Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[onecall123]

Again there is some news about Neymar and Al Hial, it seems they want to hire Renan Lodi and this player can't join Al Hila unless they release a player to this team.
Since Neymar couldn't really help Al Hilal and he wasn't useful in this team and he is currently hardly injured, they want to remove his name from the list to use the empty spot for Renan Lodi. However, the news is not confirmed yet by Al Hilal.
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I read this news in Fabrizio Romano's tweet and indeed Al-Hilal had to remove Neymar's name from the list so they could register Renan Lodi in the squad. I think Al-Hilal have taken the right steps because the most important thing this season is to be able to win the title with a solid squad and if they are bothered by Neymar's status then they can lose his name for a moment.

Neymar still suffers from regular injuries during his career and who knows how long it will take for players to recover and that will only be detrimental to Al-Hilal. I think Al-Hilal is definitely planning something at the end of the season for Neymar's future, whether they will terminate his contract or keep him. However, if Al-Hilal still needs Neymar's services as a boost to the club's name, then they must also be ready for a season of playing without Neymar, whose injuries often recur and cannot strengthen Al-Hilal.

Al Hilal sought goodwill, and reports suggest Neymar's contract might not be terminated immediately. However, the situation could change by the end of the season. Neymar is expected to be sidelined for the rest of the season, allowing the management to make room for other players. This is likely a temporary measure until Neymar recovers from injuries and can offer his service to the club.
Neymar, is a talented player, has faced a career setback due to persistent injuries. It's unfortunate that injuries have been a recurring issue, and there's currently no sign of improvement.

[Leviathan.007]

Jose Mourinho had an offer from Al-Shabaab during the last summer but he didn't accept the offer and he decided to stay with Roma even after the huge amount of money he could get from the Saudis after joining this team but now after Roma got him fired from the team, Al-Shabaab again sent him an offer and tried to hire this famous coach.
According to the news, Mourinho is now very close to Joni Al-Shabaab and taking the place of Igor Bišćan in this team.




https://romapress.net/mourinho-in-talks-to-join-al-shabab-after-roma-exit/

[Volgastallion]

Well just sad for Mourinho who choose to still in Rome and not prefer the huge ammount of money ofered by the Saudis at start of the season and ended up sacked by Rome directives. B ut well i think he is gonna be plenty of offers right now from all across the world.

[Fiatless]

Jose Mourinho had an offer from Al-Shabaab during the last summer but he didn't accept the offer and he decided to stay with Roma even after the huge amount of money he could get from the Saudis after joining this team but now after Roma got him fired from the team, Al-Shabaab again sent him an offer and tried to hire this famous coach.
According to the news, Mourinho is now very close to Joni Al-Shabaab and taking the place of Igor Bišćan in this team.

For now, Jose Mourinho has very few options. There is no interest from any European club because his performance in Roma this season was not encouraging. Moving to the Saudi Arabia league will be a perfect choice for the Portuguese tactician. But he will be faced with a herculean task in Al-Shabab FC. The club is currently in 11th position far below the expectations of the management and fans because they finished 4th last season. But the good part of the proposed deal is that he would have access to enough funds to land the kind of players he wants. His years of experience in Europe could also be an advantage since he could easily convince some of his ex-players to join him in Al-Shabab FC. It will be interesting to see how Jose will try to reclaim his "special one" title in the Gulf league.

[kawetsriyanto]

Jordan Henderson is terminating his contract. Because his wife couldn't get used to the life and environment in Saudi Arabia, Henderson gave up his hefty contract and returned to Ajax. They lasted there only half a season. It's really difficult for Europeans to keep up with the reactionary mentality there.

I don't think it is about his wife but it is about his career in Al-Ettifaq. Jordan Henderson seems to feel pessimistic about his club, he probably assume that he won't have a good career there. Al-Ettifaq is only in the 8th place of SPL standings, Jordan Henderson also couldn't give a big contribution to Al-Ettifaq. In this situation, Jordan Henderson may feel worried about his future. With his current age, he needs a proper club to continue his career.

The image of the Saudi Arabian league cannot be improved despite spending so much money because they are far behind the times in terms of human rights.

If you don't see the improvement of Saudi League, it means you never followed the updated news on SPL. Every football fan must realize that there is a significant change in the popularity of SPL. The arrival of massive numbers of European players have improved the image of Saudi League. By the way, why you involve human rights? There is no problem about human rights in Saudi Arabia. 

[Queentoshi]

SPL club, Al-Hilal made a big mistake when they decided to make signing for Neymar Jr knowing fully well he doesn't play a completes season without sustaining injuries, and at this point I think he's not able to explore his career because he failed to overcome the imperative challenges on his path.

When there is so much money to spend, little considerations are made, and decisions are not considered for long before they are taken. Al Hilal always knew how injury prone Neymar is, but they still decided to buy him because he is an A list player, and his move to the SPL will be positive for the league. They may not have expected him to get injured that quickly and be out of action, but I expect the club to retain him even if they are going to get another player to fill his place while he is injured.

I don't think it is about his wife but it is about his career in Al-Ettifaq. Jordan Henderson seems to feel pessimistic about his club, he probably assume that he won't have a good career there. Al-Ettifaq is only in the 8th place of SPL standings, Jordan Henderson also couldn't give a big contribution to Al-Ettifaq. In this situation, Jordan Henderson may feel worried about his future. With his current age, he needs a proper club to continue his career.

I don't think it was about his wife, that's just an alibi and I don't think it's because he needed a proper club to continue his career because he should have considered that even before accepting to move to the Saudi professional league in the first place. This move is happening for real reasons that has not yet been made public if you ask me.

[Jody.Drummer]

Jose Mourinho had an offer from Al-Shabaab during the last summer but he didn't accept the offer and he decided to stay with Roma even after the huge amount of money he could get from the Saudis after joining this team but now after Roma got him fired from the team, Al-Shabaab again sent him an offer and tried to hire this famous coach.
According to the news, Mourinho is now very close to Joni Al-Shabaab and taking the place of Igor Bišćan in this team.




https://romapress.net/mourinho-in-talks-to-join-al-shabab-after-roma-exit/

Oh, it turns out that the club that had previously been rejected didn't give up and made another offer after learning that Mourinho had parted ways with AS Roma. He should be able to consider it carefully and if there are other offers from other clubs, especially those from Europe. However, in my opinion, he should rest first to calm his thoughts about what has happened to him, because of course being fired is something bad for the coach, even though they knew the risk from the start.
If he goes to Arabia and succeeds in bringing the club he coaches to become champions it will be extraordinary, he will break his record while coaching. IN Europe itself, he is a coach who has experienced the atmosphere of the big leagues there, maybe this is the time for him to experience an atmosphere that is not too hot.

[QueenVera]

There is no need to compare these two superstars anymore because each fan has their own point of view on the player they idolize. It is clear that these two players have succeeded in making history for the club and also individual achievements. The rivalry between the two has ended since both of them no longer play for clubs in Europe, now Ronaldo is still able to maintain his stamina well by contributing to the team he plays for.

I admit that Ronaldo is like a robot, he seems to resist aging with his physique which is still very good, he is still able to run throughout the match without feeling tired even though he is already 38 years old. Luckily we can live in their golden age so we can watch live matches played by Ronaldo or Messi. In the past, we only heard about the greatness of Pele or Maradona, but never watched the matches they played directly.

Ronaldo and Messi are known currently to be world football stars and they have this effect on every team they're in, the fans and football in general. They're two comparisons that just can't be exhausted. Their style of football varies but are top notch.
Ronaldo's move to Al Nassr had impact on the club in terms of fan building and gameplay, Al Nassr came to the spotlight and they had more recognition and views in their games than before.
For Messi, he has thesame effect in Inter Miami as Ronaldo did in Al Nassr. The both players are appreciated in their respective teams and they're the reason why our of the blue the two clubs are watched closely by fans.

 For the game between Al Nassr and Inter Miami, there's a reason why it's fixed and other than normal European contests, that game is one that'd be the center of attraction in the world. Everyone wants to see the world best players against themselves one more time. I anticipate the game also, although I percieve that Al Nassr would have an upper hand against Inter Miami but let me not predict. The game is one that'll surely bring back the most heated argument of who's the best player amongst the two men and I really can't wait for the result.

[tusandii]

Al-Ittihad has the opportunity to move up to 5th place if the match against Al-Ta'ee can be won and of course Al-Ittihad is in condition of trying to improve its standings in the second half.
But they will first compete against Al-Faisaly in the Saudi Arabian King Cup for the quarter-finals.
I don't know whether they can win in this quarter-final because Al-Ittihad really doesn't have consistent performance and in their match for the SPL they lost 2 - 5 to Al Nassr.
In this match they also lost Fabinho because he received red card against Al Nassr, I think Al-Ittihad defense is really not in good condition.

Al-Ittihad must be able to win the last match in the 19th round if they want to be able to get safer ranking position in the future.

It won't be that easy for Ittihad to shift Damac position which is currently in 5th position because even though he is only competing against Al-Ta'ee, Damac will also maintain his position to beat Al Shabab. On the one hand, we don't know whether Ittihad will appear with Benzema because I I heard that benzema was sanctioned by the club as punishment because he was not present before training and if Benzema did not take part in the match, I was worried that the match would only end in  draw when Al-Ta'ee put up resistance.
It is possible that Ittihad has a chance to unseat Al-Fateh because in the upcoming match Al Nassr is likely to beat him and Al Fateh will lose points.
Maybe if there are no surprises, Ittihad can win, beating Al-Ta'ee with a narrow score.

[rahmad2nd]

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I read this news in Fabrizio Romano's tweet and indeed Al-Hilal had to remove Neymar's name from the list so they could register Renan Lodi in the squad. I think Al-Hilal have taken the right steps because the most important thing this season is to be able to win the title with a solid squad and if they are bothered by Neymar's status then they can lose his name for a moment.

Neymar still suffers from regular injuries during his career and who knows how long it will take for players to recover and that will only be detrimental to Al-Hilal. I think Al-Hilal is definitely planning something at the end of the season for Neymar's future, whether they will terminate his contract or keep him. However, if Al-Hilal still needs Neymar's services as a boost to the club's name, then they must also be ready for a season of playing without Neymar, whose injuries often recur and cannot strengthen Al-Hilal.

Still from Romano's report on January 19, Al Hilal has not terminated Neymar's contract. the report was denied by sources as fake news. Al Hilal will only make room in the squad list for Renan Lodi as a foreign substitute because Neymar is injured and will not play again this season. then, he will return to the squad. Let's interpret together whether Al Hilal will terminate the contract with Neymar. or, he will return next season. The reason is, Neymar is predicted to be absent throughout this competition until the end of the season. Therefore, Al Hilal does not want to lose slot 1 of the foreign players they can bring in. then, the idea was to write him off temporarily just for this season. So, Al Hilal can bring in another foreign player, namely Renan Lodi.

If I try to examine the report from Romano, it seems that Al Hilal is reluctant to lose Neymar, at least for now. but the decision could change next summer. What is certain is that Al Hilal's current goal is none other than the Saudi Pro League trophy. that's what it means, they didn't waste the opportunity to deepen their defense line. Even though Al Hilal is currently at the top of the standings, they are not yet satisfied with what they have achieved so far. For this reason, Al Hilal is reluctant to relax its squad and is actually deepening its team.
As for Neymar's injury proneness, he is scheduled to rejoin next summer. However, there is no guarantee that the player will not be injured again. IMO, if Neymar only focused on the Saudi Pro League competition. He should be a little more relaxed with a less busy schedule and able to maintain his performance until the season ends. But we'll see what decision the club will take on Neymar. but what is clear is that their current goal is none other than to win the Saudi Pro League trophy.

[TelolettOm]

I read this news in Fabrizio Romano's tweet and indeed Al-Hilal had to remove Neymar's name from the list so they could register Renan Lodi in the squad. I think Al-Hilal have taken the right steps because the most important thing this season is to be able to win the title with a solid squad and if they are bothered by Neymar's status then they can lose his name for a moment.
Neymar still suffers from regular injuries during his career and who knows how long it will take for players to recover and that will only be detrimental to Al-Hilal.

Considering we don't know how long Neymar to get injury and the injury always repeats, it is the right decision to remove Neymar from the list. Al Hilal needs a player who can play regularly to maintain the performance of their squad. Although Neymar is a great player, but he is useless if he can't play regularly. Anyway, Al Hilal seems no problem with the players in attacking line. It is better to sign a new player who can strengthen the defense line.

I'm yet to read any report about Cristiano Ronaldo sustaining any form of injury but I'll try find out after now. Ronaldo have been the most important member of Al Nassr since the start of the season and have not just been the club's top scorer but also the top scorer in the Saudi league so losing a player of his importance to injury at this time of the season will be a very difficult one for Al Nassr.

I just read the news about Ronaldo's injury. He got injury in the match against Inter Miami, he may miss 3 next matches. But he probably can play again when Al Nassr plays against Al Fateh in matchday 20 of SPL. I don't think it is a serious problem, Al Nassr coach can let Ronaldo to take a rest for few days to ensure his fitness.

https://www.essentiallysports.com/soccer-football-news-cristiano-ronaldo-injury-update-al-nassr-star-can-miss-three-games-putting-last-dance-with-lionel-messi-inter-miami-in-danger/

[MusaMohamed]

Considering we don't know how long Neymar to get injury and the injury always repeats, it is the right decision to remove Neymar from the list. Al Hilal needs a player who can play regularly to maintain the performance of their squad. Although Neymar is a great player, but he is useless if he can't play regularly. Anyway, Al Hilal seems no problem with the players in attacking line. It is better to sign a new player who can strengthen the defense line.

Problems with Neymar is not only injury and how long does it take him to recover from an injury, but also come from his ageing issue which will make his body more sensitive with more injuries. It also causes Neymar longer time to recover from an injury and it only becomes worse with time, not better.

Al Hilal have a lot of money and they are ready to spend it but with a condition that their spending will help their club to get some return. A long injury will certainly not what Al Hilal needs from a player was bought with expensive cost and receives lucrative salary. Al Hilal can break the contract and find a new star players for their squad.

[klidex]

Considering we don't know how long Neymar to get injury and the injury always repeats, it is the right decision to remove Neymar from the list. Al Hilal needs a player who can play regularly to maintain the performance of their squad. Although Neymar is a great player, but he is useless if he can't play regularly. Anyway, Al Hilal seems no problem with the players in attacking line. It is better to sign a new player who can strengthen the defense line.

Problems with Neymar is not only injury and how long does it take him to recover from an injury, but also come from his ageing issue which will make his body more sensitive with more injuries. It also causes Neymar longer time to recover from an injury and it only becomes worse with time, not better.

Al Hilal have a lot of money and they are ready to spend it but with a condition that their spending will help their club to get some return. A long injury will certainly not what Al Hilal needs from a player was bought with expensive cost and receives lucrative salary. Al Hilal can break the contract and find a new star players for their squad.

The age factor really affects players, the older a player is, the more susceptible they are to injury if they cannot maintain their condition carefully, and what is happening to Neymar now is because he is old and he is very susceptible to injury, so even if he recovers later, it is not certain that he will be able to. return to their best performance because it seems impossible for players who frequently suffer injuries to return better because this will affect their overall performance and Al Hilal definitely does not want this to be even more detrimental to the club because they have to retain players who frequently suffer injuries.

And in my opinion it is better for Al Hilal to terminate its contract with Neymar rather than having to pay salaries to players who have not contributed much to the club and Al Hilal can recruit new players to replace Neymar even though currently Al Hilal is still quite strong even without Neymar but if they add new players that That is not a problem considering that Al Hilal has large finances.

[Hirose UK]

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It won't be that easy for Ittihad to shift Damac's position which is currently in 5th position because even though he is only competing against Al-Ta'ee, Damac will also maintain his position to beat Al Shabab. On the one hand, we don't know whether Ittihad will appear with Benzema because I I heard that Benzema was sanctioned by the club as punishment because he was not present before training and if Benzema did not take part in the match, I was worried that the match would only end in a draw when Al-Ta'ee put up resistance.
It is possible that Ittihad has a chance to unseat Al-Fateh because in the upcoming match Al Nassr is likely to beat him and Al-Fateh will lose points.
Maybe if there are no surprises, Ittihad can win, beating Al-Ta'ee with a narrow score.

Even though it is not easy, it will most likely happen and the opportunity is always there for Al-Ittihad so they will still fight to get 5th position and be able to maintain their best position this season. I believe that Al-Ittihad will be able to have more stable performance and consistent then you will be able to occupy it.
Benzema is indeed one of the best strikers that Al-Ittihad has but when he suffers penalty it is also possible that it could make things difficult for Al-Ittihad.
But Al-Ta'ee is not strong team and they will definitely experience pressure in this match even though it is Al-Ittihad compete without Benzema.

Al-Fateh only had difference of 1 point and when they lost to Al Nassr it was clear that Al-Ittihad would definitely continue to rise and shift Al-Fateh position.
Moreover, Al Nassr really needs to win this match and of course Al Nassr will fight for victory in order to catch up with Al Hilal.

I remain confident that even if Al-Ittihad plays without Benzema, they will still win and be able to save full points in this match.

[iBaba]

Problems with Neymar is not only injury and how long does it take him to recover from an injury, but also come from his ageing issue which will make his body more sensitive with more injuries. It also causes Neymar longer time to recover from an injury and it only becomes worse with time, not better.

The best thing for Al-Hilal is to let Neymar go off the team and even terminate his contract with them even though they have all the financial capacity to carry him along without his present on the pitch but this is business too and not a charity organization. Neymar came into the Saudi Pro League together with Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr and Benzema of Ittihad. Al-Hilal signed Neymar Jr with over £78 million.

After he was signed into the club, his appearance on the club is just 5 in numbers and went into the knee injury during his international appearance in Brazil not even in Al-Hilal now for the rest of the season he will be absolutely absent.

Now, because of their new signing that brought about the Brazilian full back Renan Lodi, they have been persuaded to remove Neymar from their squad since they have planned their first XI to be mixed with the local and international players.

Al-Fateh only had difference of 1 point and when they lost to Al Nassr it was clear that Al-Ittihad would definitely continue to rise and shift Al-Fateh position.
Moreover, Al Nassr really needs to win this match and of course Al Nassr will fight for victory in order to catch up with Al Hilal.

I remain confident that even if Al-Ittihad plays without Benzema, they will still win and be able to save full points in this match.

It is better for Al-Itthad to play this particular match without Benzema because the club they will be playing against, Al-Fateh does not seem to be any much of challenging like some other top clubs like Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal. Sometimes it is best practiced to allow the squad play through switching over their players especially with out overusing the star player.

[Belarge]

Problems with Neymar is not only injury and how long does it take him to recover from an injury, but also come from his ageing issue which will make his body more sensitive with more injuries. It also causes Neymar longer time to recover from an injury and it only becomes worse with time, not better.

Al Hilal have a lot of money and they are ready to spend it but with a condition that their spending will help their club to get some return. A long injury will certainly not what Al Hilal needs from a player was bought with expensive cost and receives lucrative salary. Al Hilal can break the contract and find a new star players for their squad.

Injuries gradually kills the boost performance of players in a club. Al Hilal will make hugh decision regarding Neymar Jr but they decided to keep him because they sensed him to become one of the crucial key player for the club and letting him go will be pure loss on the team's end. Al Hilal spend huge to bring the Brazilian to Saudi Arabia and he's unavailable for matches because he picked up an injury which is long-term. Neymar Jr is a professional player that have completely failed to forward his career due to the high scenarios of injuries recorded.

[len01]

Considering we don't know how long Neymar to get injury and the injury always repeats, it is the right decision to remove Neymar from the list. Al Hilal needs a player who can play regularly to maintain the performance of their squad. Although Neymar is a great player, but he is useless if he can't play regularly. Anyway, Al Hilal seems no problem with the players in attacking line. It is better to sign a new player who can strengthen the defense line.

Problems with Neymar is not only injury and how long does it take him to recover from an injury, but also come from his ageing issue which will make his body more sensitive with more injuries. It also causes Neymar longer time to recover from an injury and it only becomes worse with time, not better.

Al Hilal have a lot of money and they are ready to spend it but with a condition that their spending will help their club to get some return. A long injury will certainly not what Al Hilal needs from a player was bought with expensive cost and receives lucrative salary. Al Hilal can break the contract and find a new star players for their squad.

your opinion is very reasonable and it is true that Neymar has to experience other problems related to his increasing age so that his physique is not as strong as before and his performance declines more often and on one hand he is also a human being who, when he is old, will certainly have more sensitive physique and ultimately unable to make good contribution to team that paid him a salary.

I have previously strongly supported that Al Hilal should look for another player to fill the empty spot to replace Neymar because if Neymar position not filled with quality players it will only be in vain and I see that Al Hilal efforts are currently focused on finding suitable player to replace Neymar.
TBH, I was wondering if it was time for Neymar to retire from football because in the previous european team he had an injury and it took very long time and currently in SPL he is also experiencing the same problem and if indeed his injury cannot be completely healed then it better to leave football or retire for the common good.

[rendravolt]

Jose Mourinho had an offer from Al-Shabaab during the last summer but he didn't accept the offer and he decided to stay with Roma even after the huge amount of money he could get from the Saudis after joining this team but now after Roma got him fired from the team, Al-Shabaab again sent him an offer and tried to hire this famous coach.
According to the news, Mourinho is now very close to Joni Al-Shabaab and taking the place of Igor Bišćan in this team.




https://romapress.net/mourinho-in-talks-to-join-al-shabab-after-roma-exit/

I think Mourinho will still refuse the offer from Al-Shabab because after all, with his eccentric style and passion for winning competitive titles in Europe, he will definitely prefer to manage one of the teams in Europe. Even though Mourinho could make a lot of money from a Saudi league team, that wouldn't make him happy and if he wanted that he would have done it last season without having to stay at Roma.

As an experienced coach, he has high integrity and is very enthusiastic when managing teams that really need his services, not teams that want his exposure as a famous coach. Currently Mourinho still hasn't coached any team after being fired from Roma and I think he will try to enjoy life first before deciding on his next career later. I would still like to see him in Europe rather than being in a Saudi league team.

[makishart]

Again there is some news about Neymar and Al Hial, it seems they want to hire Renan Lodi and this player can't join Al Hila unless they release a player to this team.
Since Neymar couldn't really help Al Hilal and he wasn't useful in this team and he is currently hardly injured, they want to remove his name from the list to use the empty spot for Renan Lodi. However, the news is not confirmed yet by Al Hilal.

1 word for this news, GOOD. Im seeing neymar as a useless players. Al hilal has made a mistake by signed him as a player. The club needs to learnt from this mistake caused by al hilal has been wasting an opportunity to strengthen the club by signing the correct player.
I do appreciate the decision from al hilal to replace him with the new player will give really positive impact to the club. Al hilal can at very least put a guy with good performance and good attitude to the club.

Neymar's contribution was also small in the past. I have ever watched him played for al hilal few times and glad to see al hilal is taking the right decision to sign him from other club. It was also making the situation even better than before.
Im quite happy caused by al hilal has a good coach who can read the situation properly. The club needs to perform even better to stand at the first place of saudi pro league this time.

The way for al hilal to get the trophy becomes even closer caused by al hilal keep consistently winning any game till the end of season. I would like to see that the performance from al hilal soon against al nssr.
The second leg will be also very interesting to watch soon. I will not miss it. Neymar is a garbage player and let him go away from the club. Al hilal doesn't even need him since he still played for PSG

[beerlover]

Al Hilal sought goodwill, and reports suggest Neymar's contract might not be terminated immediately. However, the situation could change by the end of the season. Neymar is expected to be sidelined for the rest of the season, allowing the management to make room for other players. This is likely a temporary measure until Neymar recovers from injuries and can offer his service to the club.
Neymar, is a talented player, has faced a career setback due to persistent injuries. It's unfortunate that injuries have been a recurring issue, and there's currently no sign of improvement.

That is not a smart move, they are doing that constantly by showing some respect to him, but it is not really smart and they are making a mistake. Don't get me wrong, players get hurt all the time, Neymar got hurt at PSG all the time and still got paid, so there is nothing wrong with that, I am not saying that teams should not pay players when they are injured, of course they should pay them, maybe unless if they got injured doing something silly outside of work.

However, Neymar is getting paid INSANE amount of money, a lot, and the only reason they are still paying is that they do not want Benzema situation to fear others, so they are paying Neymar to save face.