Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Arenga pinnata]

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Al-ahli immediately showed extraordinary performance last season. Even though they were just promoted again last season. but they immediately competed fiercely with Al-hilal, Al-nassr and Al-ittihad. And I am sure that in the coming season Al-ahli will again show themselves as a strong club in the SPL. I don't follow many updates regarding the transfer market involving Al-ahli. But I am sure that because Al-ahli is one of the clubs owned by PIF, this club will definitely be quite active in buying European players again to strengthen their squad.

But with all this, I see that there are still few people who really observe the development of Al-Ahli and most of them still focus on Al Hilal and Al Nassr, which are the two top teams and have fierce competition, but that natural because these two team have football stars.
I also believe in Al-Ahli ability in the future, for the 2024/25 season there are still some big hopes for the development of Al-Ahli performance and it can be much better than last season, they can become one of the strong competing teams if they really focus on stability and consistency of strength.

Maybe Al-ahli is indeed worth considering. And it looks like Al-ahli can also be quite a strong competitor, just like last season. even though last season Al-Ahli was a team that had just been promoted again. But they were immediately able to finish in 3rd place in the standings at the end of the season.

But actually this is not that surprising because we know that Al-ahli was also active in bringing in star players from Europe last season. For example, Riyad Mahrez was brought in from Man City. Then there is Roberto Firmino who was successfully acquired from Liverpool last season. So it is not surprising that Al-ahli managed to achieve good results. And maybe next season Al-ahli will still be a strong competitor at the top of the SPL along with Al-hilal, al-nassr and al-ittihad.

[rendravolt]

Neither Wojciech Szczęsny nor Ederson will be Al-Nassr's new goalkeeper, but Bento will join Al-Nassr. An agreement has been reached between Al-Nassr and the player and his club, namely Athletico Paranaense, and the contract will last until 2028. This is a long-term contract and Al-Nassr is certainly preparing this as a serious step to be able to compete to win the Saudi pro league title.

I think that at the relatively young age of 25, Bento has made a crucial decision for his career and I think the trend of young players choosing to go to the Saudi pro league will continue to grow every season. Even so, he definitely knows the risks he will face because reaching a high level in Europe will be very difficult and perhaps his focus will change to making money rather than thinking about other things. Well, hopefully this time Al-Nassr can perform well with additional strength from the goalkeeper side and at least not concede a lot of goals.

[Josefjix]

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1813091195184128021

After the announcement of their new coach, Laurent Blanc, Al-Ittihad started moving quickly and now they just have to complete the final documents to bring in Houssem Aouar from Roma. It's a bit strange because he just joined Roma last season and next season he will go to the Saudi pro league.

He is still quite young at 26 years old and perhaps the offer of a large salary made him very interested and I think that is a natural thing. He plays as a midfielder and will partner Ngolo Kante in Al-Ittihad's midfield. The cost is quite cheap, 12 million euros and here Roma also doesn't set a cost that is more expensive than when Roma brought him from Lyon. Well, it looks like we will see another young player who is risking his career and it should be noted that as a midfielder he is quite progressive by contributing 4 goals for Roma last season.

Making brilliant signing shouldn't be something to worry about because Al Ittihad have the necessary resources and utilizing them becomes simple for them. Al Ittihad is a formidable club and appointing Laurent Blanc as new headcoach was such a brilliant idea. They're currently eligible just like Al Nassr and Al Hilal to win the title. It becomes streak for them to observes winning in games from next season and having a prominent coach that have the available experience to upgrade a club's status in major competition.

[mammusu]

Neither Wojciech Szczęsny nor Ederson will be Al-Nassr's new goalkeeper, but Bento will join Al-Nassr. An agreement has been reached between Al-Nassr and the player and his club, namely Athletico Paranaense, and the contract will last until 2028. This is a long-term contract and Al-Nassr is certainly preparing this as a serious step to be able to compete to win the Saudi pro league title.

I think that at the relatively young age of 25, Bento has made a crucial decision for his career and I think the trend of young players choosing to go to the Saudi pro league will continue to grow every season. Even so, he definitely knows the risks he will face because reaching a high level in Europe will be very difficult and perhaps his focus will change to making money rather than thinking about other things. Well, hopefully this time Al-Nassr can perform well with additional strength from the goalkeeper side and at least not concede a lot of goals.

Bento arrival to Al Nassr has shattered all speculation about Szczęsny who had previously been linked with Al Nassr, although previously Al Nassr had reached a personal agreement with Szczęsny but Juventus prevented Szczęsny departure to Al Nassr by asking for a high transfer fee, as well as Ederson, who was reportedly just one step away go to Al Nassr, had to fail after their offer of 30 million euros was rejected by Manchester City and their wanting 50 million euros in cash at the moment, Bento is not a goalkeeper who is familiar to all of us because he plays at Atletico Paranaense in Brazil league, after looking at his profile, I started to think if he would be the right goalkeeper for Al Nassr later?
Because I see that he is not a very good goalkeeper even though he is still very young, because from his current statistics show that on average he concedes 1 goal in a match.

[Arenga pinnata]

Neither Wojciech Szczęsny nor Ederson will be Al-Nassr's new goalkeeper, but Bento will join Al-Nassr. An agreement has been reached between Al-Nassr and the player and his club, namely Athletico Paranaense, and the contract will last until 2028. This is a long-term contract and Al-Nassr is certainly preparing this as a serious step to be able to compete to win the Saudi pro league title.

I think that at the relatively young age of 25, Bento has made a crucial decision for his career and I think the trend of young players choosing to go to the Saudi pro league will continue to grow every season. Even so, he definitely knows the risks he will face because reaching a high level in Europe will be very difficult and perhaps his focus will change to making money rather than thinking about other things. Well, hopefully this time Al-Nassr can perform well with additional strength from the goalkeeper side and at least not concede a lot of goals.

It's extraordinary that finally more young players are joining the Saudi Pro league. After yesterday there was Houssem Aouar who was successfully brought in by Al-ittihad from AS Roma. Now there is another young player who has joined the Saudi pro League club. And yes he is Bento Matheus Krepski. And yes I agree that it looks like the trend of young players choosing to come to the SPL will indeed increase. And it is possible that in this transfer market there will be names of other young players joining. Let's just wait until the current transfer market ends. And regarding Bento Matheus Krepski, this player has actually been talked about quite a lot since last season and quite a lot of teams are interested. Even last year I heard that Inter Milan intended to bring in this goalkeeper. But I'm surprised now because this player is going to Al-Nassr. Hopefully this will be good news for Al-Nassr which really needs improvement at the back. Including their goalkeeper.

[bitgolden]

I am sure that Ittihad will try to make the most out of this season, after all they have the money for it like other teams, they just need to spend it wisely. Like last season Benzema looked like a great deal, he looked like he could have done perfectly considering he came straight from Real Madrid, but things did not go the way they want it to go and that is why they had some trouble. But, if we are talking about something that is going to be a bit harder, then we are going to see things change.

I believe that the best thing to do in this case would be just watching the games before any bets. I think I will not bet for the first like four or so weeks, and then decide on who to bet on which game, to see how teams changed over the summer.

[Gallar]

Actually, Roberto Firmino is still 32 years old and this is not too old because if he can continue playing well, he still has at least 2 to 3 years before he really experiences setbacks, but it is not clear whether Roberto Firmino will be accepted if he wants to return can enter the Premier League.
There, talented young players are far superior and more in demand, if the competition is tighter then Roberto Firmino chances of returning are only slim, but if that fails, he will inevitably have to survive and get used to Matthias Jaissle leadership style.

I think it will be very difficult for Firmino to return to a big club in the Premier League. Because as you said, competition in the Premier League is currently very tight. In fact, it is not only old players who can be eliminated there, young players are often eliminated if their performance is not good. So looking at these conditions, it can be said that Firmino will most likely have difficulty returning to a Premier League club. Moreover, currently, in my opinion, Firmino's performance has decreased slightly. Because it was proven that he was no longer called up to the Brazilian national team for the Copa America competition yesterday. Even at Al Ahli, his performance this season could be said to be mediocre. So with this fact, it seems like Firmino will have to enjoy the rest of his career with Al Ahli. The reason is, the hope of being able to return to playing in the English League or the big European leagues seems very unlikely.
So it is not impossible, for example, that after Firmino's contract ends with Al Ahli, he will choose to retire. Because after his contract ends with Al Ahli, he will definitely get older and most likely his stamina or skills will decline. And if it's like that, it's likely that no club will want to recruit him (let alone clubs from the big European leagues).

Apart from that, next season Al Ahli will loan Allan Saint Maximin to Fenerbahce. If this is true, then Al Ahli will certainly experience a decline in performance in the left wing sector.

[hyudien]

I am sure that Ittihad will try to make the most out of this season, after all they have the money for it like other teams, they just need to spend it wisely. Like last season Benzema looked like a great deal, he looked like he could have done perfectly considering he came straight from Real Madrid, but things did not go the way they want it to go and that is why they had some trouble. But, if we are talking about something that is going to be a bit harder, then we are going to see things change.

I believe that the best thing to do in this case would be just watching the games before any bets. I think I will not bet for the first like four or so weeks, and then decide on who to bet on which game, to see how teams changed over the summer.

Benzema's career at Al Ittihad did not go well, he experienced problems that disrupted his performance last season, and the problems he faced also involved management at that time. However, the problem can be resolved quickly so that it doesn't last long and the game is no longer disturbed by the problem.
Al Ittihad is one of the teams that has the money to bring in expensive players, but they have not been able to maximize it well. Last season they were only able to be in 5th position at the end of the standings, in my opinion that was not a good thing, because they could actually be in an even better position. Next season they must be able to prepare better, one of which is by taking advantage of the transfer window to bring in new players who can help the team. There are several gaps that they lack, so they must be corrected during this season's break.

[armanda90]

Benzema's career at Al Ittihad did not go well, he experienced problems that disrupted his performance last season, and the problems he faced also involved management at that time. However, the problem can be resolved quickly so that it doesn't last long and the game is no longer disturbed by the problem.
Al Ittihad is one of the teams that has the money to bring in expensive players, but they have not been able to maximize it well. Last season they were only able to be in 5th position at the end of the standings, in my opinion that was not a good thing, because they could actually be in an even better position. Next season they must be able to prepare better, one of which is by taking advantage of the transfer window to bring in new players who can help the team. There are several gaps that they lack, so they must be corrected during this season's break.

Karim Benzema can't performed well for the first season with Al Ittihad and he still need more time get adaption well exactly huge difference culture and weather between Saudi Arabia and European culture.
I don't think its much problem for Karim Benzema return back to his top perform on second season exactly keep stay with Al Ittihad and not any decision yet he want leaves before his contract expiring. Al Ittihad not performed well in this season after finish on 5th standings place but have advantage for next season without participating or playing at AFC Champion League make them keep focus in domestic league regarding the rival team Al Nassr and Al Hilal will playing in AFC Champion  League.

Some Saudi Arabia club have start with signing top european players but Al Ittihad keep quit and not make any new signing yet behind several teams have announced two or three new players signed. I think Al Ittihad need to sign many top qualities or European players if want get back in the winning race with Al Hilal or Al Nassr most active sign new player recently.

[el kaka22]

Bento isn't a bad one neither, ı would say that he is actually a decent goalkeeper and could do very well. This of course doesn't mean that he is better than Ederson, I would still say that Ederson would have been better, but I assume that City had trouble finding a replacement that would be similar, so instead they decided to keep Ederson. This is still an improvement for Al-Nassr though, they are still getting a better player and it should probably improve the team a lot.

Ronaldo has done his fair share by trying to keep the team scoring, but they were conceding too many goals to win anything, which is why I think it is clear that they needed a better defense, including a GK as well. They got one now, lets see if they are going to get any defenders too. I assumed they would have gotten Varane, it looked like they were going to do fine, but right now when I am looking at it, I am not hearing any news about them getting a new defender, seems like that is not the case. If they could get someone like Varane (he is gone now) then we could see them become much better, like so good that they could win the league without losing any game. I don't know who is available for them to purchase though.