Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

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The poor results obtained by Al Ettifaq did not deter the club from extending their coach Steven Gerrard's contract and it could be said that the contract is quite long because it is until June 2027, and also received a salary increase of 25%.
This was quite surprising because in the last eight matches Al Ettifaq did not win a single win and only got five points which made their position below Al Fateh and Damac FC.
It seems like the club still believes that Steven Gerrard will take this team to a better position than it is now, even though that might not happen especially since they were left behind by their player Jordan Henderson who returned to Europe and he at Al Ettifaq has contributed four assists.
Steven Gerrard has quite good experience in the Scottish league by bringing Rangers FC to become champions, maybe the club sees that he can bring this team to be better and next season they can become title contenders, because we see that a club can change for the better or vice versa in another season.
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Ronaldo is more than just a player for Al Nassr and it seems other than attracting players like Casemiro for their team they even make delay on the friendly games because of Ronaldo. Al Nassr was about to have a friendly match with Iner Miami in this match we could see Ronaldo and Messi in the game but since Ronaldo was injured, Al Nassr delayed the friendly game to have Ronaldo.

Ronaldo seems to have become the most important part for Al Nassr by postponing the match. This is one of Al Nassr's efforts which really appreciates Ronaldo because he is really appreciated and this postponement effort is likely to be one way to maintain Ronaldo's physical condition to be ready to face Inter Miami and Al Nassr wants to prove to the public that this club can beat Inter Miami.
Even though it is just a friendly match, this is very important for Al Nassr's reputation.
It will be very interesting to look forward to this match but I am worried that Ronaldo will be absent from this match and I will be very disappointed if Ronaldo is absent from the match against InterMiami, not just me, even most Al Nassr fans will feel disappointed if Ronaldo is absent from this meeting of star players.
Really hope to see that clubs in the Saudi pro league will not be beaten by clubs from MLS.

[Arenga pinnata]

Benzema playing in the Saudi League and for Al Ittihad was not a good experience for this French player and Al Ittihad and it seems Benzema wants to leave Al Ittihad soon. However, during the time when Benzema joined Al Ittihad, he was mostly injured and not in the good form but he is now about to leave because he said he is under pressure in this country and he can't handle this pressure that's why he asked the Al Ittihad to let him leave.
 

Things are not rosy for Benzema with his adventure in Saudi Professional League and Al Ittihad. They won the league title last season and bought Benzema to defend the title but now they are in middle of table, that is a very disappointed result for them. With an ambitious player like Benzema who won 5 Champions League and even one Ballon d'Or three seasons ago, it looks unacceptable.

This disappointment combines with other reasons like unable to adapt to a new nation with many differences than European nations, are enough to cause reconsideration of many European players. Rumor is not only Benzema, but also some players are seriously thinking of leaving Saudi Professional League.

Well maybe for some European players it is very difficult to adapt to the SPL. And what makes Benzema uncomfortable is perhaps people seeing that last season Al-ittihad won the title but why when Benzema arrived Al-ittihad experienced a decline. In fact, everything changed not because Al-ittihad was weakening, but perhaps because other teams were getting stronger. For example, Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr have improved their performance a lot compared to last season.

One of the former Liverpool players who joined Al-Ettifaq this season, namely Jordan Henderson, has also left Al-Ettifaq in the middle of this season. And prefer to join AJAX.

And it is not impossible that slowly there will be more European players leaving the SPL. But I'm sure there are still many who hope for Benzema to remain at Al-Ittihad. Because if Benzema leaves in the middle of the season then he will only receive more criticism.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Benzema playing in the Saudi League and for Al Ittihad was not a good experience for this French player and Al Ittihad and it seems Benzema wants to leave Al Ittihad soon. However, during the time when Benzema joined Al Ittihad, he was mostly injured and not in the good form but he is now about to leave because he said he is under pressure in this country and he can't handle this pressure that's why he asked the Al Ittihad to let him leave.

I would like to support him to leave from ittihad, he deserves better than ittihad. He can leave as a loan to the lyon, manchester united or even arsenal. This will be helping him a lot to get his instinct as a great striker again.
Stay in ittihad will never ever solve his problem with the management of club. Benzema shall leave from saudi pro league as soon as possible. It doesn't even matter whether he will be out as a loan or permanent transfer. As long as he will leave from al ittihad and that's good.

There are so many problems happened in the club and benze has been blamed became the main causes of these problem. He needs to get the fuck out from the club. benzema can get a better club rather than al ittihad. It will make the situation far better.
Benzema needs to get a good club to place caused by he was not feeling so damn good play for ittihad. The club was inconsistent and it has too many problems that has not yet sorted out.

This has become the main problem that needs to be solved as soon as possible.

[Volgastallion]

I dont think we can blame the team for this Benzema behavior he never play at high level and he was every time injured so i dont think he can play that card, if he was playing at high level and after some time the team management makes some bad moves and he feels like that "is bad for me" ok, but he never has the level what he had supossed to be.

A real bad move from him and a bad image he drop in Saudi soil. 100% his fault until i know something diferent.

[X-ray]

The poor results obtained by Al Ettifaq did not deter the club from extending their coach Steven Gerrard's contract and it could be said that the contract is quite long because it is until June 2027, and also received a salary increase of 25%.
This was quite surprising because in the last eight matches Al Ettifaq did not win a single win and only got five points which made their position below Al Fateh and Damac FC.
It seems like the club still believes that Steven Gerrard will take this team to a better position than it is now, even though that might not happen especially since they were left behind by their player Jordan Henderson who returned to Europe and he at Al Ettifaq has contributed four assists.
Steven Gerrard has quite good experience in the Scottish league by bringing Rangers FC to become champions, maybe the club sees that he can bring this team to be better and next season they can become title contenders, because we see that a club can change for the better or vice versa in another season.
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I would like to blame ettifaq's boss if i can but since i can only watch it, then ettifaq has different analyzation regarding this. It was surprising for many people to see this garbage coach gets a new contract even his salary has increased a lot.
It is unfortunate that ettifaq chose not to reveal the primary reason for extending his contract, which reflects poorly on the club and disappoints the fans. The club's willingness to compete with some strong clubs should prompt them to replace Gerrard with a good coach.
I would never ever wanna see him again in ettifaq caused by gerrard was just bringing the club into another setback. I can't even describe my disappointment after i saw this.

[rozak]

I would like to blame ettifaq's boss if i can but since i can only watch it, then ettifaq has different analyzation regarding this. It was surprising for many people to see this garbage coach gets a new contract even his salary has increased a lot.
It is unfortunate that ettifaq chose not to reveal the primary reason for extending his contract, which reflects poorly on the club and disappoints the fans. The club's willingness to compete with some strong clubs should prompt them to replace Gerrard with a good coach.
I would never ever wanna see him again in ettifaq caused by gerrard was just bringing the club into another setback. I can't even describe my disappointment after i saw this.

So far, Ettifaq's performance has disappointed fans. Let's see how they end this season. The current position in the standings is not much different from last season. just waiting to see how ettifaq will play until the end of the season. what is expected is improvement. but if that doesn't change, they should change the coach.
Of course, fans know Gerrard's history of coaching the team. and when he was brought to the club, it seemed like the fans didn't like him anymore.

[baeva]

Benzema playing in the Saudi League and for Al Ittihad was not a good experience for this French player and Al Ittihad and it seems Benzema wants to leave Al Ittihad soon. However, during the time when Benzema joined Al Ittihad, he was mostly injured and not in the good form but he is now about to leave because he said he is under pressure in this country and he can't handle this pressure that's why he asked the Al Ittihad to let him leave.
 

Things are not rosy for Benzema with his adventure in Saudi Professional League and Al Ittihad. They won the league title last season and bought Benzema to defend the title but now they are in middle of table, that is a very disappointed result for them. With an ambitious player like Benzema who won 5 Champions League and even one Ballon d'Or three seasons ago, it looks unacceptable.

This disappointment combines with other reasons like unable to adapt to a new nation with many differences than European nations, are enough to cause reconsideration of many European players. Rumor is not only Benzema, but also some players are seriously thinking of leaving Saudi Professional League.

His attitude was evident from the start, I believe he wasn't serious about this league, during his game you couldn't see any enthusiasm or desire to play at all in him. This was noticed by the players themselves as far as I know, according to the media. Apparently he realised that he was in a league that was filled with money and nothing more. I thought it had the potential to be a decent league, but since Benzema isn't the only one thinking of leaving, it's likely the league doesn't.

[Belarge]

I dont think we can blame the team for this Benzema behavior he never play at high level and he was every time injured so i dont think he can play that card, if he was playing at high level and after some time the team management makes some bad moves and he feels like that "is bad for me" ok, but he never has the level what he had supossed to be.

A real bad move from him and a bad image he drop in Saudi soil. 100% his fault until i know something diferent.

Karim Benzema is different from other beings, definitely a bad reputation  on the Frenchman rising career in Saudi Arabia League. Signing Karim Benzema wasn't a wrong decision made the SPL club, the right decision was triggered. Karim Benzema is the main key player in his team and him having issues with the club will only make him compromised his status in the team. Issues fast arising but it deals with the former Real Madrid star player. Karim Benzema have deal with some couple of problems in his new team, giving him some top challenges which he might not be able to survive.

[FanEagle]

The game between Miami and Nasr will be a very highly viewed game without a doubt. It is most probably the very last game that we will see these two players play against each other. I would say, about half a season ago or so, or whenever it happened, when Miami had nobody proper aside from Messi, every other player looked terrible, they were bare bottom terrible team even in their league, then it looked not fair.

However, looking at the team now, even though it is mostly old players, we are seeing more and more players joining Messi right now and it feels like it is actually quite good, at least at a decent level team. This means that the game will be closer now, I would still say that Nasr paid a lot more to get a much better team.

[QueenVera]

Of course, many clubs want the services of a player like Casemiro. I also read several news which stated that Juventus and AC Milan really wanted his services, but if you look at current developments, Al Nassr is getting closer to being able to get Casemiro because of course this is also because of Ronaldo at Al Nassr. If successful, it will be good for the Al Nassr squad in competing for the SPL title.

I want to correct those of you who say that his contribution at Man United is not very visible, which I think is wrong, he is a player who has a lot of passion and hard work in helping the defense and also in helping the attack, it's just that Erik Tan Hag can't take advantage of a player like Casemiro .

Casemiro's decision to join Man United from the start was the wrong decision because every player who joined Man United would definitely become a scapegoat for Man United's defeat after defeat. It's clear everyone, players who have a work ethic, a passion for development are the scapegoats, first Cristiano Ronaldo, then De Gea, now Casemiro. This coach has no quality and instead has a hobby of looking for problems with his own players.

Based on the agenda of the Saudi Pro League striving to create visibility and awareness in the European space with the major goal of ensuring an expanded sports market, the clubs find themselves in a situation where there's less utilization of local players. These players have no doubt some certain level of effects to a club but the aims of these clubs won't allow for the players to be used. It'll only make sense that a policy be put in place for the use of local players in every team but I don't think that'll be enough to take them to where they visioned the league to get to.

 SPL wants to be broadcasted and be seen worldwide and this makes for the rapid purchase and push for European stars who'd cause focus to gradually be shifted to their league. If the local players are entertained, then there'd definitely be no room for this hot caked stars in Europe and in the long run, it won't give them the focus they want to get. All things in the SPL currently occurs as a planned activity, and they are all working towards a set goal. It's only a gradual process before the impacts are seen.

[Iroh]

Ronaldo is more than just a player for Al Nassr and it seems other than attracting players like Casemiro for their team they even make delay on the friendly games because of Ronaldo. Al Nassr was about to have a friendly match with Iner Miami in this match we could see Ronaldo and Messi in the game but since Ronaldo was injured, Al Nassr delayed the friendly game to have Ronaldo.

Ronaldo as well as Messi cannot be forgotten in a hurry in the game of football. They’ve achieved a lot and has earned the recognition they’ve got.
Ronaldo is obviously an important player for Al-Nassr as they’ve cancelled friendly games cause of him. They know supporters would want to see Ronaldo play.

Both players have left the major spotlight but It’s quite obvious a lot of football fans would like to see both players play against each other again. Thinking along these lines, it’s apparent on why they would delay the friendly match between both teams.

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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.

I don't think it's because Benzema culture doesn't feel at home in Saudi Arabia, but because he doesn't seem ready for the decision he made when he joined Al Ittihad. Because as we can see, Saudi Arabia is not very synonymous with football and also at every match there are not many fans who come or fill the stadium like what happened in Europe or in Real Madrid when he was still with Real Madrid. Maybe that's why he doesn't feel comfortable staying with Al Ittihad and it is also reported that Benzema relationship with the coach is not very harmonious.

If Benzema leaves Alltihad to re-join a European team, of course the European team will not be able to provide Benzema with a larger salary like the salary he currently receives. But in my opinion, it is clear that Benzema has shown that he is not too comfortable with continuing to be in the Saudi Arabian league and I think he will immediately decide his future in this transfer window. If Benzema stays he will have to return to the team and train with his teammates and if he returns to Europe he will also have to make his decision in public.

[rahmad2nd]

Benzema playing in the Saudi League and for Al Ittihad was not a good experience for this French player and Al Ittihad and it seems Benzema wants to leave Al Ittihad soon. However, during the time when Benzema joined Al Ittihad, he was mostly injured and not in the good form but he is now about to leave because he said he is under pressure in this country and he can't handle this pressure that's why he asked the Al Ittihad to let him leave.
 

In fact, we don't know what Benzema's real problems were with Al Ittihad, especially with Al Ittihad's former coach, Nuno Santo. however, if I try to assume according to my personal view. in fact, perhaps Benzema initially didn't like the type of playing style of Al Ittihad, which at that time was still managed by Nuno Santo. however, it seems that the problem is increasingly developing towards Benzema's desire to leave the Saudi Pro League. although currently a meeting is being held by Benzema and the club, as Romando reported in his tweet. even the President of the SPL also commented on Benzema, he said it would be good if Benzema stayed or moved to another club in this league.

However, it is very likely that Benzema has decided that he wants to return to the Aropa top league. there is a big possibility that this will happen, but which team will be his target and who will want his services. Romano reported that it had just been revealed that Lyon had been trying to sign Benzema since last December. apart from that, there are many rumors circulating regarding this Real Madrid legend. now, United has reportedly got the green light to recruit Benzema. Rumor has it that Manchester United are the favorites to sign Karim Benzema thanks to their new CEO. but on the other hand, Benzema's representatives have held talks with Chelsea and Arsenal. but so far, there has been no official decision or official claim whether Benzema will stay or join one of the European clubs mentioned in this post. interesting, the transfer window will soon end. so, let's wait for further news.

[Josefjix]

Ronaldo as well as Messi cannot be forgotten in a hurry in the game of football. They’ve achieved a lot and has earned the recognition they’ve got.
Ronaldo is obviously an important player for Al-Nassr as they’ve cancelled friendly games cause of him. They know supporters would want to see Ronaldo play.

Both players have left the major spotlight but It’s quite obvious a lot of football fans would like to see both players play against each other again. Thinking along these lines, it’s apparent on why they would delay the friendly match between both teams.

With both players leaving European football, everything ends and makes football a little bit slow and our expectations are caught short when it concerns the players, not everyone would be willing to watch the top notch actions of other league. Till the present age of football, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi have become the best players on planet earth. They survived in both bad and explore in good season, there's completely no season where we don't have to watch the absence or lift of trophy from these undisputed GOATs in football, they're weigh bigger than any player currently.

[AakZaki]

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Manchester United and Ten Hag changed to treat Casemiro unfairly and I believe the player is no longer happy in Old Trafford. It is probably good time for Casemiro to leave Europe and enjoy good salary from clubs in Saudi Arabia. I don't know how long will those clubs continue to pay high salary for star players from Europe. Casemiro will not have many seasons to join that league so he must make his decision soon enough.

The rumor looks logical with Cristiano Ronaldo's engagement in convincing Casemiro to join Al Nassr. It's rumor now and even it looks logical, we have to wait what will happen in next 8 days before the winter transfer market in Europe will close.

I'm sure Casemiro will be a good player when he gets the right coach. Ten Hag didn't treat him well, and the player's problems don't seem to be limited to Casemiro. We can see, if Sancho goes to Dortmund and he can immediately get the best place and even score goals. Right now Man United's problem is not only players but I think they also evaluate the coach immediately. Because if you look at the moment Man United have a lot of good players, but they are unable to develop to get good results in the competition.

[dzungmobile]

Ronaldo as well as Messi cannot be forgotten in a hurry in the game of football. They’ve achieved a lot and has earned the recognition they’ve got.

Both players have left the major spotlight but It’s quite obvious a lot of football fans would like to see both players play against each other again. Thinking along these lines, it’s apparent on why they would delay the friendly match between both teams.

The friendly match was scheduled to happen because two clubs have Messi and Ronaldo. They are magnets for marketing and income for their clubs so without one or both players, the match will be postponed. It's not shock to see its postpone when those players are not ready for the match.

With both players leaving European football, everything ends and makes football a little bit slow and our expectations are caught short when it concerns the players, not everyone would be willing to watch the top notch actions of other league. Till the present age of football, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi have become the best players on planet earth. They survived in both bad and explore in good season, there's completely no season where we don't have to watch the absence or lift of trophy from these undisputed GOATs in football, they're weigh bigger than any player currently.

Messi and Ronaldo won most Ballon d'Or last 20 years and only three players can won this personal award before and during those years, Kaka, Modric and Benzema. It is more than enough to say about the great of two players, they dominated that personal award over years.

Till their ages in 2023 and 2024, they are still making magic, scored many goals, made many assists and great impacts on their clubs. It's hard to see other players who can repeat success like these two legendary players and can maintain their career very long like them.

GOATs or not GOATs, we will return to this discussion some years after those players retire.

[nullama]

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Messi and Ronaldo won most Ballon d'Or last 20 years and only three players can won this personal award before and during those years, Kaka, Modric and Benzema. It is more than enough to say about the great of two players, they dominated that personal award over years.

Till their ages in 2023 and 2024, they are still making magic, scored many goals, made many assists and great impacts on their clubs. It's hard to see other players who can repeat success like these two legendary players and can maintain their career very long like them.

GOATs or not GOATs, we will return to this discussion some years after those players retire.

GOATs are a difficult thing to choose, because it really depends on the time the players were active.

How can you even compare Maradona with Messi for example?

Some people claim Pele was the OG GOAT, but what about current era players?

I don't know, the sport has changed so much. It's difficult to choose a specific GOAT.

[FinePoine0]

Ronaldo as well as Messi cannot be forgotten in a hurry in the game of football. They’ve achieved a lot and has earned the recognition they’ve got.
Ronaldo is obviously an important player for Al-Nassr as they’ve cancelled friendly games cause of him. They know supporters would want to see Ronaldo play.

Both players have left the major spotlight but It’s quite obvious a lot of football fans would like to see both players play against each other again. Thinking along these lines, it’s apparent on why they would delay the friendly match between both teams.

With both players leaving European football, everything ends and makes football a little bit slow and our expectations are caught short when it concerns the players, not everyone would be willing to watch the top notch actions of other league. Till the present age of football, Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi have become the best players on planet earth. They survived in both bad and explore in good season, there's completely no season where we don't have to watch the absence or lift of trophy from these undisputed GOATs in football, they're weigh bigger than any player currently.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the best players of today. Although Cristiano Ronaldo has good performance and running speed due to his age barrier. But unlike most unique players, Ronaldo's style of play and performance can easily attack the best unique teams. In future too these two players will be the best as very few players will be made than them.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the best players of today. Although Cristiano Ronaldo has good performance and running speed due to his age barrier. But unlike most unique players, Ronaldo's style of play and performance can easily attack the best unique teams. In future too these two players will be the best as very few players will be made than them.

The era of Ronaldo and Lionel Messi has ended as the best players it is a fact that cannot be denied and that's why we see Ronaldo playing in this league because he is considered unable to compete with other European players, especially young players. If you talk about the Saudi Pro League of course Ronaldo is still the best but for Europe I don't think so anymore there are still many talented young players, for now Ronaldo will only be a legend and Messi of course and it is possible that these two players only have around 2-3 seasons left.

Ronaldo's contract will end next year while the vision and mission of Saudi Arabia until 2030 we don't know what their next plans are, whether they are still keeping Ronaldo or looking for other top European players, but I'm sure the players who win the Ballon d'Or will be their next targets. as far as I know, Mbappe is still one of their target but not in the near future at least 2-3 next season.