finish in the top four of the standings next season, because the presence of Steven Gerrard and Jordan Henderson is very influential in the team. Those who have defended Liverpool will find it very easy to control the locker room and share strategies in every game. Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal did bring in new players in the transfer market, but will the coaches of these clubs be able to fully control the dressing room? I don't think so. Because the presence of star players in the squad will make the coach's prestige decrease, even though they still respect the coach professionally.

So I think Al Ettifaq can compete with several of the top occupants of the standings, maybe before the transfer market closes Gerrard will add more ammunition from Europe.

[ajiz138]

Talisca is not going to ever take the first spot of striker in the team when someone like Ronaldo is playing for the team. Although, he can't even dream of taking the place of Ronaldo, but still I believe that he can play as a good mate for Ronaldo and they both can score some good goals without any doubt. The main striking power will still be for the Ronaldo and the setup could be very interesting when such player can accommodate him in achieving some good goals for the team.  

Especially with the arrival of Sadio Mane to Al Nassr, of course Talisca's position will be slightly displaced, if placing 2 strikers in his formation but sometimes Talisca also likes to be made an attacking midfielder at Al Nassr.

There are rumors that Talisca wants to return to Besiktas even though it is not yet a valid rumor only circulating in several videos, maybe he started to feel uncomfortable after the arrival of many star players, especially Ronaldo and Sadio Mane?

[dezoel]

Better to move to the SPL and get a big salary than to be a substitute player at Barcelona. It makes perfect sense why Franck Kessie would prefer to join Al-Ahli than Tottenham or Juventus. The salary factor is the main motivation.

However, armed with the experience of playing in his last two clubs AC Milan and Barcelona, of course Kessie can help Al Expert in the hunt for trophies next season. the presence of Fermino, Mahrez, Mendy, Allan Saint and Kissie changed the image of Al Ahli as a European club.

I don't really understand the tactic from the Saudi Arabians. There are a total of 16 teams in the Saudi Professional League. However, only 4 teams are majority owned by the Public Investment Fund and have access to almost unlimited funds to purchase players. What about the other 12 teams? I thought that it would have been better to distribute funds among all the 16 teams. Else, in the next season there will be a lot of one-sided matches, between the top-4 teams (which will be dominated by overseas players) and the remaining 12. 

I agreed with you about this all because in last few days I was also looking for few things, but sadly I have no details how things are going here in Saudi League they have 16 Pro League teams, but huge spending are done by only few teams which is wired they need to work on different strategy which create good craze here in this league and all teams go with better and same quality base having just few teams at top level and others on poor level surely going to create problems with most of the matches could be one-sided, and we will have competitions like La Liga or Bundesliga which are ruled by just one or two clubs.

Now we also have few other complaints as well about their spending, hopefully in near future FIFA will bring some law or strategy about this all because there is rumor few English clubs are going to complain about this all as well.