Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

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2 goals made by Ronaldo against Al Ahli. This also made An Nassr narrowly win by 4-3. This condition makes Ronaldo even further away from the temporary SPL Top scorer. Until week 7 Ronaldo has made 9 goals, much more productive than last year. In addition, Ronaldo proved he is still good enough if he has a partner who is able to provide services in the form of good passes. While the newly arrived Mane has also made 6 goals.

Sure, Ronaldo bagged two goals against Al Ahli, which is a pretty solid performance, but let's not forget about assists, right? Talisca scored the same amount in that game and even made an assist. If we're talking about the impact on the game, I reckon Talisca had a bit more of an edge in that match. Now, I'm not throwing shade at Ronaldo, the guy’s a legend. But from where I'm standing, even with nine goals in seven weeks, he’s still got to step up the game if he wants to top the SPL charts this season. It's not just about scoring; it’s about contributing to the team's overall play

[hd49728]

Sure, Ronaldo bagged two goals against Al Ahli, which is a pretty solid performance, but let's not forget about assists, right? Talisca scored the same amount in that game and even made an assist. If we're talking about the impact on the game, I reckon Talisca had a bit more of an edge in that match. Now, I'm not throwing shade at Ronaldo, the guy’s a legend. But from where I'm standing, even with nine goals in seven weeks, he’s still got to step up the game if he wants to top the SPL charts this season. It's not just about scoring; it’s about contributing to the team's overall play

Sounds like scoring goals to help a team winning a match is not enough. It must be scoring goals, making assists, making tackles, saving shots from opponents to be enough. Talisca and Ronaldo both have a good match for their team and together they won it. They win and lose as team mates and as a team so who make assists, who score goals is not too important but more importance is whether they win or lose a match, then a bigger, win or lose a league.

Talisca used to be a main striker of Al Nassr before Cristiano Ronaldo joined them since World Cup 2022. Now with Mane, Brozovic, they will have better ability to have more flexible and powerful attacking system that can help they beat more opponents and compete with big clubs in Saudi Professional League like Al Ittihad and Al Ahli.

[QueenVera]

Sounds like scoring goals to help a team winning a match is not enough. It must be scoring goals, making assists, making tackles, saving shots from opponents to be enough. Talisca and Ronaldo both have a good match for their team and together they won it. They win and lose as team mates and as a team so who make assists, who score goals is not too important but more importance is whether they win or lose a match, then a bigger, win or lose a league.

Talisca used to be a main striker of Al Nassr before Cristiano Ronaldo joined them since World Cup 2022. Now with Mane, Brozovic, they will have better ability to have more flexible and powerful attacking system that can help they beat more opponents and compete with big clubs in Saudi Professional League like Al Ittihad and Al Ahli.

Most people feel Ronaldo is a finished player and he went to the Saudi Pro League for retirement and money but he keeps proving them wrong and bagging lots of goals, last season he scored about 17 goals for his team, and this season he's already lead his team to win the Asian club championship cup and is still in the business of scoring goals, some people forget he's a world class player and very hard working regardless of his age, and so far this season he's scored 9goals in 6 matches with about 4 assists and i think he'll pass the figures he had last season.

 Ronaldo presence at Al-Nassr has affected the team positively and they're currently 5th on the table with just 3points behind the leaders im pretty sure they'll finish top 4 this season and they're still considered very strong contenders of the league this season cause it's still fresh and they got time to move up

[Leviathan.007]

Sure, Ronaldo bagged two goals against Al Ahli, which is a pretty solid performance, but let's not forget about assists, right? Talisca scored the same amount in that game and even made an assist. If we're talking about the impact on the game, I reckon Talisca had a bit more of an edge in that match. Now, I'm not throwing shade at Ronaldo, the guy’s a legend. But from where I'm standing, even with nine goals in seven weeks, he’s still got to step up the game if he wants to top the SPL charts this season. It's not just about scoring; it’s about contributing to the team's overall play

Sounds like scoring goals to help a team winning a match is not enough. It must be scoring goals, making assists, making tackles, saving shots from opponents to be enough. Talisca and Ronaldo both have a good match for their team and together they won it. They win and lose as team mates and as a team so who make assists, who score goals is not too important but more importance is whether they win or lose a match, then a bigger, win or lose a league.

Talisca used to be a main striker of Al Nassr before Cristiano Ronaldo joined them since World Cup 2022. Now with Mane, Brozovic, they will have better ability to have more flexible and powerful attacking system that can help they beat more opponents and compete with big clubs in Saudi Professional League like Al Ittihad and Al Ahli.

Talisca is not a weak palyer and even I think because of his age and his situation he can even be better than Ronaldo in some cases.
Before Ronaldo joined Al Nassr, they had Talisca and some other players as forwards and now we can see because of Mane and Ronaldo, Talisca can't have too much chance like he had before. I think there is a possibility for Talisca to leave because of that.

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2 goals made by Ronaldo against Al Ahli. This also made An Nassr narrowly win by 4-3. This condition makes Ronaldo even further away from the temporary SPL Top scorer. Until week 7 Ronaldo has made 9 goals, much more productive than last year. In addition, Ronaldo proved he is still good enough if he has a partner who is able to provide services in the form of good passes. While the newly arrived Mane has also made 6 goals.

Al Nassr got forwards like Mane and Ronaldo and I think the top scorer of this season will be between the palyer in their team.
Ronaldo scored two goals but it doesn't mean Al Ahli is not a good team and they don't have strong players like Al Nassr, we should not forget there are many famous players, playing in Al Ahli in this season.

well, as I said at that time and several people also said the same thing, Al Ahli defeat does not mean defeat because of Al Ahli badness, but this narrow victory shows that both teams have same strong performance so that Al Nassr victory was very narrow and almost ended in a draw but Al Nassr defensive line players were very good at protecting the big wall at the back so difficulties arose when Al Ahli attacking players wanted to equalize.

Ronaldo and Mane are currently the mainstay and topic of conversation because after all these two players are still stars at Al Nassr even though in other teams there are star players like Benzema and Neymar but they have not been seen making good contribution to their team and I think after Benzema and Neymar have started showcasing his talent will make the competition for the SPL title more competitive this season.

[Strongkored]

Al Hilal spend the wrongly on signing Neymar, he would served no purpose for the club, he keeps dribbling and doesn't mean business, which happens to be one of the purpose he was signed. Perhaps he's still new to the system, and he would relaxed with time. Al Hilal spend hugh figures for signing Neymar Jr from PSG this summer. The Brazilian is yet to show his impact on the team, rather he keeps making complains on the pitch and using aggressive language on the pitch towards his opponents and referees, basically that's his normal character, I'm already acquainted with him.

I wouldn't be surprised if the owner of Al Hilal would do what his players ask because from the business side Neymar would be more profitable for the club because he is named and a new coach can be found by Al Hilal quickly, and usually news like this will only have a short impact and will back refocus on their star players, and one of the factors that makes a star player want to play in this league is because he will get full support from the owner and more power that he won't get when playing at a big club in Europe which will actually get criticism and anger from coaches when they don't play well, and that's quite reasonable because everyone basically likes power, I just feel how bad this league is with all the arrogance of the star players they bring in which also has a bad impact.

[QueenVera]

I wouldn't be surprised if the owner of Al Hilal would do what his players ask because from the business side Neymar would be more profitable for the club because he is named and a new coach can be found by Al Hilal quickly, and usually news like this will only have a short impact and will back refocus on their star players, and one of the factors that makes a star player want to play in this league is because he will get full support from the owner and more power that he won't get when playing at a big club in Europe which will actually get criticism and anger from coaches when they don't play well, and that's quite reasonable because everyone basically likes power, I just feel how bad this league is with all the arrogance of the star players they bring in which also has a bad impact.

Y'all should know by now that Neymar is a kind of player that loves playing entertaining football,he always love to dribble and i feel that's why he keeps getting injured, as for him being arrogante on the pitch, if you do follow him on social media or observed him at his previous clubs you'll know it's his lifestyle and he loves to bring it the pitch as well especially when playing against inferior clubs, Neymar is a very big player, I think bigger and more popular than his coach and the entire teammates if im not mistaken, but i think it's the boards duty to handle the situation amicably, he should no that no player is bigger than a club and an insult to the coach is like insulting the club.
 
 They need to call him to order before his arrogant lifestyle cause a disruption in the dressing room and affect their good performance,  they're already on the right track and have started brilliantly to get to the top so they need to be focused and avoid any distractions that would make the lose their position currently.

[KTChampions]

The news writes that after the game where Neymar received a yellow card (instead of a red one), the coach criticized his indiscipline in the locker room after the game (quite logical in my opinion). But after that, Neymar complained to the club owners and wants the coach to be fired! Can you imagine how arrogant this guy is? Poor Saudis, for the price of Neymar they could have bought 4-5 stars who would earn their salaries honestly, but instead they got an asshole who will drag the club to the bottom.

Al Hilal spend the wrongly on signing Neymar, he would served no purpose for the club, he keeps dribbling and doesn't mean business, which happens to be one of the purpose he was signed. Perhaps he's still new to the system, and he would relaxed with time. Al Hilal spend hugh figures for signing Neymar Jr from PSG this summer. The Brazilian is yet to show his impact on the team, rather he keeps making complains on the pitch and using aggressive language on the pitch towards his opponents and referees, basically that's his normal character, I'm already acquainted with him.

It seems that everyone was aware of Neymar's character except the Saudis 
In fact, he is not so terrible and sometimes he is really useful on the field, but this happens from time to time, and for normal clubs (and not PR projects) stability is needed. As long as the Saudis need PR and not results, they will be ready to tolerate his antics. I don’t know what will happen next, but personally, Neymar is already causing me only irritation and this irritation is beginning to be associated with the club that pays him for his shitty behavior.

[rahmad2nd]

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It's just that they didn't start the season perfectly because their first two matches ended in defeat. But I remain optimistic that Al Nassr will be able to maintain their pace with the winning trend they have achieved. Apart from that, Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Talisca have found their best form to complement each other to be able to contribute to continuing to win. For the time being, Al Nassr has a point difference that is getting closer to the team above it.

For other teams, they continue to try to maintain their consistency so as not to lose points in vain. Because if they fail to take advantage of one opportunity, other teams will shift their ranking. Currently, Benzema and Ronaldo are the two players who steal the attention in every game, but for Neymar he has not been able to provide much attraction after his first debut did not go well.

Al Nassr is only 3 points away from the top of the standings, namely Al Ittihad. Soon, Al Nassr will be in the top 4 standings of this competition. Playing against a mediocre team shouldn't be a serious problem for them to win match after match, but that's theoretical on paper.
However, it became a serious match when Al Nassr met two teams that were their toughest rivals, namely Al Ittihad and the most difficult to beat, namely Al Hilal. Al Hilal, is one of the teams that in this decade has dominated the Saudi Pro League trophy. Even though Al Nassr has the most competitive squad, toppling these two teams is not a very easy matter. However, Ronaldo and his teammates are able to prove and overthrow these two teams. So you can be sure that this season's trophy will be won by Ronaldo and his colleagues. but unfortunately, the meeting between Al Hilal and Al Itthad still has a long time gap.

Anyway, I predict that Al Hilal will have a bigger chance of winning the trophy this season. If after Neymar is able to adapt, this team will be even sharper on their front lines. now their task is only to appear consistently in every match, even though the last match only produced minor results. I will say, all of this cannot be separated from Al Hilal coach's tactical and strategic errors. By the way, this competition has only been running for 7 matches, there are still many matches to be played for each team that we mentioned in this post. There are no other words, other than let's just follow this competition to the end.

[bastisisca]

MLS wouldn't be known around the world if Beckham and other players that played in European leagues didn't move there. MLS kept a medium level at the opposite of Chinese league which faded fast. Same goes for Gulf region, they have foreign players and coaches from long time but things got interesting suddenly with Cristiano Ronaldo moving there, followed by a lot of stars this season. This made media and people getting interested.

that?s exactly what I am saying, let?s not consider the excessive spending they did stupid

perhaps they wanted results immediately and will be more careful in their spending in the coming years!

I repeat, for me they chose this way in order to advertise and arouse the interest of the media, and they really succeeded

[Leviathan.007]

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It's just that they didn't start the season perfectly because their first two matches ended in defeat. But I remain optimistic that Al Nassr will be able to maintain their pace with the winning trend they have achieved. Apart from that, Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Talisca have found their best form to complement each other to be able to contribute to continuing to win. For the time being, Al Nassr has a point difference that is getting closer to the team above it.

For other teams, they continue to try to maintain their consistency so as not to lose points in vain. Because if they fail to take advantage of one opportunity, other teams will shift their ranking. Currently, Benzema and Ronaldo are the two players who steal the attention in every game, but for Neymar he has not been able to provide much attraction after his first debut did not go well.

Al Nassr is only 3 points away from the top of the standings, namely Al Ittihad. Soon, Al Nassr will be in the top 4 standings of this competition. Playing against a mediocre team shouldn't be a serious problem for them to win match after match, but that's theoretical on paper.
However, it became a serious match when Al Nassr met two teams that were their toughest rivals, namely Al Ittihad and the most difficult to beat, namely Al Hilal. Al Hilal, is one of the teams that in this decade has dominated the Saudi Pro League trophy. Even though Al Nassr has the most competitive squad, toppling these two teams is not a very easy matter. However, Ronaldo and his teammates are able to prove and overthrow these two teams. So you can be sure that this season's trophy will be won by Ronaldo and his colleagues. but unfortunately, the meeting between Al Hilal and Al Itthad still has a long time gap.

Anyway, I predict that Al Hilal will have a bigger chance of winning the trophy this season. If after Neymar is able to adapt, this team will be even sharper on their front lines. now their task is only to appear consistently in every match, even though the last match only produced minor results. I will say, all of this cannot be separated from Al Hilal coach's tactical and strategic errors. By the way, this competition has only been running for 7 matches, there are still many matches to be played for each team that we mentioned in this post. There are no other words, other than let's just follow this competition to the end.

I'm not sure if it is worth it to bet on this game or not, but we all know Al Hilal has a much better chance in the Saudi league and usually they have a higher chance in any game they play on it.
They are going to face Al Shabab soon in the next week and Al Shabab can't have any chance against this team.
In the previous five meets these two teams had, Al Shabab won one game and they had one draw while Al Hial won the other three games.

[Jody.Drummer]

MLS wouldn't be known around the world if Beckham and other players that played in European leagues didn't move there. MLS kept a medium level at the opposite of Chinese league which faded fast. Same goes for Gulf region, they have foreign players and coaches from long time but things got interesting suddenly with Cristiano Ronaldo moving there, followed by a lot of stars this season. This made media and people getting interested.

that?s exactly what I am saying, let?s not consider the excessive spending they did stupid

perhaps they wanted results immediately and will be more careful in their spending in the coming years!

I repeat, for me they chose this way in order to advertise and arouse the interest of the media, and they really succeeded

Whenever you do something big, it comes with a big sacrifice, and in this case, it's money. The money they've spent has had a good impact with their league now being better known. And when a league becomes popular it's easy for them to do something else.
Maybe I will give an example of an influencer for example, when they are already popular and have a lot of fans then something big will come, like for example they will get bigger endorsements than before and so on. This applies to a league as well.

[tusandii]

2 goals made by Ronaldo against Al Ahli. This also made An Nassr narrowly win by 4-3. This condition makes Ronaldo even further away from the temporary SPL Top scorer. Until week 7 Ronaldo has made 9 goals, much more productive than last year. In addition, Ronaldo proved he is still good enough if he has a partner who is able to provide services in the form of good passes. While the newly arrived Mane has also made 6 goals.

Sure, Ronaldo bagged two goals against Al Ahli, which is a pretty solid performance, but let's not forget about assists, right? Talisca scored the same amount in that game and even made an assist. If we're talking about the impact on the game, I reckon Talisca had a bit more of an edge in that match. Now, I'm not throwing shade at Ronaldo, the guy’s a legend. But from where I'm standing, even with nine goals in seven weeks, he’s still got to step up the game if he wants to top the SPL charts this season. It's not just about scoring; it’s about contributing to the team's overall play

Yes, of course Ronaldo is a legend who is always recognized for his talent which always produces goal and I will not compare Ronaldo with Talisca because these two players have made very good contributions to their club which to this day is still very clear that these two players are mainstay within Al Nasr.
I was very impressed with the match between Al Nasr and Al Ahli, it looked very interesting,  competition was tight, competitive, both not want to lose in the match and several times provided surprising attacks, but both clubs failed to get additional goal and almost ended a draw in second half, Al players Ahli was a little more aggressive but unfortunately it was not on target and I still admire Al Ahli, one of the top clubs in the Saudi pro league which has very good cooperation and very strong performance.

[Bitcoin_people]

The game of yesterday was what the Saudi League needs to become a new football light in the world, it was a very fun to watch game between Al Nasrs and Al Ahli. This was a mayor test for the league, because if they failed and was a boring game, nobody will see the next important game between big teams.

I don't even think people would stop to watch it if the previous game was a boring game. I remind you ronaldo has the biggest fanbase in the world. There would still be thousands of his fans were watching him to play.
The fans are only willing to see their superstars in action.  

Yes indeed, basically as long as Ronaldo is still playing then of course the team and the league will remain popular. Moreover, the competition in the Saudi Pro League is also becoming more interesting because yes, with the balance to bring in star players from several existing clubs also makes its popularity increase. Moreover, at this moment that Al Nassr still has to have great efforts to be at the top of the Saudi Pro League standings. So yes, with that factor too, of course. every time Al Nassr plays, Ronaldo will also still try hard to get three points. Therefore, the matches played by Al Nassr will still be interesting and will never be boring, even though they only play against mediocre teams in this league.

I think even though he leaves the league I think the league is the going to be popular because Ronaldo's represence has already created awareness to the league and alot of his fans viewing the league league because of him will still want to continue viewing the their matches because of how interesting it has become, moreover Ronaldo is not the only world class player in the league, there are still others like Neymar, Benzema, kante, and several other veteran players thst joined this season.

 I just like how Ronaldo has improved the Al-Nassr league this season and I think there's a very high probability that they might win the league this season, though they'll face a very strong competition from their rivals, Al-ittihad and Al-Hilal who are currently at the top of the league, Al-Nassr are currently at the 5th position, 3points behind the current leaders, which means they still got a good chance of winning the league if they drop points again for a long time.

Ronaldo had an amazing effect on Al Nassr but it's not just about Al Nassr he changed everything after he joined there, Ronaldo was the reason for many top players chose the Saudi League that's why I think even if Ronaldo leaves Al Nassr and Saudi Arabia or get retires there, still, his effect in this team is not coming people can ever forget.

However, Ronaldo grabbed everyone's attention after joining the Saudi League, for which the best European stars joined the Saudi Arabian League. Only the Saudi League has changed for Cristiano Ronaldo and his amazing impact has made it attractive for all players to join the Saudi League. Since Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Al Nassr, the best European stars have moved to those Arab clubs. Al Nassr currently has two world famous stars Ronaldo and Mane, both of them are the best players and seeing them maybe more players will come to Saudi in the future. SPL has gained so much popularity for Ronaldo and people will never forget this Ronaldo, even if he retires, Ronaldo will be famous all over the world.

[Hirose UK]

There are several rumors that have become a topic of discussion namely the desire of Al Nassr management to make Mourinho one of the coaches on the target list for next season and Mourinho was also offered a fantastic salary there.
Maybe if Mourinho is really interested wants to go to Saudi and join the Al Nassr squad then next season Ronaldo and his friends can get even better performance in every Saudi League.
But there is no clear answer regarding these rumors circulating and Mourinho himself still hopes and is quite confident that he can provide great achievements for AS Roma.

Moreover there are quite a lot of European coaches who have gone to become coaches for Saudi teams and there they can have a source of large salaries that would not be possible when coaching European teams.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

There are several rumors that have become a topic of discussion namely the desire of Al Nassr management to make Mourinho one of the coaches on the target list for next season and Mourinho was also offered a fantastic salary there.
Maybe if Mourinho is really interested wants to go to Saudi and join the Al Nassr squad then next season Ronaldo and his friends can get even better performance in every Saudi League.
But there is no clear answer regarding these rumors circulating and Mourinho himself still hopes and is quite confident that he can provide great achievements for AS Roma.

Moreover there are quite a lot of European coaches who have gone to become coaches for Saudi teams and there they can have a source of large salaries that would not be possible when coaching European teams.

I don't know, I'm not sure Mourinho is aiming for a salary, what I know is that he is always aiming for titles in every club and league, I don't think he's interested in leaving the European League yet at least for the next 2 seasons because he still has a good record. One thing that might make him want to move to the Saudi League is if he has competition as a coach and currently there is no coach in this league who is at Morinho's level. We know there is Steven Gerrard here but he is still under Moronho.

[hahay]

There are several rumors that have become a topic of discussion namely the desire of Al Nassr management to make Mourinho one of the coaches on the target list for next season and Mourinho was also offered a fantastic salary there.
Maybe if Mourinho is really interested wants to go to Saudi and join the Al Nassr squad then next season Ronaldo and his friends can get even better performance in every Saudi League.
But there is no clear answer regarding these rumors circulating and Mourinho himself still hopes and is quite confident that he can provide great achievements for AS Roma.

Moreover there are quite a lot of European coaches who have gone to become coaches for Saudi teams and there they can have a source of large salaries that would not be possible when coaching European teams.

If that becomes a reality, then of course it will be great because after all, it seems that AS Roma also still has not given Mourinho a new contract. Maybe, because of this factor it could also be that Mourinho will later accept an offer to become the coach of AL Nassr, so obviously Al Nassr will be even better if he manages to bring Mourinho. Also in addition, I also get rumors that Ronaldo is persuading de Gea to be able to play at Al Nassr. Well, these rumors about Al Nassr are becoming very big of course, especially if these rumors actually come true.

[baeva]

Come on guys, you can understand more of what I said before. I said that they throw money "when" there is no impact for their league, and here what they do has a positive impact and that is from various things one of which is popularity.
It's part of the process, and I would consider it a very natural thing when money is the first step to doing something bigger. Moreover, they have the ability, yes we know they are rich entrepreneurs who are already known to many people.

I don't see anything wrong with them popularising their championship with big money. Any PR campaign requires a huge amount of money, and they only had to spend really big money once - on Ronaldo. And after his move to the league, other big names started coming in, but for less money, but still huge for the football world, it's like a domino effect, and very positive.

Actually, this is the first step they took, I'm sure they are already preparing for the next step in making a breakthrough as we know it today. Maybe in terms of popularity, it is very difficult to beat the popularity of leagues in Europe such as the Premier League, but what they are doing now is definitely making them more known to many people. And I'm sure even this forum didn't follow the SPL at first, but after this buzz we started to pay attention and started watching or even betting on SPL matches.

I don't think the English Premier League will be surpassed by anyone, it is not only the most popular but also the strongest, no other league has so many strong teams. As far as popularity goes, I think the SPL has outdone itself, it will find it harder and harder to gain popularity. The most important thing is that it doesn't lose popularity completely, so that it's not just a one-off incident lasting two years

[jaberwock]

Y'all should know by now that Neymar is a kind of player that loves playing entertaining football,he always love to dribble and i feel that's why he keeps getting injured, as for him being arrogante on the pitch, if you do follow him on social media or observed him at his previous clubs you'll know it's his lifestyle and he loves to bring it the pitch as well especially when playing against inferior clubs, Neymar is a very big player, I think bigger and more popular than his coach and the entire teammates if im not mistaken, but i think it's the boards duty to handle the situation amicably, he should no that no player is bigger than a club and an insult to the coach is like insulting the club.
 
 They need to call him to order before his arrogant lifestyle cause a disruption in the dressing room and affect their good performance,  they're already on the right track and have started brilliantly to get to the top so they need to be focused and avoid any distractions that would make the lose their position currently.

This is not the point, his "entertaining football" is nowhere to be found, that's the issue. I still believe that they made a mistake getting him as a player, but it was a financial decision that made the team watched more, just like how I do not think that Ronaldo worths THIS much money, still a good player but 200+ million euro a year? Of course not, well to be fair no player on the world worths that if you ask me.

However, this league is getting players to increase viewership and Neymars entertainment football could be a key to that if he does it, unfortunately he hasn't shown anything just yet, he is just getting started and he is doing worse than what I expected he would do. Lets see a few more games before I start judging though.

[Sithara007]

I don't think the English Premier League will be surpassed by anyone, it is not only the most popular but also the strongest, no other league has so many strong teams. As far as popularity goes, I think the SPL has outdone itself, it will find it harder and harder to gain popularity. The most important thing is that it doesn't lose popularity completely, so that it's not just a one-off incident lasting two years

Everything depends on the players. English Premier League is wildly popular across the world, because the best players used to participate in it. I know that the Saudi Professional League is a new entrant (at least in terms of global popularity), but already they have become one of the most popular football leagues around the globe. And star players continue to flock to Saudi, as other leagues can't compete with them in terms of monetary power. EPL will remain as one of the top leagues, but don't think that the SPL will not be able to dislodge it from the no.1 position.