Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Palakka]

I think this is the right choice, even before Mbappe's arrival Joselu's position in the team was not very good, and I think Ancelotti has made it clear that this will not change in the future. And for Joselu this is a very good chance to change clubs after a successful season, get a contract with better conditions and get more playing time. He is no longer young, 34 years old means he has a few seasons left at most, so it is worth thinking about moving to Saudi Arabia.

Joselu has officially moved to the club from Qatar Al Gharafa, I think previously joselu would follow Nacho's steps to move to the Arab League but it turned out that he chose to be the best in the Qatar League next season, the Qatar League of course has a financially strong team but compared to the Arab League, of course, the Qatar League is not very competitive so that joselu may become the star players of the Qatar League later with Al Gharafa,  Of course we are quite curious about what exactly happened to Joselu Di Madrid who will reportedly be made permanent by Ancelotti this summer, Madrid do want to make Joselu permanent as stated in his loan terms from Espanyol, but the offer coming from Qatar seems to be more interesting for Joselu and Espanyol to take than accepting Madrid offer.

In addition to joselu of course Nacho transfer to the Arab League was a surprise for all of us, because all this time we know Nacho as the most loyal player to Real Madrid and even during his career as a footballer, he only played for Madrid all this time, so we can say that Nacho departure to Al Qadsiah has left a deep sadness for the management,  Madrid players and fans.

[rendravolt]

Source: https://www.caughtoffside.com/2024/06/24/wilson-transfer-newcastle-ace-eyed-by-saudi/

The hunt for European players will still heat up in the Saudi league and this time Callum Wilson will be the next target. This Newcastle striker will be a target for two Saudi league teams, namely Al-Fateh and Al-Ahli. At Newcastle he played quite well and but there were concerns that Newcastle would be hit by FFP so they had to sell several players and one of them was Callum Wilson.

Newcastle knows very well what they have to do to avoid sanctions, so this is an opportunity for the two Saudi teams to compete for it. If we look at Al-Fateh there are no European players visible yet so that could be the right option for him. On the other hand, at Al-Ahli there is already Firminho but unfortunately the former Liverpool player is not very productive. In the competition for the Saudi league title, Al-Ahli is clearly one of the best and maybe Al-Ahli is better for him than Al-Fateh.

[dezoel]

Joselu to Saudi League will not be great for the league itself. I mean don't get me wrong, they do like getting Real Madrid strikers, they got the last three of them right now, and that seems like a good way. However, Joselu was there just for one season and even in that season they preferred to play without striker in many games instead of playing him. Just because he had one season there, doesn't mean that he is great, it is quite clear that he is not that great.

We should consider how this is a wrong move and I think it would benefit them a lot more if they knew what they were doing. I think Joselu will probably be mediocre at best there, and I do hope that they do not offer a lot of money to him, would be useless to spend that much.

[lalabotax]

One by one Real Madrid players left this summer after Nacho previously joined Al-Qadsiah, now it is Joselu's turn to follow him to the Saudi league. Joselu will not stay at Real Madrid even though management is willing to redeem his 1.5 million clause from Espanyol and it seems he feels happy after winning various titles with Real Madrid in one season.

Yes, Nacho is leaving Real Madrid to Saudi league. He may join Al-Qadsiah because this team offer a good salary for him. Nacho seems already won all prestigious trophies, he focus on another target in the rest of his career. The amount of salary may be his main consideration for now, besides playing as a main player in a team. Even if Real Madrid signs him, he may sit on bench because the main striker should be Mbappe. It is a wise decision to not stay with Real Madrid.

On the other hand, I think it was the right decision from Joselu because his place at Real Madrid has been shifted by the arrival of several talented young players such as Mbappe and Endrick so if he stays he won't get the chance to play. So his decision to go to the Saudi league and earn more money was absolutely right. However, it is not yet clear which team will get the contract later.

So, which team will get Joselu? In my opinion, it might be Al-Ittihad considering that Benzema has been unreliable so far.

Agree. It is good if Joselu moves to another league because he can play as a main striker there. With Real Madrid, he won't have a chance to be the main striker in the next season. Saudi league isn't a bad destination but I hope he will join a big team. Al Nassr, Al Ittihad, Al Hilal are 3 best options for him if there is an offer from those clubs. So far, there is no clear information about his next team.

[TelolettOm]

Joselu to Saudi League will not be great for the league itself. I mean don't get me wrong, they do like getting Real Madrid strikers, they got the last three of them right now, and that seems like a good way. However, Joselu was there just for one season and even in that season they preferred to play without striker in many games instead of playing him. Just because he had one season there, doesn't mean that he is great, it is quite clear that he is not that great.

We should consider how this is a wrong move and I think it would benefit them a lot more if they knew what they were doing. I think Joselu will probably be mediocre at best there, and I do hope that they do not offer a lot of money to him, would be useless to spend that much.

I don't know why you too underestimate him. Even if Joselu only played with Real Madrid for 1 season and his status was a loan player only, but he contributed a lot for Real Madrid in some occasions. For example, when Real Madrid played against Bayern Munich in leg 2 in semi-final round. If Joselu didn't score 2 important goals in that match, Real Madrid may fail to reach the final. Joselu also scored 10 goals in La Liga and 2 goals in Copa Del Rey. It is not easy to do it if Joselu isn't a good striker.

Wrong or not, it will depend on how he can adapt with the team and Saudi competition. We can't judge him now since he still doesn't play in single match in Saudi. Why don't to wait and see first? Let him to play with one of Saudi teams for some matches first. If he fails scoring goals in some early matches in Saudi, we can say he will fail in Saudi and it is wrong to move there.

[Leviathan.007]

Rafael Leão is a player for AC Milan who had some good offers from the other teams. Even after Mbappe left PSG in the first days we heard the name of Rafael Leão to take the place of Mbappe in PSG since he can have a good performance in this team but now Rafael Leão is getting even closer to joining Al Hilal since he had very good offer from the Saudi League and Al Hilal but Rafael Leão is now still a young player and far from getting retired and that's why he wants to stay in the top European teams. That's why he rejected the offer from Al Hilal with the huge money he could earn from this contract.
Al Hilal was ready to pay him 20 million euros per season.

[LUCKMCFLY]

C. Ronaldo has worked hard this season with Al Nassr he has given his best for the club, no one can be blamed because they failed to kill Al Hilal this season, because everyone is aware that Al Hilal is a strong club in Saudi they have conquered it in in Saudi, so it won't be easy to beat them, but for Al Nassr themselves they have to bring new performance to the squad for next season so that their journey to conquer the Saudi Pro is successful.

Ronaldo has given a lot of influence on the current Arab League football, not only for Al Nassr but indirectly Ronaldo arrival to the Arab League has actually made the popularity of the Arab League increase, Al Nassr this season has failed to win the Saudi Arabian League but Ronaldo has been able to perform quite well and of course has contributed a lot to every Al Nassr match so far,   Although this season Al Nassr failed to win the Arab League, Ronaldo was still able to show his capacity as a reliable striker and was also able to set a new record as a striker who managed to become the top scorer in 4 different leagues so far.

Al Nassr who this season failed to compete with Al Hillal of course must be able to improve the quality of their squad next season to be able to win the league, currently it is reported that Al Nassr is starting to try to bring in some star players who are indeed considered to be able to make their squad better later, among some of the players targeted by Al Nassr currently some of them are former Ronaldo teammates namely Casemiro and also Szczesny, so I think Ronaldo seems to be specifically ask the management of Al Nassr to recruit them.

There is no doubt about what CR7 has done in Arab football. He was the first to leave Europe for Arab football, which I find much more exciting than that of the USA In fact , I really like Arab football and African football, because their styles of play have become much more attractive and I like that. What CR7 has done has made him go global with much more noise than Messi himself, because he is giving his all in the Euro Cup and helping him because he can win it again. With respect to Arab football, when you see that he cried, it is a reason for respect. A 39-year-old man who feels Football like that is something to be admired and not made fun of.

[Arenga pinnata]

A good offer for Al Ittihad for this former AC Milan coach, because last season Al Ittihad really lacked the strategy or game scheme that they implemented so they had a lot of failures in matches, Poli made a lot of sense to take him to Saudi Pro because Poli can also experimenting with strategies and also game schemes because if he goes to England he will lose because the Premier League is not yet suitable for the coach in my opinion, and in times of unemployment like now it is a good thing for him to guide Al Ittihad to be better.

Well, this is a good choice after Al-ittihad fired Gallardo Marcelo because this coach had internal problems where it was reported that Gallardo Marcelo and Benzema had a little tension between them which resulted in Gallardo Marcelo being fired. But the more specific reason is that he was reportedly fired because he suggested selling Benzema. And the previous Al-ittihad coach was also fired for the same reason, right?
(sourch: https://www.ligaolahraga.com/bola/pecat-marcelo-gallardo-stefano-pioli-bersiap-menuju-al-ittihad)

Since last week I have also read about Pioli who is negotiating with the Al-ittihad club. And actually I hope Pioli can agree to come to Al-ittihad. because this will make the SPL increasingly attract the attention of many people from Europe. And maybe if Al-ittihad gets a good coach like Pioli then it will revive Ittihad's performance which actually declined last season.

but I also heard rumors that Pioli is learning English. Which indicates that he seems to hope that a club from the Premier League will offer him a collaboration. But maybe I would prefer Pioli to Al-ittihad and enliven the SPL.  

[knowngunman]

According to Fabrizio Romano, Joselu will join the Qatar League, not the Saudi Pro League, more precisely with Al Gharafa. We all realize that Joselu departure is very reasonable, because his opportunities to play in Real Madrid main squad next season will be drastically reduced after Mbappe arrival. Self-aware of this situation, I think Joselu has taken the right step in leaving Santiago Bernabeu. His contribution last season will always be remembered, if not exaggeratedly, Joselu was Real Madrid most successful loan ever. Joining Al Gharafa is also very profitable financially, Joselu will get high wages like European players who join the Saudi League. Joselu was lucky enough in his short period with Real Madrid, he managed to win three trophies in one season.

Most of us are not too familiar with this Asian clubs. I don't know the team too but from the name I also assumed it is a Saudi team until now because it sounds Arabic which we mostly relate to Saudi. That been said, I don't see the move as a right decision from Joselu who can offer a lot in the Europe to build his career. He was barely known before he came to Madrid on loan but his performance has earned him recognition this season and I believe he can do more if he continues in Europe. We can not refute the fact that this Asian teams can earn him more money but his career is also at stake of being shattered. People including myself hardly watch these leagues and all the players including the most successful ones who are now playing in various Asian leagues are not longer been talk about like before compared to when they were playing in the Europe league. Anyway, perhaps Joselu probably wish to end his career there since age is catching up with him.

[klidex]

Once the age of a player get closer to 35, he should take cautions about his future.

It is difficult to get a regular place when the player is over 32 years old, even Luka Modric, who is Real Madrid's mainstay senior player, currently sits mostly on the bench. He realizes that at his current age it is quite difficult to play full time because Real Madrid is also We already have young players who of course have stronger stamina. So the senior players will one day be replaced and one by one the Real Madrid seniors will leave, like Toni Kroos, he decided to retire early even though he is still younger than Luka Modric. But what Juselu did was actually not the wrong decision. He has the right to determine the end of his career because it is very likely that he will retire soon so he decided to leave and choose a club with a bigger salary and I quite agree with Juselu's decision. With Mbappe at Real Madrid It seems like there is no place for him to be in the starting 11.

[Hirose UK]

Once the age of a player get closer to 35, he should take cautions about his future.

It is difficult to get a regular place when the player is over 32 years old, even Luka Modric, who is Real Madrid's mainstay senior player, currently sits mostly on the bench. He realizes that at his current age it is quite difficult to play full time because Real Madrid is also We already have young players who of course have stronger stamina. So the senior players will one day be replaced and one by one the Real Madrid seniors will leave, like Toni Kroos, he decided to retire early even though he is still younger than Luka Modric. But what Juselu did was actually not the wrong decision. He has the right to determine the end of his career because it is very likely that he will retire soon so he decided to leave and choose a club with a bigger salary and I quite agree with Juselu's decision. With Mbappe at Real Madrid It seems like there is no place for him to be in the starting 11.

Basically, when every player gets older and experiences significant decline in performance, plus there are more young players who are great and have potential, those who are older will often sit on the bench.
Moreover, for Real Madrid, which already has quite lot of young players and can always be relied on when they are part of the main squad, this is also the reason why Ancelotti did not try to retain his senior players when he decided to leave and retire.
But by the way, it cannot be denied that those who are older and decide to leave in search of big salary, the last resort is Saudi football and there are already several players who have done this.

Everything is clear and Joselu also accepted the offer made by Al Gharafa and played in the Qatar League, but this will be the same because Saudi and Qatar are two countries that both develop football very well.

[arimamib]

Joselu to Saudi League will not be great for the league itself. I mean don't get me wrong, they do like getting Real Madrid strikers, they got the last three of them right now, and that seems like a good way. However, Joselu was there just for one season and even in that season they preferred to play without striker in many games instead of playing him. Just because he had one season there, doesn't mean that he is great, it is quite clear that he is not that great.

We should consider how this is a wrong move and I think it would benefit them a lot more if they knew what they were doing. I think Joselu will probably be mediocre at best there, and I do hope that they do not offer a lot of money to him, would be useless to spend that much.

I want to clarify a little about joselu current goal, joselu has indeed left for the middle east at the moment but he went not to the Saudi Arabian league but to the current qatar league and of course the two leagues are different leagues and with different competition as well, currently there are two madrid players who are leaving for the middle east, namely joselu to Al Gharafa (Qatar) and also nacho to Al Qadsiah (Saudi Arabia),  I think Joselu departure to Qatar is the right step for him to take, although this season he is able to become Madrid hero in the Champions League but we have to admit that it will be difficult for him to compete with other players in the Madrid squad, especially since Madrid is currently starting to have ambitions to build a squad by relying on many young players.

While Nacho of course he has spent almost his entire life with Madrid, so it is appropriate for Nacho to look for new experiences and of course to improve his finances before he retires, as a player who has the highest loyalty to Madrid, of course we can see if Nacho departure to another team makes many Madrid fans sad,  But that's football where players come and go is a common thing.

[rendravolt]

This is Nacho's happy face after officially signing a contract as a new Al-Qadsiah player and he is also wearing the legendary number 6 jersey that he has worn all this time at Real Madrid. With a 2 year contract duration with Al-Qadsiah, it is hoped that he can strengthen the defense line with all the experience he has.

On the other hand, we will also see new faces from European players next season and I hope this will continue for other Saudi League teams to be able to sign other European players so that the competition can be more competitive and colorful. My feeling is that Al-Qadsiah will not be satisfied with just signing Nacho and they will likely add new ammunition to the striker and midfielder positions.

[Bobrox]

This is Nacho's happy face after officially signing a contract as a new Al-Qadsiah player and he is also wearing the legendary number 6 jersey that he has worn all this time at Real Madrid. With a 2 year contract duration with Al-Qadsiah, it is hoped that he can strengthen the defense line with all the experience he has.

On the other hand, we will also see new faces from European players next season and I hope this will continue for other Saudi League teams to be able to sign other European players so that the competition can be more competitive and colorful. My feeling is that Al-Qadsiah will not be satisfied with just signing Nacho and they will likely add new ammunition to the striker and midfielder positions.

Nacho become the first top European players joining with Saudi Arabia club although he accept offer from the promotion team for next season, its interested with Nacho keep wearing 6 as his favorite number since still playing with Real Madrid.
Get contract until two years later and Nacho will received payment around 10 million euro every season make him become most expensive players salary for Al-Qadsiah club awhile not close opportunity the management sign top European players and reach higher payment salary than Nacho.

Saudi Pro League matches season 2024/25 still not announce yet and seems get break around two months later, have longer time for any team to sign top European players and waiting who will follow Nacho for joining with Saudi Arabia?

[yudi09]

This is Nacho's happy face after officially signing a contract as a new Al-Qadsiah player and he is also wearing the legendary number 6 jersey that he has worn all this time at Real Madrid. With a 2 year contract duration with Al-Qadsiah, it is hoped that he can strengthen the defense line with all the experience he has.

The Saudi League with the arrival of players like Nacho will continue to be a league that is in demand by top European and other world players. It is true that the players who come to the Saudi league are considered to want to enjoy their careers, but from Euro 2024, the players who play in the Saudi league show that whatever league a player is in will not affect their performance. Kante, for example, has proven that in any league, including the Saudi league, his performance does not decrease even though he competes with players who play in the top European leagues.

[Plaguedeath]

This is Nacho's happy face after officially signing a contract as a new Al-Qadsiah player and he is also wearing the legendary number 6 jersey that he has worn all this time at Real Madrid. With a 2 year contract duration with Al-Qadsiah, it is hoped that he can strengthen the defense line with all the experience he has.

On the other hand, we will also see new faces from European players next season and I hope this will continue for other Saudi League teams to be able to sign other European players so that the competition can be more competitive and colorful. My feeling is that Al-Qadsiah will not be satisfied with just signing Nacho and they will likely add new ammunition to the striker and midfielder positions.

Lol.

Al-Qadsiah is a team that play in Saudi First Division League i.e. a league below Saudi Professional league, above Saudi Second Division. Although they won in FDL and they will be promoted to SPL in the next season, but we all know how bad is the team that play in second tier league compared to first tier league.

Nacho will not able to change anything, since he's playing in center back position, he will not really shine.

[MAAManda]

My feeling is that Al-Qadsiah will not be satisfied with just signing Nacho and they will likely add new ammunition to the striker and midfielder positions.

They already have big names in those positions, for striker they have Luciano Vietto & for midfielder they have Andre Carillo, but because they're a promoted team that will play in the SPL in the next season, I'm sure they will bring in other top players, no in the midfielder or striker position, maybe it's a goalkeeper or another defender (especially CB). However, so far I don't have any new information regarding the Al Qadsiah transfer rumors and which players might go to this team.

[mammusu]

My feeling is that Al-Qadsiah will not be satisfied with just signing Nacho and they will likely add new ammunition to the striker and midfielder positions.

They already have big names in those positions, for striker they have Luciano Vietto & for midfielder they have Andre Carillo, but because they're a promoted team that will play in the SPL in the next season, I'm sure they will bring in other top players, no in the midfielder or striker position, maybe it's a goalkeeper or another defender (especially CB). However, so far I don't have any new information regarding the Al Qadsiah transfer rumors and which players might go to this team.

As a team with promotion status, Al Qadsiah definitely wants to show that they can compete even though this is their first season. And one of the things they did was to recruit several players who had big names, especially those from Europe or who now played in big European teams. This kind of thing is something that I think is an instant process that they want to do, because it will take time if they build the foundation from the ground up. But they can do that at the same time as they bring in well-known players.

I think they have a good financial situation, so they make moves like this. Actually, this is nothing new, because most of the teams in the Saudi Pro League are known as teams that have good financial standing.

I wouldn't be surprised if they announced or there were rumors about them being interested in a big name player. The reason is that from the start of their movement, it was clear that they really intended to do that. So let's wait to see what they will do next.

[Blitzboy]

This is Nacho's happy face after officially signing a contract as a new Al-Qadsiah player and he is also wearing the legendary number 6 jersey that he has worn all this time at Real Madrid. With a 2 year contract duration with Al-Qadsiah, it is hoped that he can strengthen the defense line with all the experience he has.

On the other hand, we will also see new faces from European players next season and I hope this will continue for other Saudi League teams to be able to sign other European players so that the competition can be more competitive and colorful. My feeling is that Al-Qadsiah will not be satisfied with just signing Nacho and they will likely add new ammunition to the striker and midfielder positions.

Nacho going to... Al-Qadsiah? Look, folks, I know a good deal when I see one, and this ain't it. Al-Qadsiah is a relative newcomer; they are not the Yankees of Saudi soccer, exactly. They're investing in a name in the hopes that Nacho's residual Real Madrid charm will spread to them. Now Nacho is a decent player and a kind man. But lets be honest, his best days are behind him. This is a retirement move. With a healthy salary in a league that is, lets just say, not quite the Champions League, he is profiting off his reputation. Give me some time on this whole "new era" of Saudi football. A league is not changed by a few aging stars over night. A competitive league is built by more than just a few well-known players.

[Palakka]

My feeling is that Al-Qadsiah will not be satisfied with just signing Nacho and they will likely add new ammunition to the striker and midfielder positions.

They already have big names in those positions, for striker they have Luciano Vietto & for midfielder they have Andre Carillo, but because they're a promoted team that will play in the SPL in the next season, I'm sure they will bring in other top players, no in the midfielder or striker position, maybe it's a goalkeeper or another defender (especially CB). However, so far I don't have any new information regarding the Al Qadsiah transfer rumors and which players might go to this team.

Nacho has officially left Real Madrid after spending almost his entire career in Madrid so far, so it is not surprising that he currently chooses to go to the Saudi Arabian League, but what surprises me is that he did not go to Al Nassr or Al Hillal, but now he joined the  promotion team Al Qadsiah, Nacho will of course undergo his new adventure at a club outside Europe so indeed he needs a little adaptation to be able to show performance The game, currently Nacho age has reached 34 years, so it is very natural for him to continue his career in a league that is not competitive other than to seek new experience, of course, a big salary is the main target of Nacho at this time.

Al Qadsiah is a promotion team this season to the Saudi Arabian premier league, so it is not surprising to us if they continue to try to be able to compete with the team team in the Saudi Arabian premier league later, in addition to the macho that they have officially obtained at this time, Al Qadsiah is also reportedly starting to target mane as the next target, besides that Al Qadsiah has also managed to recruit the current Belgian goalkeeper with a contract duration of 3 years,  Casteels was able to good perform  with Belgium in euro, so Al Qadsiah did not wait long to make him the main goalkeeper next season.