Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Marvell1]

N'Golo Kanté the player of Al Ittihad is very close to leaving the team and playing for the European teams again. This 33-year-old player also played for France in Euro 2024. Al Ittihad seems ready to let him go. Kanté was playing for Chelsea for seven years and in 2023 he left his team for the Saudi League and started playing for Al Ittihad. Now West Ham is interested in hiring Kanté and they are ready to pay 24 million euros for this player.

Why you conclude that Kante is close to leave Al Ittihad? So far, Al Ittihad management never has the intention to sell him. There is no statement from Kante that he wants leaving the club as well. Moreover, now Al Ittihad has a new coach (Laurent Blanc), Kante must feel comfortable to work with him. Laurent Blanc is a France manager, he is the same country as Kante.

Laurent Blanc and Al Ittihad board already make a statement, they want to keep Kante. They also already rejected the offer from West Ham. So, it is clear that Kane won't move anywhere, he will remain the player of Al Ittihad in the next season. It is because Kante is one of the key players in the midfield line. It is impossible to sell Kante, his role is still very crucial for the team.



Source: talksport.com

Yes, Kanté is a safe and cost-optimized solution for West Ham at present. Not to mention that the French team is only 33 years old and still has enough strength to maintain top competition for another 1 or 2 seasons. But Al Ittihad's stance on N'Golo Kanté is still very clear. The Saudi Arabian team has no intention of selling Kante this summer. Laurent Blanc and the club's board are planning to use Kanté as a key part of the project, despite West Ham's approach.  And Kanté himself does not want to return to the EPL. Now he wants to play softer football and be able to play more time. EPL is no longer suitable for Kanté. More importantly, at this time, Kanté is said to be receiving a salary of up to 50 million euros/year at Al Ittihad. West Ham will not be able to pay that amount.

[Docnaster]

N'Golo Kanté the player of Al Ittihad is very close to leaving the team and playing for the European teams again. This 33-year-old player also played for France in Euro 2024. Al Ittihad seems ready to let him go. Kanté was playing for Chelsea for seven years and in 2023 he left his team for the Saudi League and started playing for Al Ittihad.
Now West Ham is interested in hiring Kanté and they are ready to pay 24 million euros for this player.

I'm not surprised by this news that Ngolo Kante is likely to leave Al Ittihad this summer to join a European club and that's because of how impressive he was with France during the just concluded European championship. The France international I thought wouldn't be that energetic again after leaving the shores of Europe but little did I know that even while playing for a Saudi club, Ngolo Kante will still be able to retain his quality kind of football. He deserves to play few more seasons with a European club if you ask me because he still have all the abilities to play for any top European club.
West Ham in their quest to strengthen the club ahead of next season must sign Ngolo Kante if they get an acceptance nod from the France international.

[klidex]

There were rumours about possible transfer of Ederson but at the end we have Manchester City not allowed this possible transfer, so Al Nassr is now having another Brazilian goalkeeper Bento which is doing good job in Brazilian Serie A and recently having his calls for the Brazilian national team which mean he is also good quality player and surely going to give his best here at this club as well for their improved performance.

It is known that Al Nassr gave up on bringing in the goalkeeper because Manchester City made a fairly high offer for the player and Man City did not accept the negotiations that Al Nassr had offered. In my opinion, it is very reasonable for Man City to price this goalkeeper at 50 million euros because he has been a valuable player for Man City for 7 years and he is the main goalkeeper and he is not too old, I don't understand why Al Nassr is not willing to pay that price even though as far as I know Saudi League clubs are not too concerned about expensive transfers because that The most important thing is that their league can continue to develop.

However, Al Nassr has brought in their new goalkeeper who is cheaper and no less good than Ederson. The hope is that this new goalkeeper can keep Al Nassr's defense stronger next season, so not concede as many goals and can compete with Al Hilal in the hunt SPL degree.

[rendravolt]

Al-Qadsiah is still not satisfied after successfully bringing in Nacho and Aubameyang. This time they want to hunt for players in different positions and Boca Junior midfielder Equi Fernández is their next target. He is still very young 21 years old and it seems like he is ready to sacrifice his career to make more money in the Saudi pro league.

Maybe you are no longer surprised by a phenomenon like this, but as long as financial strength is the reason, young players will be tempted by this offer. A personal agreement has been reached and now we just have to wait for Boca Junior's decision to let him go or not. But Al-Qadsiah always has other plans if the fee offered feels insufficient for Boca Junior, so they are prepared to pay 15 million euros to make this transfer successful.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1814810815234535444

[hyudien]

N'Golo Kanté the player of Al Ittihad is very close to leaving the team and playing for the European teams again. This 33-year-old player also played for France in Euro 2024. Al Ittihad seems ready to let him go. Kanté was playing for Chelsea for seven years and in 2023 he left his team for the Saudi League and started playing for Al Ittihad.
Now West Ham is interested in hiring Kanté and they are ready to pay 24 million euros for this player.

Of the many players who have played in Europe but are now being sought after by European teams, one of them is N'Golo Kanté. This is natural because even with the French team he can show a good game in midfield even though he has not been able to bring France to the title at Euro 2024. However, overall his game is really needed by the French national team, so European teams are interested in bringing him from Al Ittihad.
I see something special about this player, even though he doesn't stand out like a star player, his role in midfield provides comfort for the defense and he is very good at maintaining balance in midfield. Actually, he has a 3 year contract with the team from the Saudi Pro League, which means there are still 2 years left. However, Al Ittihad doesn't seem to want to make it difficult if he wants to leave and they invite N'Golo Kanté to leave if he wants to do so.

[bering]

Al-Qadsiah is still not satisfied after successfully bringing in Nacho and Aubameyang. This time they want to hunt for players in different positions and Boca Junior midfielder Equi Fernández is their next target. He is still very young 21 years old and it seems like he is ready to sacrifice his career to make more money in the Saudi pro league.

Maybe you are no longer surprised by a phenomenon like this, but as long as financial strength is the reason, young players will be tempted by this offer. A personal agreement has been reached and now we just have to wait for Boca Junior's decision to let him go or not. But Al-Qadsiah always has other plans if the fee offered feels insufficient for Boca Junior, so they are prepared to pay 15 million euros to make this transfer successful.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1814810815234535444

Al-Qadsiah behaviour for summer transfer window it's quite interesting because they had decide to buy some of European players to strengthen their squad and if we compared to other promotion teams such as Al-Orobah and Al-Kholood they are very active this summer seems they have an ambition want to survive on Saudi Pro League for next season and based on the transfer lists of this team i have seen they bought at least 4 players from European club such as Nacho, Aubameyang, Nahitan Nández and Koen Casteels

And about Equi Fernández several month ago he was into the radar some of European big clubs such as AC Milan, Benfica, Fiorentina and even Liverpool this because these clubs feel Equi Fernández is potential player which Boca Junior has but i still don't understand why he decide to accept the offers from Al-Qadsiah and playing at Saudi Pro League because in my opinion Equi Fernández still can choose to playing at Europa if he want and i think with his current age and his talent is not hard for him to gets new club on Europa

With some of new experience players from Europa i want to know the performance of Al-Qadsiah next season whether they can able to performing well or not however i just realized that Saudi Pro League will be starting on August 1 which mean this early compared to the league from European countries but for transfer window Saudi Pro League has longer duration than the European transfer window as it closes on September 9

[lixer]

Why you conclude that Kante is close to leave Al Ittihad? So far, Al Ittihad management never has the intention to sell him. There is no statement from Kante that he wants leaving the club as well. Moreover, now Al Ittihad has a new coach (Laurent Blanc), Kante must feel comfortable to work with him. Laurent Blanc is a France manager, he is the same country as Kante.

Laurent Blanc and Al Ittihad board already make a statement, they want to keep Kante. They also already rejected the offer from West Ham. So, it is clear that Kane won't move anywhere, he will remain the player of Al Ittihad in the next season. It is because Kante is one of the key players in the midfield line. It is impossible to sell Kante, his role is still very crucial for the team.

Interesting situation as we all know Al ittihad and Laurent Blanc already having announcement regarding this news but still peoples are doing their best for this transfer on papers in reality most chance he is going to stay here in Saudi Arab for another season because now Al Ittihad is having good squad and new coach which can bring positive changes into their performance.

Currently, things are not clear but most chances Al Ittihad will not change their stance about this player and his possible move to West Ham United which is also trying to rebuild their squad after having the worst performance in last season, and recently they announce about their new coach which is from Spain Lopetegui Julen talking about Kant mean they are trying to have big named because we know how important and effective is Kant.

[Leviathan.007]

N'Golo Kanté the player of Al Ittihad is very close to leaving the team and playing for the European teams again. This 33-year-old player also played for France in Euro 2024. Al Ittihad seems ready to let him go. Kanté was playing for Chelsea for seven years and in 2023 he left his team for the Saudi League and started playing for Al Ittihad.
Now West Ham is interested in hiring Kanté and they are ready to pay 24 million euros for this player.

Of the many players who have played in Europe but are now being sought after by European teams, one of them is N'Golo Kanté. This is natural because even with the French team he can show a good game in midfield even though he has not been able to bring France to the title at Euro 2024. However, overall his game is really needed by the French national team, so European teams are interested in bringing him from Al Ittihad.
I see something special about this player, even though he doesn't stand out like a star player, his role in midfield provides comfort for the defense and he is very good at maintaining balance in midfield. Actually, he has a 3 year contract with the team from the Saudi Pro League, which means there are still 2 years left. However, Al Ittihad doesn't seem to want to make it difficult if he wants to leave and they invite N'Golo Kanté to leave if he wants to do so.

I was not expecting to see Kanté leaving the Saudi League for the Premier League because he is old and there are not many teas they want to hire this palyer because he would even get retire in Al Ittihad considering his age.
But the performance of Kanté in the Euro 2024 was well enough while playing for France to make West Had send him an offer and this can be a good chance for Kanté to return to the top European teams.
 

[klidex]

Alex Collado is a Real Betis player who he recruited from Barcelona on a free transfer, but strangely this player has never played with Real Betis, in fact, since he signed a contract with Real Betis with a long-term clause, he was immediately loaned to one of the Saudi Arabian clubs, Al Okhdood which is not a top club in the Saudi League.
I know he is an ordinary player, even since he was at Barca he hasn't had much playing time but it seems like he isn't really needed to be in the Europa League and at Al Okhdood he has a lot of playing time and is needed, Al Okhdood doesn't seem to want to lose this player and they seem to add to their contract extension clause to borrow this player for 1 more season for next season or maybe make him permanent??(correction if wrong)

Source : Alex Collado

[Rikafip]

In fact, according to several reports circulating, Ivan Rakitic rarely lives in Croatia at all. Because reportedly Ivan Rakitic grew up in Switzerland and not Croatia.

Rakitic was born in Switzerland and lived there until he moved to Germany (Schalke) back in 2007 and he basically never lived in Croatia before.

So if, for example, Ivan Rakitic officially joins Hajduk Split, maybe that means Ivan Rakitic can actually stay in Croatia.

I don't think that he will permnanently stay in Croatia after he finishes his career. In interviews he already said that he considered Seville his home as that's where he met his wife and its the place where his kids were born so its natural that he wants to go back there once he is done with Hajduk.

 

[rahmad2nd]

I was not expecting to see Kanté leaving the Saudi League for the Premier League because he is old and there are not many teas they want to hire this palyer because he would even get retire in Al Ittihad considering his age.
But the performance of Kanté in the Euro 2024 was well enough while playing for France to make West Had send him an offer and this can be a good chance for Kanté to return to the top European teams.
 

If we refer to Fabrizio Romano's report, he reported that Al Ittihad was not interested in accepting the proposal and releasing N'golo Kante, because Kante was part of Al Ittihad's important project. So, Al Ittihad is not in the mood to release it. I'm pretty sure it's the same with Laurent Blanc, as the new coach of Al Ittihad, Kante is an important part of his squad in the central position. Moreover, to compete closely with its competitor team, Al Ittihad actually needs several more competent newcomers in its squad. So, I doubt that Al Ittihad will let Kante go to West Ham.

On the other hand, several newspapers reported for this French international player. according to a report in The Guardian, West Ham are in talks to bring back Kante from Saudi Arabia for £20 million to the Premier League. Reportedly, negotiations are still ongoing and Wesh Ham hopes to bring in the former Chelsea midfielder from Al Ittihad. Even though he is 33 years old, N'golo Kante's work can still be relied on. At least West Ham's new manager, Julen Lopetegui, was very impressed with N'golo Kante and he performed expertly in the EURO championship that just ended. But, I think Al Ittihad will keep it.

[entertheabyss]

I was not expecting to see Kanté leaving the Saudi League for the Premier League because he is old and there are not many teas they want to hire this palyer because he would even get retire in Al Ittihad considering his age.
But the performance of Kanté in the Euro 2024 was well enough while playing for France to make West Had send him an offer and this can be a good chance for Kanté to return to the top European teams.
 

Ngolo Kantè have played major role when he got called up for International duty by Didier Deschamps since 2018 when he won the Russia 2018. The Frenchman have been lucrative and amazing when it involves his performance which are consider stellar, always locking in for improvement. He anticipated full-time in the just concluded Euros and been one of the center of attention for his stunning efforts.

Ngolo Kante is in Saudi Pro League where he plays for SPL side, he's also important. The matter involving his age have been finally ruled out because he's very much active and his agents have received offers from EPL side, and the Hammers lead in the race to grab the signature of Kanté, whereas let's see where it goes from here.

[el kaka22]

I was shocked to learn Kante going to Saudi Arabia when that happened, he was still a great player, Chelsea should have kept him because not like they didn't need him, he was great and he could have stayed in Europe at bigger clubs for a long time too, and yet he didn't, that is an issue without a doubt.

But, looking at the current situation I would say that him going back makes a lot of sense, he is only 33 years old, and he can play at least 2-3 more seasons at high level, after that he can go back to SA if he wants to. They got him for free if I remember right, even if not, they do not need money, they already quite rich, so selling him for only 20 million wouldn't be bad, plus dude is 33 years old, while he is still good, he won't be sold again, so 20 million is all they can hope for him.

Not many players been sold for more than 20 million after they are 33, a few may have, but not a lot so that means this shows how good Kante must be in order to get that type of result. The best way to show this is the fact that we are getting a good result in the end, should be something that will be getting very good improvement, whichever team ends up getting Kante, dude is still very good as we have seen.

[Arenga pinnata]

Interesting situation as we all know Al ittihad and Laurent Blanc already having announcement regarding this news but still peoples are doing their best for this transfer on papers in reality most chance he is going to stay here in Saudi Arab for another season because now Al Ittihad is having good squad and new coach which can bring positive changes into their performance.

Currently, things are not clear but most chances Al Ittihad will not change their stance about this player and his possible move to West Ham United which is also trying to rebuild their squad after having the worst performance in last season, and recently they announce about their new coach which is from Spain Lopetegui Julen talking about Kant mean they are trying to have big named because we know how important and effective is Kant.

Rumors about N'Golo Kanté being approached by West Ham are currently hot in the news. But yeah, it's impossible for Al-ittihad to let this player go. Because N'Golo Kanté is really needed at Al-ittihad and besides that, N'Golo Kanté's salary at al-ittihad is also very large. So the player may not be interested in moving. Especially after Al-ittihad now has a new coach from the same country as N'Golo Kanté and Benzema, namely Laurent Blanc.   It will definitely make Kante and Benzema more comfortable playing at Al-ittihad because they have a coach from the same country. Moreover, Benzema was trained by Laurent Blanc. So the presence of Laurent Blanc at Al-ittihad will be a good reunion for Benzema. But because player transfers in the transfer market are sometimes full of surprises, we can't predict what will happen in the end. Because everything will come back to a player's wishes. But I hope that Kante will remain comfortable playing for Al-ittihad and that the SPL will no longer lose the best European players that have been successfully brought in. But several reports do say that it is almost certain that Kante will not be tempted to move again.

[Mame89]

N'Golo Kanté the player of Al Ittihad is very close to leaving the team and playing for the European teams again. This 33-year-old player also played for France in Euro 2024. Al Ittihad seems ready to let him go. Kanté was playing for Chelsea for seven years and in 2023 he left his team for the Saudi League and started playing for Al Ittihad.
Now West Ham is interested in hiring Kanté and they are ready to pay 24 million euros for this player.

Of the many players who have played in Europe but are now being sought after by European teams, one of them is N'Golo Kanté. This is natural because even with the French team he can show a good game in midfield even though he has not been able to bring France to the title at Euro 2024. However, overall his game is really needed by the French national team, so European teams are interested in bringing him from Al Ittihad.
I see something special about this player, even though he doesn't stand out like a star player, his role in midfield provides comfort for the defense and he is very good at maintaining balance in midfield. Actually, he has a 3 year contract with the team from the Saudi Pro League, which means there are still 2 years left. However, Al Ittihad doesn't seem to want to make it difficult if he wants to leave and they invite N'Golo Kanté to leave if he wants to do so.

I was not expecting to see Kanté leaving the Saudi League for the Premier League because he is old and there are not many teas they want to hire this palyer because he would even get retire in Al Ittihad considering his age.
But the performance of Kanté in the Euro 2024 was well enough while playing for France to make West Had send him an offer and this can be a good chance for Kanté to return to the top European teams.
 

Yes that's right. It would be a shame if Kante left Al Ittihad and moved to West Ham. Because at that age, wanting to leave a salary as luxurious as in the Arab League and move to a club that will most likely pay ¼ of his current salary is something that is difficult to understand. Of course West Ham's interest in Kante started from the Euro Cup, Kante even managed to win the best player in a row in two Euro matches, so it's natural that West Ham are interested.

However, this decision is very difficult to digest, maybe Kante is no longer interested in money, he wants to return to playing in Europe's top league, in a more competitive league unlike the Arab League. So whatever Kante's choice, I will support him because he is a player who still deserves to be in the EPL league.

[Arenga pinnata]

Yes that's right. It would be a shame if Kante left Al Ittihad and moved to West Ham. Because at that age, wanting to leave a salary as luxurious as in the Arab League and move to a club that will most likely pay ¼ of his current salary is something that is difficult to understand. Of course West Ham's interest in Kante started from the Euro Cup, Kante even managed to win the best player in a row in two Euro matches, so it's natural that West Ham are interested.

However, this decision is very difficult to digest, maybe Kante is no longer interested in money, he wants to return to playing in Europe's top league, in a more competitive league unlike the Arab League. So whatever Kante's choice, I will support him because he is a player who still deserves to be in the EPL league.

Hopefully Kante is not really interested in returning to the Premier League, namely to the London club, West Ham. But it is very natural that many European clubs are interested in him again because his performance at the Euros with the French national team is indeed worthy of appreciation. Even though this player is 33 years old, in reality his quality is still not inferior to that of the young players there. Hopefully Al-ittihad can really retain this player. Because it would be quite a shame if Al-ittihad, who had taken great pains to bring in this player, had to let him go again this season. And this could have a domino effect on other European players here. But yes, I will also continue to support Kante whatever his decision. Because it would be very natural if he also wanted to return to playing in a big league like the Premier League. Even though he had to give up a large salary here. But that would really be a shame. because in my heart I still hope that this player will stay at Al-ittihad longer.

[ginsan]

I was not expecting to see Kanté leaving the Saudi League for the Premier League because he is old and there are not many teas they want to hire this palyer because he would even get retire in Al Ittihad considering his age.
But the performance of Kanté in the Euro 2024 was well enough while playing for France to make West Had send him an offer and this can be a good chance for Kanté to return to the top European teams.
 

Kante has shown his best qualities at the euro and he has silenced his critics with the ability he has shown at the euro. I think it would be good for Kante to return to the Premier League with West Ham, but at the moment there are no strong rumors that Kante will leave Al Ittihad. I think Kante is very comfortable with Al Ittihad and at 33 years old it would be good enough for him to play in an easier league.

However, it goes back to Kante's decision that if he wants to return to Europe, now is the right time for him to accept the offer from West Ham. With various rumors developing, West Ham has entered into negotiations with Al Ittihad and if an agreement is reached then we will see Kante defending West Ham this season.

[TelolettOm]

Yes, Kanté is a safe and cost-optimized solution for West Ham at present. Not to mention that the French team is only 33 years old and still has enough strength to maintain top competition for another 1 or 2 seasons. But Al Ittihad's stance on N'Golo Kanté is still very clear. The Saudi Arabian team has no intention of selling Kante this summer. Laurent Blanc and the club's board are planning to use Kanté as a key part of the project, despite West Ham's approach.  And Kanté himself does not want to return to the EPL. Now he wants to play softer football and be able to play more time. EPL is no longer suitable for Kanté. More importantly, at this time, Kanté is said to be receiving a salary of up to 50 million euros/year at Al Ittihad. West Ham will not be able to pay that amount.

Kante still can join French national team because he still has quality, he could maintain his good performance. Even if Kante is getting old and his market value is only around €9m, he has good ability as young players. West Ham can buy him at cheap price, but unfortunately Al Ittihad doesn't want lose Kante. Even West Ham give a big offer, I am sure Al Ittihad will prefer to keep him. Laurent Blanc is the main reason why they want to keep Kante. Kante must be suitable with Laurent Blanc's strategy/tactic. 50 million euros every year is huge amount of money, West Ham will have no allocation to pay that money every year.

Interesting situation as we all know Al ittihad and Laurent Blanc already having announcement regarding this news but still peoples are doing their best for this transfer on papers in reality most chance he is going to stay here in Saudi Arab for another season because now Al Ittihad is having good squad and new coach which can bring positive changes into their performance.

Al Ittihad and Laurent Blanc has made the decision, they want to keep him. They already rejected West Ham offer and don't want to accept any offer. If people assume Kante is still possible to leave, it is no problem because they have own assumptions. However, personally I think Kante has already no chance to move anywhere. He still has a contract with Al ijtihad, he must obey it.



Source: DW Africa

[rendravolt]

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Al Ittihad and Laurent Blanc has made the decision, they want to keep him. They already rejected West Ham offer and don't want to accept any offer. If people assume Kante is still possible to leave, it is no problem because they have own assumptions. However, personally I think Kante has already no chance to move anywhere. He still has a contract with Al ijtihad, he must obey it.



Source: DW Africa

It's a bit difficult, even though with the quality that Kante has shown so far, especially at international level with France, he should still be able to return to Europe next season, but it looks like that won't happen as long as Al-Ittihad still needs him. Maybe Kante should respect his contract first and if one day there is still interest from European teams then he can consider it again.

During that time, Kante must maintain his performance and at Al-Ittihad he must often provide interesting games so that monitoring from European teams will continue. In two years it's the World Cup and if Kante is called up again for the French national team then he has the same chance as now. Well, I think there's no harm in continuing to give the best for Al-Ittihad, especially since his arrival and also several other European players, they haven't provided anything special so far.

[mammusu]

Al Ittihad and Laurent Blanc has made the decision, they want to keep him. They already rejected West Ham offer and don't want to accept any offer. If people assume Kante is still possible to leave, it is no problem because they have own assumptions. However, personally I think Kante has already no chance to move anywhere. He still has a contract with Al ijtihad, he must obey it.



Source: DW Africa

Currently al ittihad is starting to try to strengthen their squad next season by trying to bring in Mousa Diaby and Ederson to be able to compete for the title, when al ittihad currently has big ambitions and even in order to get a trophy next season they bring in a top coach (Laurent Blanc) then why do we all think that if al ittihad will want to release Kante to West Ham?
Financially, I think West Ham are still far below Al Ittihad so Al Ittihad have everything they need to keep Kante in the current squad, besides that even though they play in the Arab League, Kante can keep his chances of getting into the French national team and there doesn't seem to be a strong reason for Kante to join West Ham.

Kante has spent his career at Leicester City and Chelsea over the years and of course it will also be a consideration for Kante to reject an offer from West Ham at this time, Because Kante, who is currently considered a legend by Leicester City and Chelsea fans, certainly does not want to be hated by Leicester and Chelsea fans if he joins Westham next season, besides that in my opinion, as a Muslim footballer so far Kante has been quite comfortable playing in a Muslim-majority country, so there is indeed no reason for him to leave Al Ittihad at this time because besides he has gained comfort in playing football, of course he also gets Spiritual comfort in Saudi Arabia today.