Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Leviathan.007]

Al Hilal's main mistake was recruiting Neymar when the player had not fully recovered and the next mistake that Al Hilal should have made was to investigate how Neymar would recover or not and what the disadvantages would be if he recruited this player, but like Al Hilal, he ignored this because at that time he only wanted to get star players who can boost the reputation of fans to raise the name of Al Hilal.

Al Hilal must know Neymar often gets injury. It is not the first time Neymar got injury, he already got injuries many times in PSG. It was also one of the reasons why PSG want to put Neymar on the transfer list in the last transfer window. So, it is actually very clear that Neymar is injury prone, it even ever created a speculation that Neymar will retire soon. However, Al Hilal didn't care about it, they only believe signing Neymar will be good for the club reputation and he will contribute well if he can recover. Unfortunately, Neymar didn't recover, there is no clear time when he will recover. Al Hilal may begin a little doubt with Neymar's future.

I felt a little strange regarding this and initially Al Hilal did not think more deeply before bringing in Neymar but after experiencing this bad impact Al Hilal seemed to want to throw away the player on the grounds that he had no contribution and was just sitting there treating his injury.

I think they already think deeply, it doesn't make sense if they sign Neymar carelessly without a deep consideration. Moreover, Al Hilal spent a lot of money to sign him and pat his salary. But they may feel frustrated with Neymar's condition, it is never getting better. Al Hilal doesn't want to pay a huge salary for a player who only sits on the bench. That's why Al Hilal wants Neymar to leave now.

There is a theory about his transfer to Saud Arabian and I think even Al Hilal was aware of his situation and they knew this player was going to again get injured because of his playing style because he had the same situation before. I think Al Hilal bought Neymar most just to have this player in the teams because of his good performance but they bought him to bring more attention to this league.

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[OcTradism]

Saudi teams are quite good especially these on top but we shouldn't forget that some players are unsatisfied with the rhythm of the leagues and the integration of his family like Handerson who is planning to move to Eredivisie, others with his team like Benzema and so on.
Nevertheless, the achievements made so far are great for the league and the country.

Players from Europe struggle to adapt to very hot temperature in Saudi Arabia and they have some more difficulties like different religion, culture that all together affect not only those players but their girl friends or family members.

About the league, those European players feel unfamiliar with stadiums which are not crowded like they used to play in Europe. It is like playing in empty stadiums during pandemic and with so many reasons, they want to return to Europe.

I believe that biggest reasons forced them to move to Saudi Professional League is money and if they feel they earn enough after 2 or 3 seasons, they will leave this league and return to Europe.

[X-ray]

Saudi teams are quite good especially these on top but we shouldn't forget that some players are unsatisfied with the rhythm of the leagues and the integration of his family like Handerson who is planning to move to Eredivisie, others with his team like Benzema and so on.
Nevertheless, the achievements made so far are great for the league and the country.

This is one of the good reason why Cristiano Ronaldo is the undisputed GOAT because he has managed to control the basics of the system and positively influenced the league. Saudi Arabia should probably work on their style of game because not all players are able to blend into the system of football over there. Most European players that made a move to Saudi Arabia ends up not meeting up the expectations from their new SPL club and supporters. Jordan Henderson was a bit curious of Saudi Arabia and his family was not acquainted and couldn't manage to stay much longer, he terminated his contract and move to Eredivisie club, Ajax. European stars are complaining regarding the atmosphere and they don't blend with in Saudi Arabia.

But then let me ask you when you say that Ronaldo influenced the Saudi Professional League positively, what effects do you expect to remain long term that Ronaldo created? I agree that there was a lot of short term buzz, but what is it that will stay forever or for decades that Ronaldo did in a positive way for the league?

Ronaldo's impact can vanish anytime. If there are more europan players go back to the european competition then it will be hurting the reputation of al nassr. Ronaldo has been creating FOMO and short term buzz but this may be vanished if there will be more players back again and leave from SPL. I think that ronaldo's effect will not be last long if this kind of situation will still continue to happen. The more EU players leave from saudi pro league will be only bolding the word if saudi pro league was not even a suitable place to retire for european players.

I as an observer have to say that whatever buzz Ronaldo created, it is rapidly declining at the moment. I can speak for myself that I was interested in seeing what's going on and now interest is decreasing. Players are leaving the league. No young talents could be hired and taken away from the best European clubs. I can see that there is not a lot left of the initial hype.

So true and that's what im seeing. SPL clubs feel harder in getting the new players and it was also affecting the performance from the club too. The exodus of some EU players is making it even worse than before. Im only wondering how long this thing will still continue.
The reputation of SPL will be slowly eaten by the bad news about that. Henderson's news has been also creating a massive impact on the club. The saudi pro league needs to do something all of effort will be useless.

[onecall123]

Saudi teams are quite good especially these on top but we shouldn't forget that some players are unsatisfied with the rhythm of the leagues and the integration of his family like Handerson who is planning to move to Eredivisie, others with his team like Benzema and so on.
Nevertheless, the achievements made so far are great for the league and the country.

Players from Europe struggle to adapt to very hot temperature in Saudi Arabia and they have some more difficulties like different religion, culture that all together affect not only those players but their girl friends or family members.

About the league, those European players feel unfamiliar with stadiums which are not crowded like they used to play in Europe. It is like playing in empty stadiums during pandemic and with so many reasons, they want to return to Europe.

I believe that biggest reasons forced them to move to Saudi Professional League is money and if they feel they earn enough after 2 or 3 seasons, they will leave this league and return to Europe.

Players who left European leagues may have left their mark on the SPL. The hype is over, and we're entering a new era where players are realizing that the SPL might not be the ideal place to showcase their quality or retire. This is the normal cycle of the sport, and at some point, it will reach its maximum. When that happens, no magic will work.

Ronaldo serves as an ambassador for the Saudi league; obviously, he won't speak negatively about them. Ronaldo's impact can fade away over time, along with the buzz. However, changes are visible right now, and these changes don't concern me. I believe the reputation of the SPL will slowly fade away.

[Jody.Drummer]

Al Hilal is the only club that has not experienced defeat to date, they have a complete and solid squad in every position. They have a very sharp attack line, they also have a very solid defense, so far they have only conceded 9 goals in the 19 matches they have played, on average they have conceded less than 1 goal in each match, that is something which is very extraordinary.
Their closest competitor Al Nassr does have a strong attack line too, but they still have problems in the defensive area, they are not very solid in that line, as evidenced by the 23 goals that have penetrated their goal. If they want to unseat Al Hilal then that is a very difficult task, because so far I have seen no club that can beat them, even AL Nassr themselves lost when they met Al Hilal in the first round. 7 points is quite a distance, they have to work hard to catch it while hoping that Al Hilal will slip up.

[Volgastallion]

I can't believe it.

Gerrard signed a new contract earlier this week, despite a dismal run of form that has seen Ettifaq go nine games without a win, and the loss of Jordan Henderson, who terminated his contract and joined Ajax. The club are currently eighth in the Saudi Pro League, 28 points behind leaders Al-Hilal. However, TalkSPORT reports that Gerrard's new deal, which is a two-year extension, is worth a staggering £15m ($19m) per year.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/revealed-steven-gerrard-staggering-salary-al-ettifaq-pep-guardiola-jurgen-klopp/bltb44b1c8e5c376888#csfbaf889b004a3239

Gerrard has been signed a new contract with ettifaq which was unbelievable for me to see that. Ettifaq is still trusting this worst coach to manage its club. The club can try to approach someone like mourinho rather than gave very big salary for someone who can't even manage the club properly.
This is a setback for the club caused by gerrard was so wasteful. He can't even make his club to perform consistently and im wondering what things that make club can trust him much longer. If i were the owner and i have been sacked him since a few months ago.

Gerrard deserves no more place in the club and this guy is a disaster as a coach. He has been so wasteful and that's it. Im only focusing on how gerrard was performing so badly in ettifaq.
He was unable building the club to perform even better than before. Im concerning this caused by ettifaq was so wasteful in the saudi pro league. This club is going to go down again soon.

Naaaaa men, im 100% with you. What the fuck, what the hell, what.... im spechless man, how you renew the contract a coach who doesnt acomplished anything, and the team play like trash, unbelieveble.

We are gonna say.... Saudi things, i dont know how call this, also he lose Henderson like you said. Incredible.

[tusandii]

I felt a little strange regarding this and initially Al Hilal did not think more deeply before bringing in Neymar but after experiencing this bad impact Al Hilal seemed to want to throw away the player on the grounds that he had no contribution and was just sitting there treating his injury.

I think they already think deeply, it doesn't make sense if they sign Neymar carelessly without a deep consideration. Moreover, Al Hilal spent a lot of money to sign him and pat his salary. But they may feel frustrated with Neymar's condition, it is never getting better. Al Hilal doesn't want to pay a huge salary for a player who only sits on the bench. That's why Al Hilal wants Neymar to leave now.

If indeed Al Hilal already knew about all this and had confidence that Neymar would get better soon, Al Hilal should not have had to revoke his contract and would rather wait until he recovered and put him on the transfer market.
Even though  Al Hilal has enormous wealth, it doesn't matter that right now Neymar can't make any contribution, wait until he recovers, but he also has to bring in players who have almost the same skills as Neymar to fill the empty place.
From several sources that I have read, I have come to the conclusion that if Neymar is unlikely to have his contract terminated but will just wait for him to recover but still Al Hilal will try to find talented European players or as if they don't expect anything from Neymar but if he can recover Al Hilal will use it again.
But I can't guarantee that Neymar will recover completely because he is old and will often experience recurring injuries.

[hahay]

Al Hilal is the only club that has not experienced defeat to date, they have a complete and solid squad in every position. They have a very sharp attack line, they also have a very solid defense, so far they have only conceded 9 goals in the 19 matches they have played, on average they have conceded less than 1 goal in each match, that is something which is very extraordinary.
Their closest competitor Al Nassr does have a strong attack line too, but they still have problems in the defensive area, they are not very solid in that line, as evidenced by the 23 goals that have penetrated their goal. If they want to unseat Al Hilal then that is a very difficult task, because so far I have seen no club that can beat them, even AL Nassr themselves lost when they met Al Hilal in the first round. 7 points is quite a distance, they have to work hard to catch it while hoping that Al Hilal will slip up.

Al Hilal has 59 goals and conceded only 9, while Al Nassr has 55 goals and conceded 23 so yes, clearly Al Hilal is leading in all factors. Even though it is true that Al Nassr has Ronaldo in its squad but yes, having Ronaldo in the Al Nassr squad does not guarantee that Al Nassr will easily get the Saudi Pro League trophy. Moreover, the very wide gap in points certainly means that Al Nassr seems to have lost the chance to overtake Al Hilal at the top of the Saudi Pro League standings.

Therefore, I personally remain confident that Al Hilal will remain at the top of the standings until the season ends and yes, there is no need for any scenario for Al Hilal to fall to second place. Because after all, with the achievements that Al Hilal has achieved at this moment, Al Hilal can definitely guarantee that they will get the trophy this season.

[QueenVera]

Currently Neymar is recovering from his knee injury (ACL). But even so, the time needed to fully recover is quite long. From several media that I know, Neymar is rumored to be getting a longer recovery time. In fact, it is very likely that Neymar will also miss the Copa America (2024). So in my personal opinion, it is very likely that Neymar will return to playing football at the end of next year (September-December). If you think about it, Neymar will have to undergo a recovery period of approximately one year. Dark years for Neymar. The reason is, in recent years Neymar has always been faced with injury situations that have hampered him.

Apart from that, I also think that Al Hilal is currently in a dilemma. Because, he had to choose between releasing Neymar from his contract or keeping him and waiting for his injury to heal. Then if you look at Al Hilal's current condition, in my opinion Al Hilal has players who perform well. Being at the top of the SPL standings is proof of that. So in my opinion Al Hilal doesn't need new players yet. Therefore, this might be a good consideration for Al Hilal to retain Neymar. However, if Al Hilal sees the contribution made by Neymar, it will definitely be difficult to retain him. The reason is, Neymar is currently unable to contribute on the field or anything else that is useful for Al Hilal. So the possibility of Neymar being released is also quite large.

Al Hilal wants Neymar for themselves. He's down with injury issues 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 ith their best shot. Not just Neymar in the team, Al Hilal is likely to recruit European beats to herself. This is 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 him. We hope to see him bounce back and do beautifully well for the team, Al Hilal still need Neymar and that's why they didn't terminate contracts with him, I believe they would be working on him to quickly recover from his injury, Neymar is an influential player and if he's not use on the field he'll be useful of track.

[Leviathan.007]

While Al Nassr has many superstar players but they still want to hire more players to get better results and that's why Al Nassr is trying to send an offer for Emerson Royal and hire this player from Tottenham. Emerson Royal can be an interesting option for them but Tottenham rejected the offer for this player they said they can't accept the 23 million euros offer from Al Nassr for Emerson Royal.

[TelolettOm]

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.

Exactly. Actually, Neymar has 3 problems:
1. Aging
2. Injury prone
3. Attitude

So, it is quite complicated, Neymar has some serious problems. He is getting older, surely his physical or fitness will be decreasing. Neymar isn't a footballer who can keep good lifestyle as Ronaldo. It makes him difficult to maintain his healthy. Neymar also sometimes has a problem with his attitude, he already did it many times in PSG.

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.

No doubt Al Hilal has a lot of money, they won't make it as a serious problem to lose Neymar. If it is needed, Al Hilal may remove Neymar from the squad soon, then they will pay for compensate. However, I think Al Hilal is still considering to get a better solution for Neymar. Not sure if Neymar still can be a part of Al Hilal squad.

[entertheabyss]

While Al Nassr has many superstar players but they still want to hire more players to get better results and that's why Al Nassr is trying to send an offer for Emerson Royal and hire this player from Tottenham. Emerson Royal can be an interesting option for them but Tottenham rejected the offer for this player they said they can't accept the 23 million euros offer from Al Nassr for Emerson Royal.

Tottenham Hotspur looking for potential players to add to the club, to boost their performance. This is certainly not a time for Spurs to let go of their important players, they need every backup player to be available because injury and fatigue affects the main players more often. There are good offers for European players, SPL clubs will not rest matters. Saudi Arabia clubs coming for more vital players this summer, they don't easily give up because they have the capital to bring any player of any level to their league but it can only be done when these players pledge out their desires to play for SPL club.

[asriloni]

While Al Nassr has many superstar players but they still want to hire more players to get better results and that's why Al Nassr is trying to send an offer for Emerson Royal and hire this player from Tottenham. Emerson Royal can be an interesting option for them but Tottenham rejected the offer for this player they said they can't accept the 23 million euros offer from Al Nassr for Emerson Royal.

Totenham was forcing al nassr to put more money on its offer. The way for saudi club to get european players becomes even more difficult caused by european club may be putting a very high price tag for their players. This is also the main reason al nassr needs to put at least 40 millions for him. Totenham will never ever let its player go away by exchanged him with small amounts of money. In fact, totenham can see this as an opportunity to get more money from the market.

I think that al nassr can try to find another solution for him. His performance was not worth with his price which was so high. The price is based on the totenham's offer and that's it. Al nassr is still having enough time to recruit other player.
The club needs to think about this caused by al nassr can't waste a lot of money just to buy a player from totenham. Totenham has been pricing him very high at this moment. It's a disaster for the club.

Recruiting EU player to go to the SPL will consume a lot of money.

[bbigtart]

Exactly. Actually, Neymar has 3 problems:
1. Aging
2. Injury prone
3. Attitude

So, it is quite complicated, Neymar has some serious problems. He is getting older, surely his physical or fitness will be decreasing. Neymar isn't a footballer who can keep good lifestyle as Ronaldo. It makes him difficult to maintain his healthy. Neymar also sometimes has a problem with his attitude, he already did it many times in PSG.

Naymar's fate is not much different from that of football legend Maradona, perhaps his style of play which often dribbles the ball makes his opponents' emotions hot to the point that his feet often become targets for opponents. This is different from Messi and Ronaldo, who play more simply and often release passes as quickly as possible before being targeted by their opponents. Naymar suffered many injuries and his recovery took a long time. I think maybe he will retire early.

No doubt Al Hilal has a lot of money, they won't make it as a serious problem to lose Neymar. If it is needed, Al Hilal may remove Neymar from the squad soon, then they will pay for compensate. However, I think Al Hilal is still considering to get a better solution for Neymar. Not sure if Neymar still can be a part of Al Hilal squad.

Al Hilal is now in first place and is the only team that has not been defeated in the SPL, even without Neyamar, Al Hilal remains consistent. So losing Neymar is not a big problem for Al Hilal. I also think Al Hilal is not thinking about financial losses because Neymar can't play because they are a team that has a lot of money.

[cengsuwuei]

I can't believe it.

Gerrard signed a new contract earlier this week, despite a dismal run of form that has seen Ettifaq go nine games without a win, and the loss of Jordan Henderson, who terminated his contract and joined Ajax. The club are currently eighth in the Saudi Pro League, 28 points behind leaders Al-Hilal. However, TalkSPORT reports that Gerrard's new deal, which is a two-year extension, is worth a staggering £15m ($19m) per year.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/revealed-steven-gerrard-staggering-salary-al-ettifaq-pep-guardiola-jurgen-klopp/bltb44b1c8e5c376888#csfbaf889b004a3239

Gerrard has been signed a new contract with ettifaq which was unbelievable for me to see that. Ettifaq is still trusting this worst coach to manage its club. The club can try to approach someone like mourinho rather than gave very big salary for someone who can't even manage the club properly.
This is a setback for the club caused by gerrard was so wasteful. He can't even make his club to perform consistently and im wondering what things that make club can trust him much longer. If i were the owner and i have been sacked him since a few months ago.

Gerrard deserves no more place in the club and this guy is a disaster as a coach. He has been so wasteful and that's it. Im only focusing on how gerrard was performing so badly in ettifaq.
He was unable building the club to perform even better than before. Im concerning this caused by ettifaq was so wasteful in the saudi pro league. This club is going to go down again soon.

If the coach trains anywhere there is no problem. the main thing is that the salary and contract are large. and Gerrad gets a big contract too.
If the player is a little different, it's not only money that is wanted. what's more young players and careers are still long. that's why top players are still young and star players have no interest in playing in the Saudi Arabian league. For example, Mbappe was offered a very lucrative contract and was not interested at all in playing in the Saudi Arabian league.

[Arenga pinnata]

There is a theory about his transfer to Saud Arabian and I think even Al Hilal was aware of his situation and they knew this player was going to again get injured because of his playing style because he had the same situation before. I think Al Hilal bought Neymar most just to have this player in the teams because of his good performance but they bought him to bring more attention to this league.

But it makes sense if it's like that. Because even then, when Neymar was at PSG, he was just recovering and even had a few minor injury problems. So Al-hilal seems to already know this. And we also know that when Neymar was brought to Al-Hilal he was not immediately played because Neymar was still in a condition that had not yet recovered optimally. But at that time a quite funny incident happened, namely that Neymar was left to rest by Al-hilal but Neymar himself went to defend his national team. And at that time everything was fine. And then the following month Neymar went back to his national team and was injured.

Al-Hilal faced financial losses. But they seem to be okay with that. Because the Al-Hilal club is now getting stronger and has not been defeated in the SPL. And at least Al-hilal or SPL has indeed received world attention because it has succeeded in bringing in Neymar even though Neymar is currently still injured.

[hd49728]

Al Hilal is now in first place and is the only team that has not been defeated in the SPL, even without Neyamar, Al Hilal remains consistent. So losing Neymar is not a big problem for Al Hilal. I also think Al Hilal is not thinking about financial losses because Neymar can't play because they are a team that has a lot of money.

Al Hilal can play well without Neymar and they can end the contract with him without big effects on their squad and performances. Keeping him and paying him lucrative salary while they don't get appearances on field from him, is not smart money use.

It makes sense if Al Hilal makes this big decision which can shock some people but with me, it can be expected with Neymar's physical conditions.

If the player is a little different, it's not only money that is wanted. what's more young players and careers are still long. that's why top players are still young and star players have no interest in playing in the Saudi Arabian league. For example, Mbappe was offered a very lucrative contract and was not interested at all in playing in the Saudi Arabian league.

Young players and players who are at golden times of their career will feel so hard to leave Europe and join Saudi Professional League. Mbappe belongs to a second type of players in this example. With latest rumor that some players want to return to Europe, Mbappe will have more reasons that moving to Saudi Professional League is not a good decision for his career.

I believe Mbappe will not move to the league but still unsure what club he will play for in a next season, PSG or Real Madrid, we will have to wait for some more months.

[Hirose UK]

~snip~

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.

Well, the two matches that Al-Ittihad will play are two matches that are easy to finish with win and of course Al-Ittihad have to start learning how to play again without relying too much on Benzema.
Moreover, if Benzema will really leave Al-Ittihad then it is clear that they will inevitably have to be able to adapt to having good performance without this one star player, it just not clear whether Benzema will really leave Al-Ittihad or not.
As long as Al-Ittihad has much better defensive performance then they will still be able to win because the front line without Benzema can still be said to be quite good.
Al-Ittihad always experience defeat because their defense line is very weak and they have to prioritize defensive strategy to be able to improve perfection in their playing formation.
If Al-Ittihad can have strong defense then I sure that they will be able to minimize the chances of defeat and at least be able to get win and various points with draw, this is much better than just suffering defeat.

I sure that Al-Ittihad will be able to play well in the second half when it starts and I believe that Al-Ittihad actually has quite big potential to be able to dominate the SPL and become one of the strongest team.

[Gallar]

There is a theory about his transfer to Saud Arabian and I think even Al Hilal was aware of his situation and they knew this player was going to again get injured because of his playing style because he had the same situation before. I think Al Hilal bought Neymar most just to have this player in the teams because of his good performance but they bought him to bring more attention to this league.

But it makes sense if it's like that. Because even then, when Neymar was at PSG, he was just recovering and even had a few minor injury problems. So Al-hilal seems to already know this. And we also know that when Neymar was brought to Al-Hilal he was not immediately played because Neymar was still in a condition that had not yet recovered optimally. But at that time a quite funny incident happened, namely that Neymar was left to rest by Al-hilal but Neymar himself went to defend his national team. And at that time everything was fine. And then the following month Neymar went back to his national team and was injured.

Al-Hilal faced financial losses. But they seem to be okay with that. Because the Al-Hilal club is now getting stronger and has not been defeated in the SPL. And at least Al-hilal or SPL has indeed received world attention because it has succeeded in bringing in Neymar even though Neymar is currently still injured.

I believe that initially Al Hilal's intention to bring Neymar to his club was to get a complete package. Namely to increase the team's popularity and be able to sharpen the attack line. Actually, if we talk about popularity after Neymar arrived, Al Hilal has got it. Because I still remember, at that time the name Al Hilal was in the spotlight of football fans all over the world.
However, to sharpen his attack line, Neymar has not shown good performance in several matches with Al Hilal. Because at that time Neymar most likely had not adapted well, so his performance when playing at Al Hilal was not optimal. Moreover, Neymar was just recovering from his injury at that time. So it is certain that physically, mentally and skills are still not completely good.

So when Neymar was playing with the Brazilian national team and suffered an injury against Uruguay, actually at that time Neymar was starting to get used to the football atmosphere in Saudi Arabia. But unfortunately because he did not obey Al Hilal's words, he has been affected to this day.

And when talking about the financial losses experienced by Al Hilal as a result of Neymar's injury. I think this is indeed detrimental for Al Hilal. But fortunately all of that was cured by the presence of Mitrovic who was able to surprise Al Hilal with his neat performance. So basically Al Hilal made the right move by signing two striker players last season.

[klidex]

There is a theory about his transfer to Saud Arabian and I think even Al Hilal was aware of his situation and they knew this player was going to again get injured because of his playing style because he had the same situation before. I think Al Hilal bought Neymar most just to have this player in the teams because of his good performance but they bought him to bring more attention to this league.

But it makes sense if it's like that. Because even then, when Neymar was at PSG, he was just recovering and even had a few minor injury problems. So Al-hilal seems to already know this. And we also know that when Neymar was brought to Al-Hilal he was not immediately played because Neymar was still in a condition that had not yet recovered optimally. But at that time a quite funny incident happened, namely that Neymar was left to rest by Al-hilal but Neymar himself went to defend his national team. And at that time everything was fine. And then the following month Neymar went back to his national team and was injured.

Al-Hilal faced financial losses. But they seem to be okay with that. Because the Al-Hilal club is now getting stronger and has not been defeated in the SPL. And at least Al-hilal or SPL has indeed received world attention because it has succeeded in bringing in Neymar even though Neymar is currently still injured.

And in my opinion, Al Hilal must already know that this player has a history of frequent injuries and it is recorded that he has suffered 16 injuries in the last 7 seasons. This should have been taken into consideration by the club that recruited him because the quality of his performance has definitely decreased even though this player was a top player at first, he has been given good facilities for Al Hilal since he was in Saudi but he is still determined to defend his country, there is no prohibition for players to continue defending their country but sometimes national competitions can have a bad impact on important players and we often hear that many important players have suffered injuries while defending their country and Al Hilal's worries really happened to Neymar.

Even though they experienced quite a big financial loss because Neymar was injured, currently Al Hilal's condition is still fine and still firmly at the top of the standings so Neymar also feels calm because his club has no problems even though he is not there because basically Al Hilal is also a club. strongest in the Saudi league before Neymar. Yes, at least by bringing in Neymar Jr it can increase the popularity of the Saudi league and Al Hilal is also not free from this popularity apart from Al Nassr which has Ronaldo.