Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[hahay]

If Osimeh accept the Al Hilal offer is a wrong move for him in terms of sport career, i know is a super financial freedom, and you are not gonna lose your level because right now the Saudi league is having very important players and more than him, but come on..... you need to do something more and after that you can go to Saudi Arabia.

Osimhen is still very young if he plays in the Saudi Pro League, because Osimhen has great potential in Europe because Osimhen has great gameplay and also still young age. Therefore, indeed, it is not right if Osimhen accepts an offer from the Saudi Pro League team even though indeed, the offer submitted is a big money of course. But, if Osimhen sill want for a brilliant career then surely, Osimhen has a strong stance to continue playing in Europe. No matter if in the transfer market later Osimhen leaves Napoli, but most importantly Osimhen must successfully join a big club in Europe such as Real Madrid or maybe a big club in the Premier League, who knows.

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[ajiz138]

Hah.... Is this valid news? Not so sure.

Looking at the football sports news there are interesting, but I'm not so sure about this rumor, in other words that UEFA while considering inviting Al Nassr to play in the champions league next season and all the letters are being considered.

Why I say this is a bit skeptical because it is not the continent, the Champions League consciously especially the European zone is unlikely to invite only 1 club Al Nassr because of Ronaldo's popularity and now the club is said to be 3 popular in the world.
I'm not sure anyone is taking this seriously.

[1] https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1724469459891441904
[2] https://twitter.com/alharbi_44/status/1724469385392160876

[Hvdv]

The coach is always an important position for a team, but I think Al-Hilal is also loaded with international players that have had some sort of highly professional career. With Neymar being out, they still don't seem to be any weaker than they are with him. I thought that Al-Nassr would dominate the league with Ronaldo and Mané both being in great shape and also playing together as they understand each other pretty well. But so far Al-Hilal has been the more consistent team. The difference is in the defense as Al-Hilal only conceded half as many goals as Al-Nassr.

All that Neymar managed to show is that Al-Hilal is stronger without him  Over the previous 6 years, Al-Hilal have been champions 5 times, plus they continue to strengthen their roster all the time, so it is clear that it will not be easy to take the title from them. Let's see how their personal meeting goes, maybe this will be a turning point in the championship or the end of the championship race. It’s a pity that Al-Nasr lost points out of the blue at the beginning of the season.

Al Hilal is a team with outstanding players in its squad. If Neymar had not been injured, they would not have lost the leadership in the league to anyone, but in this case, it seems that they will have a conflict with Al Nassr in the league. The point difference between them and Al Nassr is 4. They currently maintain the leadership in the league. Even though Neymar's injury is bad, they have quality names to replace him.

[Leviathan.007]

I mean Ronaldo being able to score 16 goals in 17 games is not that shocking, he is playing in Saudi League, not like there are any decent defenders that are stopping him, Ronaldo is either the best player that ever played, or if not at least second best player that ever played, we are talking about the top two spots in all of football history, that is my list. It's either Messi first Ronaldo second or Ronaldo first Messi second, that is my list.

And for a player at that level, even at age 38, it would be normal for him to just be able to score that much goals at a terrible league. There are no players there that can stop him, on games that has great defenders he may miss his chances, and on bad ones he can score 3-5 goals to cover the difference easily. That is what we are seeing, this dude was scoring at premier league just two years ago, hattricks and all, how worse could he get in 2 years that he would not be able to score at Saudi league out of all leagues?

The good performance of Ronaldo even made Mohamed Al-Deayea the former goalkeeper of Al Hial start talking about him.
Mohamed Al-Deayea said, Ronaldo is coaching in Al Nassr and I also think the same about this player because I think Mohamed Al-Deayeawas is right and Ronaldo is an experienced player with a piece of good knowledge to help the younger players and he is definitely more than a normal player for his team.
 

[borovichok]

Al Hilal is a team with outstanding players in its squad. If Neymar had not been injured, they would not have lost the leadership in the league to anyone, but in this case, it seems that they will have a conflict with Al Nassr in the league. The point difference between them and Al Nassr is 4. They currently maintain the leadership in the league. Even though Neymar's injury is bad, they have quality names to replace him.

SPL might seem easy but seem to be one of the toughest league in Asia because there are presence of outstanding players. Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus is the one instrument that keep motivating every player in Al Hilal and everything working smoothly for the club. They're ranked first on the table and they hold everything on ground to withstand their opposition. Al Hilal goes for the major titles this season and it's the SPL title. Signing Neymar Jr was a typical mistake made by the club and they've deregister the Brazilian due to series of injury recorded.

[QueenVera]

As far as I have read, based on several newspapers, Neymar will have to be absent more or less until this season ends. That is why Al Hilal officials agreed to remove Neymar from the playing list for the 23/24 season. with the scenario, Al Hilal can still increase its quota to bring in other top European players. and maybe, they have plans in the next transfer window. that's the reason, Neymar was dropped only for this season. and if I refer to transfermart, Neymar still has a contract with Al Hilal until 2025 with the option of extending the contract for another year.

Well, so I'm not sure what you're saying from this post. Or maybe, I'm missing the latest information regarding Neymar and Al Hilal. But I still assume that Al Hilal will keep Neymar. However, he was not included in the squad this season. and if this news is true, it means that Al Hilal will look for a player who has a typical character like Nemar. or, attacking midfielder. because for a pure striker, they already have it. After all, they took this option to further strengthen the Al Hilal squad, in fact, as reported, Al Hilal only wanted to increase the quota slot in order to smooth out their targets for this season. As for the player options they are targeting, so far I haven't read the latest rumors or reports.

Al Hilal wants Neymar for themselves, my reason  for saying that is because despite the fact that he's injury prone they still signed him, and I feel it's not only for his quality on the pitch but also for his influence off the pitch, however he's down with injury issues currently and would definitely come back to work for the team sooner or later.

 The team has a focus and a target and they're ready to give it their best shot, not just Neymar in the team, Al Hilal is likely to recruit European best players to herself, this team building, they're about to make a name for themselves, all is for the purpose of expansion and growth, no matter how long it'd take Neymar is 99% likely to have a shot at Al Hilal, they didn't go into talks with him and his agent without a plan for when he gets injured, we hope to see him bounce back and do beautifully well for upon his return.

[kawetsriyanto]

All that Neymar managed to show is that Al-Hilal is stronger without him  Over the previous 6 years, Al-Hilal have been champions 5 times, plus they continue to strengthen their roster all the time, so it is clear that it will not be easy to take the title from them. Let's see how their personal meeting goes, maybe this will be a turning point in the championship or the end of the championship race. It’s a pity that Al-Nasr lost points out of the blue at the beginning of the season.

I agree with you. Al Hilal seems to be stronger without Neymar. We can see Al Hilal already played as a solid team, they don't need a new one that play more individually. Neymar tends to play more individually, he wants to show up his skills during playing on the match. This sometimes brings negative impact on the team, it ruins the scheme or tactics applied by the coach. Without Neymar, Al Hilal players don't need to bother their focus on the possible problem, they only need to play as usual.

They will have a match against Al Nassr in the near future. I think it is the time to prove to people that Al Hilal is strong enough or not to compete for the title. If they can beat Al Nassr or get a draw result, everyone will believe that Al Hilal is likely to win the title this season. But if they are defeated by Al Nassr, Al Nassr will have a chance to overtake them in the top position of SPL.

[shogun47]

The coach is always an important position for a team, but I think Al-Hilal is also loaded with international players that have had some sort of highly professional career. With Neymar being out, they still don't seem to be any weaker than they are with him. I thought that Al-Nassr would dominate the league with Ronaldo and Mané both being in great shape and also playing together as they understand each other pretty well. But so far Al-Hilal has been the more consistent team. The difference is in the defense as Al-Hilal only conceded half as many goals as Al-Nassr.

All that Neymar managed to show is that Al-Hilal is stronger without him  Over the previous 6 years, Al-Hilal have been champions 5 times, plus they continue to strengthen their roster all the time, so it is clear that it will not be easy to take the title from them. Let's see how their personal meeting goes, maybe this will be a turning point in the championship or the end of the championship race. It’s a pity that Al-Nasr lost points out of the blue at the beginning of the season.

And barely anyone dares to say the truth, but I agree with you. Neymar can really be fun to watch as a player, but his contribution is sometimes difficult to put into perspective. I think a world star player really leaves a gap that a club can't fill when an injury or a suspension happens. Real Madrid without Ronaldo or Barcelona without Messi during their prime were not the same clubs. PSG without Mbappe would be tough for them, but without Neymar it was ok. I really don't think Neymar is a bad player or makes no contribution at all, but the truth is that Al-Hilal is doing perfectly fine without him.

[Oluwa-btc]

Hah.... Is this valid news? Not so sure.

Looking at the football sports news there are interesting, but I'm not so sure about this rumor, in other words that UEFA while considering inviting Al Nassr to play in the champions league next season and all the letters are being considered.

Why I say this is a bit skeptical because it is not the continent, the Champions League consciously especially the European zone is unlikely to invite only 1 club Al Nassr because of Ronaldo's popularity and now the club is said to be 3 popular in the world.
I'm not sure anyone is taking this seriously.

[1] https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1724469459891441904
[2] https://twitter.com/alharbi_44/status/1724469385392160876

Hell Yes! This news is valid. And I do think that, there's every possiblity of seeing that happening. When you look at the news, it makes sense. This is yet again another influence of money and Cristiano Ronaldo. European Competitions must have really missed him.
They all rejected him, now his impact and influence would be bringing one of the highest rated clubs in the world to Europe.
The nnew could work, as much as they follow the terms laid down by UEFA.

Cristiano Ronaldo has said he'll not stop playing until he gets to win the Saudi Arabian Premier League with Al Nassr. I'd love that truthfully! I know of his impact and influence. ( But I cannot advice you to trust his adverts with Binance ) 

[Smack That Ace]

Now it's matter of just few weeks as we will have winter transfer window and things will be clear who is coming here with Victor Osimhen and Mohammad Salah both are target of Al Hilal and few other Saudi Clubs for their teams, but things are not clear because currently Liverpool is at his best and Mohammad Salah is important for them but nothing is clear about Osimhen because Napoli is having issues even in coming days we can expect new coach at Napoli, so things can take change but Al Hilal surely needs to fill this hole after Neymar Jr.

Metrovic is one of the best players available into their current squad, but they will bring alternative as well which will give them more firepower for winning title against teams like Al Nassr and Al Ittihad which are competing with them for the title now coming transfer window is surely going to have good interesting things for the many clubs around the world.

A lot of great things are happening to the Saudi Pro League with the keen interest they have in the soccer game this period. Transfer of star players into the league have made it more important and they are gradually moving into the limelight.

Al Hilal, Al Nassr, Al Ittihad and Al Itikaaf are some of the clubs that I can mention off hands which I never knew beforehand. The money that is spent on these players have made it mouthwatering for many star players to join those clubs which is also interesting. Couple of days ago, I heard that UEFA Champions League are considering some of the Saudi Pro League clubs likenthe ones I mentioned above for their next seasons. Which means more visibility and popularity to the clubs and the league in general.

Just like Cristiano Ronaldo said, the Saudi pro league is definitely improving and in a matter of years, it is going to become the big league that everyone expects it to become right now. But they need to start bringing in young players. As long as they are unable to make young players interested in the league, they are not going to be able to increase popularity. Let’s remember that bringing in players who are at the later stages of their careers and players who are literally legends of the game is going to increase the popularity, but probably not going to increase the quality of football.

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duke

[Hirose UK]

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Neymar will for sure return to the club it is just injury holding down the player  immediately he is fit and recovered fully the club will be entertained with his skills as ge remains one of the skillful players in the world when fully fit and stabilised.
I know they have experienced the skills of the New players but neymar is another standard of player. Yassine Bounou is a powerful goalkeeper.  He showed his powers of goalkeeping during world cup. That alone should have attracted his club to chase him.
They can win the league if they focus and work hard nothing is hard to get if all minds want it done.

Yes, he will return but it will take long time because for this season alone it has been reported that Neymar will not be able to play with Al Hilal, this is the hardest blow for them and of course during this recovery period Neymar will also experience decline in performance due to having to be absent for long time.
I don't know why Al Hilal was so interested in Neymar, he is clearly player with quite frequent injuries, even PSG themselves have experienced losses like this and if Neymar is still great player then it is impossible for PSG to let him go.

So far in the SPL, Yassine Bounou has been the goalkeeper who has always been in the spotlight by the public and he has been nicknamed the best goalkeeper for the SPL.
It is possible that he could become goalkeeper who really provides great strength for Al Hilal.
He is still relatively young so he can still take steps to always perform optimally.

I still don't think that Al Hilal will be able to win the SPL because there are other competitors who are also very strong, namely Al Nassr.
These two teams are the closest candidates to win the SPL title.

[Sithara007]

And barely anyone dares to say the truth, but I agree with you. Neymar can really be fun to watch as a player, but his contribution is sometimes difficult to put into perspective. I think a world star player really leaves a gap that a club can't fill when an injury or a suspension happens. Real Madrid without Ronaldo or Barcelona without Messi during their prime were not the same clubs. PSG without Mbappe would be tough for them, but without Neymar it was ok. I really don't think Neymar is a bad player or makes no contribution at all, but the truth is that Al-Hilal is doing perfectly fine without him.

I agree that Neymar is quite talented and fun to watch. But he need to learn ethical practices and also need to know how to work as a team. Al Hilal did the right thing by deregistering him. They wasted a lot of time, effort and funds to bring him to Saudi Arabia, but in the end they were treated unfairly by the same guy on whom they put so much trust. Anyway, Neymar may be having his own plans. I don't know what are his future options. He's still young and therefore there is a good chance that he'll move back to one of the European clubs.

[KTChampions]

Hah.... Is this valid news? Not so sure.

Looking at the football sports news there are interesting, but I'm not so sure about this rumor, in other words that UEFA while considering inviting Al Nassr to play in the champions league next season and all the letters are being considered.

Why I say this is a bit skeptical because it is not the continent, the Champions League consciously especially the European zone is unlikely to invite only 1 club Al Nassr because of Ronaldo's popularity and now the club is said to be 3 popular in the world.
I'm not sure anyone is taking this seriously.

[1] https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1724469459891441904
[2] https://twitter.com/alharbi_44/status/1724469385392160876

I don’t think that this news is true at the moment, it is rather an attempt to test public opinion. If fans receive this news with enthusiasm, then perhaps another club will be entered into the European Champions League (not necessarily Al-Nasr, just adding a wild card system). And in fact, I don’t see anything wrong with this, I think everyone would dream of seeing how other best clubs in the world would show themselves in the Champions League. Taking into account the change in the format of the Champions League from next year, no one will even feel that a new club is playing in the tournament.

[fuguebtc]

@Sithara007 what happened with Neymar was pure bad luck but I’m hoping that he’ll come back stronger because this is not a very demanding league and he can definitely thrive here. Also buying in the January transfer window doesn’t make much sense as they’ll be overpaying for their targets hence I hope that they will spend wisely by waiting for the summer transfer window.

Neymar is not going to come back to Saudi Arabia. You know that, right? He has been deregistered by Al Hilal and he has already flown back to Brazil. And I don't think that he will ever again get an offer from any of the Saudi clubs, after what he did to Al Hilal. Saudis will be very cautious now. For Al Hilal, there is a need to fill the vacuum left by Neymar, although Aleksandar Mitrović has been performing exceptionally well for them. I have a feeling that the replacement will be neither Osimhen nor Salah, but some less fancied player.

Sometimes I feel very sorry for what happened to Neymar. Because his injury was quite serious and he was even expected to be absent from football for around 1 year. And of course Al-hilal couldn't wait patiently for this. So in the end Neymar was removed from Al-Hilal's squad list for this season. Because Al-hilal seems to be planning to bring in other European players. Although there is no definite news yet about who Al-Hilal will bring in. But the step of removing Neymar from the squad list is necessary so that a place is available for another foreign player at Al-Hilal.

But thats is only for this season. Because in the next season Al-Hilal will definitely re-register Neymar in the Al-Hilal squad. Because Neymar's contract at Al-Hilal is quite long. But Al-hilal doesn't seem to be targeting attacking or midfield players. But they want to get a non-Saudi player for the left back position. Al-Hilal seems to realize that it must have a solid defense when facing strong teams that have strong forwards such as Al-Nassr and Al-ittihad.

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I believe that Al Hilal did this because they did not want to pay Neymar, the huge amount of salary that they were. At least not for free. We know that he is not going to be back in action for at least a year. So there is no reason for the club to literally give free money to him. Of course, it is going to be good news if he is registered again in the club in the next season. After all, they did spend hundred million dollars to bring him in. But at the same time, I don't think anyone can actually blame Neymar. Because he is obviously not getting injured willingly.

[rendravolt]

Hah.... Is this valid news? Not so sure.

Looking at the football sports news there are interesting, but I'm not so sure about this rumor, in other words that UEFA while considering inviting Al Nassr to play in the champions league next season and all the letters are being considered.

Why I say this is a bit skeptical because it is not the continent, the Champions League consciously especially the European zone is unlikely to invite only 1 club Al Nassr because of Ronaldo's popularity and now the club is said to be 3 popular in the world.
I'm not sure anyone is taking this seriously.

[1] https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1724469459891441904
[2] https://twitter.com/alharbi_44/status/1724469385392160876

There are indeed rumors like that, but I don't agree if it is true that Al-Nassr will receive an invitation to participate in the Champions League. The reason is that this will hurt the competition, which has been known for a long time to only be filled with representatives of teams from Europe and getting a place in the play-off round is very difficult for other small European teams. Of course, this is more of a privilege because Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently the top scorer of all time in the Champions League. However, if this is realized, football fans in Europe will definitely protest massively to UEFA and will not let this just happen.

[Sithara007]

There are indeed rumors like that, but I don't agree if it is true that Al-Nassr will receive an invitation to participate in the Champions League. The reason is that this will hurt the competition, which has been known for a long time to only be filled with representatives of teams from Europe and getting a place in the play-off round is very difficult for other small European teams. Of course, this is more of a privilege because Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently the top scorer of all time in the Champions League. However, if this is realized, football fans in Europe will definitely protest massively to UEFA and will not let this just happen.

Well.. I don't get it. Why should anyone protest against this move? It is going to be mutually beneficial for both the sides. Al Nassr will get to play against quality opposition in front of European fans, while UEFA will benefit from an increase in global viewership. The world has become smaller as a result of advancement in technology. Given this, I would say that UEFA is doing the right thing. Expanding the Champions League, to include teams from outside the European continent is a welcome step. If they can include Turkish and Kazakh clubs, then why not those from Saudi Arabia?

[Plaguedeath]

There are indeed rumors like that, but I don't agree if it is true that Al-Nassr will receive an invitation to participate in the Champions League. The reason is that this will hurt the competition, which has been known for a long time to only be filled with representatives of teams from Europe and getting a place in the play-off round is very difficult for other small European teams. Of course, this is more of a privilege because Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently the top scorer of all time in the Champions League. However, if this is realized, football fans in Europe will definitely protest massively to UEFA and will not let this just happen.

Al Nassr didn't adopt FIFA FPP rule, so it's really impossible they will qualify to play in Champions League. Also personal invitation is a discrimination to other team especially Al Ittihad which previously won the Saudi Professional League.

It seems FIFA really want to bring traffic to their league since they falsely think, Ronaldo moving to Saudi Arabia is to end his career.

[shinratensei_]

Hah.... Is this valid news? Not so sure.

Looking at the football sports news there are interesting, but I'm not so sure about this rumor, in other words that UEFA while considering inviting Al Nassr to play in the champions league next season and all the letters are being considered.

Why I say this is a bit skeptical because it is not the continent, the Champions League consciously especially the European zone is unlikely to invite only 1 club Al Nassr because of Ronaldo's popularity and now the club is said to be 3 popular in the world.
I'm not sure anyone is taking this seriously.

[1] https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1724469459891441904
[2] https://twitter.com/alharbi_44/status/1724469385392160876

It's not yet confirmed by UEFA and this probably another fake news. How can UEFA invite al nassr just because it was one of popular club? This is far from the first draft being made by SPL to invite the winner of SPL to play in the UEFA.

That rumor is not even relevant to me. It seems like that there are not reliable press who was publishing this rumor. This is likely a fake rumor being made by the haters of al nassr.

The main problem since when UEFA used the popularity of club as barometer to measure the reliability of club to play in the UEFA champion league? I can't even understand where the sense point from that rumor.

There will be many europeans try to protesting regarding it. Im sure 100% that's fake news. Let UEFA try to confirm it.

What a non sense rumor. Fake news creators sometimes lose their sanity while spreading rumors.

[Uruhara]

The coach is always an important position for a team, but I think Al-Hilal is also loaded with international players that have had some sort of highly professional career. With Neymar being out, they still don't seem to be any weaker than they are with him. I thought that Al-Nassr would dominate the league with Ronaldo and Mané both being in great shape and also playing together as they understand each other pretty well. But so far Al-Hilal has been the more consistent team. The difference is in the defense as Al-Hilal only conceded half as many goals as Al-Nassr.

All that Neymar managed to show is that Al-Hilal is stronger without him   Over the previous 6 years, Al-Hilal have been champions 5 times, plus they continue to strengthen their roster all the time, so it is clear that it will not be easy to take the title from them. Let's see how their personal meeting goes, maybe this will be a turning point in the championship or the end of the championship race. It’s a pity that Al-Nasr lost points out of the blue at the beginning of the season.

If Al-Nassr had not lost points in the two matches at the start of the season then perhaps Al-Nassr would now be at the top of the standings. Unfortunately, C.Ronaldo's absence in the first two matches at the start of this season has caused Al-Nassr to lose points in these two matches. And it benefits other strong teams like Al-hilal who can continue to be consistent from the start. But Al-Nassr fought back after being 6 points behind and is now slowly approaching the top of the standings with only a 4 point difference with Al-Hilal.

Talking about Al-Hilal is like talking about Man City in the Premier League. Because Al-Hilal has won the most titles in recent years. Last season, Al-Hilal probably lost to Al-Nassr and Al-Ittihad. But this season they seem to want to restore their glory in the SPL. And currently Al-hilal can be said to be the team with the strongest defense in the SPL. Because there is K. Koulibaly who is one of Europe's best defenders currently joining Al-Hilal. So it is not surprising that opponents always have difficulty breaking through Al-Hilal's defense. But in front of Al-Nassr maybe everything will be different. Because C. Ronaldo, Mane and Talisca seem very difficult to stop even by K. Koulibaly.

[rendravolt]

There are indeed rumors like that, but I don't agree if it is true that Al-Nassr will receive an invitation to participate in the Champions League. The reason is that this will hurt the competition, which has been known for a long time to only be filled with representatives of teams from Europe and getting a place in the play-off round is very difficult for other small European teams. Of course, this is more of a privilege because Al-Nassr has Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently the top scorer of all time in the Champions League. However, if this is realized, football fans in Europe will definitely protest massively to UEFA and will not let this just happen.

Al Nassr didn't adopt FIFA FPP rule, so it's really impossible they will qualify to play in Champions League. Also personal invitation is a discrimination to other team especially Al Ittihad which previously won the Saudi Professional League.

It seems FIFA really want to bring traffic to their league since they falsely think, Ronaldo moving to Saudi Arabia is to end his career.

Clearly this would be a blunder for those who had extended this invitation to Al-Nassr. If Al-Nassr has that opportunity then is it possible that Inter Miami with Lionel Messi will also get the same opportunity?

We know very well that several seasons ago the Champions League lost its prestige after they parted ways with Ronaldo, but now Lionel Messi has also made things worse after he also left Europe. This is just about how a big competition lost its appeal after the two GOATs left European competition and this fact means they have lost big assets over the years. Now they want to try to bring back what could get them exposure again or maybe there's more to it that we don't know.