Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Catenaccio]

I am confident that Al Nassr and some other clubs will give Al Hilal tough time next season and they wouldn’t dominate every match they play next season because more transfers will be done and every team will want to strengthen their squad.

The coach should be well appreciated for his good work in managing the team despite missing their most talented signing Neymar jr through injury the whole of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo would feel regretful because he signed a contract with Al Nassr, not with Al Hilal but Al Hilal themselves might feel regretful because they signed with Neymar, not with Cristiano Ronado.

Neymar is useless with his first season in Al Hilal but the club has to pay him very lucrative salary. If Cristiano Ronaldo is a player of Al Hilal, he would have won many titles in this season and Al Hilal would have been a much stronger team.

Next season, many clubs will try to challenge domination of Al Hilal in Saudi Professional League including Al Nassr and Al Ittihad.

[QueenVera]

The Saudi Pro League can recruit players from around the world like the European leagues do and not only recruit star players from the European League, but the Saudi League limits foreign players by still having local players so it is quite difficult for the Saudi League to recruit foreign players if it is their own league not as popular as the European leagues and they also continue to use local players so that the league's own players are able to develop well, not just relying on foreign players, currently the Saudi League can only recruit top class players who have a fairly high level of popularity, no matter how old they are. The most important thing for the Saudi league is just to increase the popularity of their league through top players.

And for next season, it looks like the Saudi League will again buy European players who have good performance, of course with high popularity. I think there are several European players who will leave the European League because their age makes it impossible to compete in the European League next season, including Lewandowski, Kevin. De Bruyne and Mohammed Salah, the three of them are always linked with the Saudi League. They also have quite good performance in the European league, although currently their performance is not as strong as before, but the Saudi League is quite ready to accommodate them.

I think the rule by the governing body on the number of European stars the clubs can aquire in each summer market is a big reflection on how badly they want to do well whilst they still play football. Yes because they want to aquire the big European players who in turn helps them attract the media and at same time also develop their local based players and this is a win win for them in the situation of growing their players and boosting league presence.

 This is a win win both for the league and also for the local players because with the high profiled European players joining in, it gives a room for the local players to interact. It doesn’t stop at interacting but also there will be more learning going on and as such improving their field of local players and building a strong National sqaud.

 ⁠Next season you might begin to wonder if they will be able to aquire high profile European players, well I can say there are a lot already on the radar such as the likes of Lewandowski, Mo Salah, KDB. With these players you can already imagine how the media will be present in the league to watch the progress of these players with their clubs. Getting these players will also help to bring the league to limelight and also improve the competitiveness amongst the club in the league and also the local players will be of benefits to these signings so you see why Isay this is a win win for the league and the nation at large.

[Toro iskandar]

I am confident that Al Nassr and some other clubs will give Al Hilal tough time next season and they wouldn’t dominate every match they play next season because more transfers will be done and every team will want to strengthen their squad.

The coach should be well appreciated for his good work in managing the team despite missing their most talented signing Neymar jr through injury the whole of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo would feel regretful because he signed a contract with Al Nassr, not with Al Hilal but Al Hilal themselves might feel regretful because they signed with Neymar, not with Cristiano Ronado.

Neymar is useless with his first season in Al Hilal but the club has to pay him very lucrative salary. If Cristiano Ronaldo is a player of Al Hilal, he would have won many titles in this season and Al Hilal would have been a much stronger team.

Next season, many clubs will try to challenge domination of Al Hilal in Saudi Professional League including Al Nassr and Al Ittihad.

It was too late because Cristiano Ronaldo used to prefer and want to join the Al Nassr team. Yes, maybe there are several reasons why Cristiano Ronaldo preferred to join and defend the AK Nassr squad with one of them being a higher contract price than that issued by the management of the Al Hilal team. itself so that Al Nassr succeeded in winning and signing the world's top players.
And on the other hand, Al Hilal succeeded in signing one of the world's most famous European players, namely Neymar, but since Neymar joined to support Al Hilal he has not been able to contribute properly because Neymar rarely plays when Al Hilal is playing against his enemy club and instead Neymar only sits on the bench. and could only see his friends playing on the field.

And up to the victory that Al Hilal has achieved this season, Neymar is not an idol here because he did not have a big influence in Al Hilal's victory in the Saudi professional league, but Neymar also feels joy for the club that has joined him to become champions and can beat the al nassr team.
From the experience that has occurred in the future, clubs in the Saudi League will be able to be even better at selecting or bringing in new players, even the world's top players, to support their clubs to make further progress, because it is impossible that signing the world's best players will require capital. which is quite large and the players who have joined should be an opportunity for success for the club's progress and this needs to be carefully considered.

[Gallar]

The performance of Al Hila has been amazing so far in Al Hilal and that's enough for this team to try to keep some players in the team and the best thing they can do is to just try to save the good form of the team for the next season which cannot be easy for them.
But they started it with their coach, Jorge Jesus. Since this coach had a perfect performance, they want to extend his contract. However, Jorge Jesus also wants to stay in Al Hilal for a longer time.
His contract will end at the end of this season.

Under the tutelage of Jorge Jesus, Al Hilal really shined in the Saudi Arabian League and in the Asian Champions League. It has been proven that this season Al Hilal has succeeded in winning several trophies in local competitions and is certain to be the champion of the Saudi Arabian League this season. Even though Al Hilal's journey in the Asian Champions League did not reach the final, because they lost on aggregate in the semifinals, this is a pretty good result in my opinion. So retaining Jorge Jesus in the coaching chair is a quick step that Al Hilal management must take. Because the progress that Jorge Jesus has proven at Al Hilal is really real and very good.

Apart from that, if you look at the current performance of the Al Hilal players, if you look at it as a whole, I think everything is very good. So retaining existing players is certainly the right choice for Al Hilal. Maybe what Al Hilal needs to improve a little next season is its midfield. Because if Al Hilal's midfield can channel its attacks more optimally, I think Al Hilal will be able to become the number one team in Asia. Because in my opinion Al Hilal only has a weakness in the midfield, and the other lines (front, wing and back) are very good. Moreover, next season it is likely that Neymar will have recovered from his injury and will certainly be able to further strengthen Al Hilal. So next season Al Hilal will definitely be much stronger than this season.

[Volgastallion]

Al Hilal performance was outstanding and really impresive, i think no one was expecting this dominance, but well Jorge Jesus is a top class coach and he shows to all the world what he can do with super players.

In other news i just see Al itihad sacked Marcelo Gallardo from the coach spot. Who is gonna take that charge?

[FanEagle]

Just getting old players doesn't mean anything, we need to realize that we should be considering the situation to be sensitive and that is why I think it would make more sense if they just started to use that money to get younger players. If they keep on getting 35+ year olds, then they are not going to keep growing as a league, plus it is not even just about players but also about staff and the infrastructure as well, all of which would cost a lot of time.

I think they will get better with time, but they will need to insist on this new experiment on football, if they keep doing it then they will be great eventually, but I am not sure if they can handle it for that many years, it will be very expensive and they may give up eventually.

[temple]

I am confident that Al Nassr and some other clubs will give Al Hilal tough time next season and they wouldn’t dominate every match they play next season because more transfers will be done and every team will want to strengthen their squad.

The coach should be well appreciated for his good work in managing the team despite missing their most talented signing Neymar jr through injury the whole of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo would feel regretful because he signed a contract with Al Nassr, not with Al Hilal but Al Hilal themselves might feel regretful because they signed with Neymar, not with Cristiano Ronado.

Neymar is useless with his first season in Al Hilal but the club has to pay him very lucrative salary. If Cristiano Ronaldo is a player of Al Hilal, he would have won many titles in this season and Al Hilal would have been a much stronger team.

Next season, many clubs will try to challenge domination of Al Hilal in Saudi Professional League including Al Nassr and Al Ittihad.

What's your reasoning behind saying that Al-Hilal might feel regretful because they didn't sign Ronaldo? 

Al-Hilal was by far the best team in the Saudi Professional League WITHOUT Ronaldo. Who cares about Ronaldo when you win the Championship without him? Actually, the title must feel even better when there is a team thinks Ronaldo would win them the title, but Al-Hilal destroys them. No Ronaldo needed huh? Al-Nassr didn't even score as many goals as Al Hilal. Offense worse, defense worse.

Only title for Al-Nassr: Ronaldo top scorer (lol) and maybe King Cup of Champions.

[TelolettOm]

Many people have made news about Ronaldo's condition at Al Nassr, but according to my opinion, he still wants to stay at Al Nassr. The Spanish news channel also reported on him and as far as I know the newspaper also claimed that Ronaldo's Arab lifestyle was very different but there was no comment on him leaving the club. But for the team as he has not been able to show anything good that he might have fire in him and that's why he might come out. But I think he will never do this because if he leaves without a trophy then his weakness will be spread out. He will not be released from the team unless he is able to win the SPL for Al Nassr.

I also think the same as you. Ronaldo will prefer to stay in Al Nassr because he wants to win the SPL trophy with Al Nassr. He is also almost 40 years old, he may begin to prepare of the retirement. He seems having no interest to return to European leagues anymore, he already forget it. I guess he will start to consider coaching education after he retires. IMO, Al Nassr probably will be Ronaldo's last club as a professional footballer.

Sure, we don't hear any bad news or any negative issues about Ronaldo and Al Nassr. Even the Spannish news channel only reported about his lifestyle, there is no information about bad rumors or the possibility of leaving the club. It just indicates that Ronaldo feels comfortable in Al Nassr. He also experiences a great season with Al Nassr. He can be a top scorer in SPL although he still can't win the SPL trophy.



Source: sportskeeda

[snipie]

Al Hilal performance was outstanding and really impresive, i think no one was expecting this dominance, but well Jorge Jesus is a top class coach and he shows to all the world what he can do with super players.

In other news i just see Al itihad sacked Marcelo Gallardo from the coach spot. Who is gonna take that charge?

It is not clear yet who will replace him and I didn't see any related news to this.
So Al-Ittihad decided to change its coach again after approximately six months in charge following Nuno Espirito fate with this club.
I find the decision quite expected but earlier than what it was supposed to be. I think being sacked from the King Cup of Champions, being random in Saudi Pro League and humiliated by Al-Ettifaq with 5 goals to 0, just accelerated the process.

[Strongkored]

The performance of Al Hila has been amazing so far in Al Hilal and that's enough for this team to try to keep some players in the team and the best thing they can do is to just try to save the good form of the team for the next season which cannot be easy for them.
But they started it with their coach, Jorge Jesus. Since this coach had a perfect performance, they want to extend his contract. However, Jorge Jesus also wants to stay in Al Hilal for a longer time.
His contract will end at the end of this season.

It would be stupid if Al-Hilal did not extend Jorge Jesus' contract, in fact the club should have given him what he asked for because he succeeded in bringing this team to be the best this season in the Saudi pro league. Their fate might be the same as Napoli if they do not extend their current coach's contract.
What Jorge Jesus did is exceptional, because not many coaches can bring their team undefeated in one season even though it only happens in local competitions.
There are still three matches remaining and also the Arabian King's Cup final but Al-Hilal's chance of maintaining their unbeaten record at this time wide open, even when facing Al-Nassr this week, although it doesn't affect their position anymore, my prediction is that the worst result they achieve is a draw, not a defeat, because this match is like a prestige for both teams.

[LUCKMCFLY]

It cannot be denied that CR7 continues to maintain the special touch, many do not like him, they even tell him that he is taking someone else's place, that is what they say especially about the Portugal team, but you have to see how well he plays, his great physical condition, even much more than that of a 20-year-old player, so he takes nothing away, he does his job as it should be, now, there is a lot of speculation in some networks that Xabi Alonso asked the German Club that it wants CR7 in their ranks, and if that were the case he would be competing in a UCL, it would be something out of this world for CR7 to return to European football with the help of a successful Xabi Alonso.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a player who shows hard work, so we can see players who have abilities like him. Even though he is old, he still plays well and can be relied on by his team. Even his scoring ability this season has not diminished at all.

The difference is that now he plays more simply, relying on position and accuracy, while the young Ronaldo relies more on speed and skill. That is a good thing, because he can adapt to his abilities in old age, because there is no way he can rely on speed like when he was young.

I didn't even have that wild thought, Ronaldo will meet Xabi Alonso again but this time as coach and player. However, if that happens then that might be interesting too, but the problem is whether Xabi or Leverkusen want that, because they will now definitely focus more on young and mature players rather than players who will soon retire.

Yes, although the truth is I would like him to go there, because it would be great, many teams closed their doors on him when he left MU, but Xabi is opening a door for him, it would be great to see him and possibly win a UCL, as a farewell to his career and apart From seeing him play in the EURO and in the next World Cup, seeing him playing with his son in the Portugal national team, I think there would be a lot of macho tears out there lol (myself included) although I would say that it would be great if he also had to face a Messi with the Argentina that he is now, I think it would be the dream of all the fans of both players and a great way to say goodbye to football. As a player, because later I think they could consider CR7 as coach of Portugal.

[klidex]

It is not clear yet who will replace him and I didn't see any related news to this.
So Al-Ittihad decided to change its coach again after approximately six months in charge following Nuno Espirito fate with this club.
I find the decision quite expected but earlier than what it was supposed to be. I think being sacked from the King Cup of Champions, being random in Saudi Pro League and humiliated by Al-Ettifaq with 5 goals to 0, just accelerated the process.

Yes, the news is still confusing but in my opinion it would be better if Al Ittihad fired coach Marcelo Gallardo when the season is over. I know Al Ittihad's current fate is quite bad and very chaotic in the Saudi Pro League, even in other competitions Al Ittihad is not performing well but firing a coach when the season is almost over is the same as killing the club itself. Who will give direction to Al Ittihad? Yes, maybe there is a new coach to replace the coach, but I'm not sure the new coach can immediately provide a good strategy and the coach also needs adaptation and approach tactical tactics for the players, not just providing strategy, will only further disrupt Al Ittihad's performance towards the end of this season.

I know that Al Ittihad may be disappointed with the head coach who has only trained Al Ittihad for a few months, but making the decision to fire the coach when the season is about to end also needs to be considered because it is feared that the club will suffer defeat in the remaining matches which still have 3 matches left. Hopefully Al Ittihad will consider this and choose to fire the coach at the end of the season and really recruit a coach who has good experience and clever tactics so that Al Ittihad returns to its best version.

[Hirose UK]

Al Hilal performance was outstanding and really impresive, i think no one was expecting this dominance, but well Jorge Jesus is a top class coach and he shows to all the world what he can do with super players.

In other news i just see Al itihad sacked Marcelo Gallardo from the coach spot. Who is gonna take that charge?

Yes, Jorge Jesus succeeded in bringing Al Hilal to the peak of his career this season and Al Hilal became truly unbeatable team in the SPL, Al Hilal performance improved significantly in one season under Jorge Jesus leadership as coach.
But previously Jorge Jesus only had relatively short contract with Al Hilal because it was only for one season, but looking at Al Hilal performance and success in winning the title, maybe there will be contract extension in the future.
At the end of the season, Jorge Jesus will finish his 1 season contract with Al Hilal and I haven't heard what will happen next.

Regarding Marcelo Gallardo who will be fired by Al Itihad, I haven't heard who will replace him, but from rumors about Marcelo Gallardo, AC Milan is looking at him to become coach there.

[HajiBagi]

The performance of Al Hila has been amazing so far in Al Hilal and that's enough for this team to try to keep some players in the team and the best thing they can do is to just try to save the good form of the team for the next season which cannot be easy for them.
But they started it with their coach, Jorge Jesus. Since this coach had a perfect performance, they want to extend his contract. However, Jorge Jesus also wants to stay in Al Hilal for a longer time.
His contract will end at the end of this season.

Every team will do what Al Hilal wants to by extending his contract and as a good coach who is having an excellent season will also want to stay in the team, Al Hilal has a great season and also has a good squad that can also win them another title next season, Al Hilal is very strong than any other team in the Saudi league even Al Nassr can not compete with them when it comes to the squad, Jorge Jesus is also a good coach because no matter how good a team is if they didn’t have a good coach they can’t perform well and it is very good for Al Hilal to extend his contract to show him how excellent his job is and how good he’s in his duty.

Al Nassr needs a good squad to perform well against Al Hilal next season, Al Nassr struggled this season and still wants to end up a season without no any trophy, although Al Nassr's squad has Ronaldo and Sadio Mane those players can’t do it on their own, Al Nassr needs strong defensive players, any time I watch Al Nassr match they always have a problem from the defensive position and it will be good if they sign another defensive player before starting another league next season.

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[quote author=asriloni
What a fortunate player!!!! Neymar has celebrated al-Hilal's champion 19 times with his daughter and it has repoted by goal. It's amazing to see how Neymar is still a part of the club despite having only played a few games and he is winning his first trophy with al hilal. More to come soon.

Five matches
1 goal
2 assists.
1 Trophy

He holds a Saudi Pro League trophy in his hand. That is an amazing set of stats for Neymar. Ronaldo tried to be the top scorer, but he did not even win the Saudi Pro League trophy.

Neymar only played a few matches, but he won a trophy with Al Hilal. It's absolutely amazing for him.

He receives a generous salary from his club. How fortunate Neymar is. Does little for his club and receives a trophy.



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Should Neymar be proud of all the Al hillal  achievements, that he didn't contribute to at all?
But of course this cannot be avoided because indeed Neymar is still an Al Hillal player and embarrassed or not ashamed of course Neymar will also celebrate all these championships maybe even more excited than other players who helped Al Hillal win so far, in this case Neymar enjoys everything that has been given to him by the club and I think it is indeed very detrimental to Al Hillal so far,  Maybe we have also seen players who do suffer severe injuries in a team and even both parties terminate contracts by mutual agreement, but not with Al Hillal and neymar at this time.

Reportedly Al Hillal once wanted to terminate Neymar contract after indeed his injury recurred, but Neymar agent reportedly asked for a very large compensation fee so Al Hillal preferred to keep Neymar in his squad even without any contribution they got from their most expensive player, I think Al Nassr failure may indeed be quite sad but Ronaldo struggle in helping his team is certainly something extraordinary and at least a trophy top scorer can be a sign that he is still a prolific striker wherever he plays, I saw a story in a German media interviewing Neymar after the Al Hillal championship, Neymar said: Just like at school, my classmates do their homework, but I am the one who receives points and prizes and also media attention because of my big name.

[bering]

Al Hilal performance was outstanding and really impresive, i think no one was expecting this dominance, but well Jorge Jesus is a top class coach and he shows to all the world what he can do with super players.

In other news i just see Al itihad sacked Marcelo Gallardo from the coach spot. Who is gonna take that charge?

Marcelo Gallardo was in charge on November last year he was replace Nuno Espirito Santo position because previously under Nuno Espirito Santo Al Ittihad performance is really poor but under Marcelo Gallardo too Al Ittihad performance also not getting better and since November Al Ittihad only gets 8 wins 2 draw and gets 6 loses and these records is make Al Ittihad have to occupy 5th place on League Table and Al Ittihad also most likely will not playing at Asian Champion League for next season so as a big team in Saudi Pro League this is poor achievement from Al Ittihad considering they are as defending champion of last season

Al Ittihad had plenty of internal conflict and they also have to changing the manager several times and this makes Al Ittihad have lost their consistency and talking about Marcelo Gallardo future at this team according to the news i have read actually Al Ittihad didn't sacked him and actually Marcelo Gallardo has a contract with Al Ittihad until 2025 but it says he and Al Ittihad representative are under negotiation to talking about contract termination and probably Marcelo Gallardo will return to Argentina but the rumours was appears recently because he was linked to AC Milan and it says AC Milan will thinking possibility to hire him as the replacement of Pioli

[Blitzboy]

The performance of Al Hila has been amazing so far in Al Hilal and that's enough for this team to try to keep some players in the team and the best thing they can do is to just try to save the good form of the team for the next season which cannot be easy for them.
But they started it with their coach, Jorge Jesus. Since this coach had a perfect performance, they want to extend his contract. However, Jorge Jesus also wants to stay in Al Hilal for a longer time.
His contract will end at the end of this season.

This season has been great for Al Hilal. Lots of wins! Great success, thanks to Jorge Jesus. Winner and genius. His transformation has made this team the finest. Its smart to keep him around, trust me. Remember the players. They're the best. The team has been great all season and will be invincible next year if they keep together. The midfield may use a lift, but this team is powerful. Al Hilal is a rising team with brilliant prospects. They'll be invincible with Jorge Jesus leading and this amazing roster.

[Arenga pinnata]

This season has been great for Al Hilal. Lots of wins! Great success, thanks to Jorge Jesus. Winner and genius. His transformation has made this team the finest. Its smart to keep him around, trust me. Remember the players. They're the best. The team has been great all season and will be invincible next year if they keep together. The midfield may use a lift, but this team is powerful. Al Hilal is a rising team with brilliant prospects. They'll be invincible with Jorge Jesus leading and this amazing roster.

Al-Hilal is indeed an extraordinary team this season. They are even unbeaten so far in the SPL. They have also managed to win many trophies this season. And one of them is the SPL championship trophy. But I'm not sure if they will stay like this until next season. But if you look at the history of this team, they have been a solid team from the start. So, it is very likely that they will remain strong until next season, as long as they still have the current players and the current coach.

This week Al-nassr will once again test Al-hilal's prowess. And it will still be a very interesting match to watch. because once again this season Al-hilal will try to prove that they are an unbeatable team. And Al-Nassr will try to be the first team to beat Al-Hilal this season. I wonder whether Al-nassr will manage to win or Al-hilal will manage to maintain their unbeaten record.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Al Hilal performance was outstanding and really impresive, i think no one was expecting this dominance, but well Jorge Jesus is a top class coach and he shows to all the world what he can do with super players.

Yeah impressive performance from al hilal. The club is doing it very well till the end of season. He is the best coach in the saudi pro league. I do like the way he was scouting the new player for al hilal. He is focusing on the player that can have very good relationship with all of players in hilal.
I meant the fact that if we were rarely hearing that if mitrovic's name being talked in EPL. Even though he has been a hero for fulham caused by he has helped club to leave from the relegation zone.

Savic has been also a successful transfer by al hilal too. he is a very good player along with mitrovic as these players can cooperate each other to help al hilal in getting perfect win like this. There are still a few matches remaining at this moment. I think al hilal can win all of remaining games.
jorge is totally underrated coach at this moment.

In other news i just see Al itihad sacked Marcelo Gallardo from the coach spot. Who is gonna take that charge?

Inability to bring good performance after al ittihad had spent a lot of money probably the main reason why club was sacking him. Im not even doubting it. The better for them to bring jose mourinho to the club since he is still available.
The reunion between benzema and mourinho will be so good.

[QueenVera]

Should Neymar be proud of all the Al hillal  achievements, that he didn't contribute to at all?
But of course this cannot be avoided because indeed Neymar is still an Al Hillal player and embarrassed or not ashamed of course Neymar will also celebrate all these championships maybe even more excited than other players who helped Al Hillal win so far, in this case Neymar enjoys everything that has been given to him by the club and I think it is indeed very detrimental to Al Hillal so far,  Maybe we have also seen players who do suffer severe injuries in a team and even both parties terminate contracts by mutual agreement, but not with Al Hillal and neymar at this time.

Reportedly Al Hillal once wanted to terminate Neymar contract after indeed his injury recurred, but Neymar agent reportedly asked for a very large compensation fee so Al Hillal preferred to keep Neymar in his squad even without any contribution they got from their most expensive player, I think Al Nassr failure may indeed be quite sad but Ronaldo struggle in helping his team is certainly something extraordinary and at least a trophy top scorer can be a sign that he is still a prolific striker wherever he plays, I saw a story in a German media interviewing Neymar after the Al Hillal championship, Neymar said: Just like at school, my classmates do their homework, but I am the one who receives points and prizes and also media attention because of my big name.

Well Neymar was gotten by the club and I think they still pay him salary, so why shouldn’t he be celebrating with them in their time of triumph. Yes if he was in the team who knows they might even have been performing more better, so I don’t get the anger from some persons when they see him celebrating with the club he’s signed to.

 ⁠As a player still in the club’s payroll, sharing in their excitement means you’re happy to be part of the club and if not for the ugky incident, you’ll sure be offering your services to the club. I think his presence im celebrating for the club is a good one and shows right attitude to work by him and should be emulated even in outside the football world. The club has been so good to him by still sticking to him despite his injury and you think he shouldn’t be grateful by at least being present in celebrations as regarding the club’s triumph.

 I think after the season, even if the club decides to terminate his contract, it is quite understandable that he’s offered a lot to the club and they might want to recruit instead of spending high on his salary without getting his services. ⁠Football victory is a collective effort and as such all players will sure be present im celebration because they could have been spurring the existing players up behind closed doors and you didn’t see that. So I think Neymar should be allowed to enjoy his celebration time.