Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[mammusu]

I think it's the nature of the players' wages that determines his influence. The Saudi Arabian League always pays huge salaries, so many stars choose this as their destination. As for MLS, players' salaries are not worth mentioning. For example, if Messi agrees to come to the Saudi Arabian League and his salary is higher than Ronaldo's, then I think Messi is the center of this league. And if the MLS pays players higher salaries than the Saudi Arabian League, then the MLS will also attract more stars and attract more attention.
Simply SPL has too much money, I think even if Ronaldo retires, SPL will not sink. If the Saudi Arabian Federation continues to spend money to successfully attract top European stars. Money is the key to the success of the Saudi Arabian League.

The US Major League Soccer has a cap on the earnings of players. This rule allows clubs to pay only three players above the stipulated yearly earning of $612,500 per player. I will assume that this policy will make the league less attractive to quality players. This is because only three top players can earn a very high amount. Messi is earning in the MLS is as much as he would have earned in Saudi Arabia, so he is comfortable. But the US league will not develop like the SPL league except they attract more superstars.

Ronaldo might be the dominant force in the Gulf League, but the league is gradually developing to become self-sustaining. The league now has an array of players and coaches that is making the league exciting. And the country is still wooing more quality players to make the league entertaining. If Ronaldo leaves, the league might feel the effect but it still has some players that will keep sustaining it.

The number of salary limits set by the government of a country is of course an attraction and even a barrier for a player to play in a league, that's why we can see that after the arrival of Ronaldo who also received an extraordinarily large salary it is not surprising that many European players Others are now starting to be interested in coming and playing in the Arab League, If we compare it with other countries currently, perhaps the Arab League is a league that has a lot of players with very large salary ranges at the moment.
In my opinion, the Saudi government currently really supports football in their country, so I don't think there will be any difficulties imposed by the government on a football club that really wants to bring in players from Europe, because they realize that the presence of European players will automatically create Arab football is more increase which indirectly also improves the mentality and performance of the Arab national team in the future.

BTW, I read that European countries currently impose income tax, including on football players, does Arabia also apply it?

[Arenga pinnata]

The number of salary limits set by the government of a country is of course an attraction and even a barrier for a player to play in a league, that's why we can see that after the arrival of Ronaldo who also received an extraordinarily large salary it is not surprising that many European players Others are now starting to be interested in coming and playing in the Arab League, If we compare it with other countries currently, perhaps the Arab League is a league that has a lot of players with very large salary ranges at the moment.
In my opinion, the Saudi government currently really supports football in their country, so I don't think there will be any difficulties imposed by the government on a football club that really wants to bring in players from Europe, because they realize that the presence of European players will automatically create Arab football is more increase which indirectly also improves the mentality and performance of the Arab national team in the future.

BTW, I read that European countries currently impose income tax, including on football players, does Arabia also apply it?

I think for non-Saudi Arabian players the tax still exists. But for players from Saudi Arabia, it seems not. Because reportedly there is no income tax for individuals in that country. But based on long-standing information, I heard that Cristiano Ronaldo pays taxes there.
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Currently, almost all the top European players who have been brought into the SPL have large salaries. And perhaps it is for that reason that these players are interested in coming to the SPL. Especially for players who are no longer young. But there are also several young players who come here.

[Uruhara]

Last season Al-Ahli was a team that was promoted to the SPL and immediately made thorough preparations in the transfer market by bringing in many European star players to their club. And the result was that Al-Ahli immediately managed to finish in 3rd place in the SPL standings. And I think there is something interesting about one of the teams being promoted to the SPL this season. Because it seems they are also taking the same steps as Al-ahli in making preparations by bringing in many European star players. Namely Al Qadsiah, which they have even succeeded in bringing in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and several other European star players such as Nacho Fernández, who we also know as one of the legendary defenders at Real Madrid and now he is at the Al-Qadsiah club with Aubameyang.

I think Al-Qadsiah will be a newcomer in the season whose strength should be taken into account by other teams in the SPL.

[slapper]

Ronaldo extended one more season makes sense for not only Al Nassr, but for the whole league as well. Because this league got its attention since Ronaldo joined, I keep putting the emphasis on the same thing, this page did not existed on this forum before Ronaldo went there, literally started at January 4th of 2023, meaning 1.5 or so years ago, and it's now at 700 pages. Without Ronaldo this would not happen, remove Ronaldo from their history, and NONE of their transfers would get this much attention, not an injured Neymar, not a missing Benzema, nobody.

But because they got Ronaldo, we reached at 700 pages of chat here, all thanks to him and it's clear that he is a big name. You want to know how big? Messi joined MLS, much younger, could even maybe win it, where is the topic for MLS in this topic? Nowhere to be found. That doesn't mean that he will be a good player at 40 years old, but at least he will keep the attention on this league and that's why they are paying him.

It's clear that Cristiano Ronaldo should extend his deal with Al Nassr. Not only does he fill arenas with people, but he also makes the SPL a worldwide show. It's crazy that he scored 70 goals in 64 games. That's not just playing football; that's dominating. And those rumours about the SPL getting huge TV deals? That has a lot to do with Ronaldo, for sure

Even though Messi is younger and plays for the MLS, Ronaldo has made the SPL famous around the world. He's the perfect example of how one player can make a game better. Look, Ronaldo is a football star who can sell a lot of shoes. He's showing that age doesn't matter and that just having him on the pitch can change the game for teams that want to be known around the world

[rendravolt]

This was not the result that Al-Ahli wanted but at least they played very well to be able to hold a 3-3 draw against Austrian club Grazer AK in the pre-season match. Although Al-Ahli could have suffered a defeat but they seemed to work very hard to avoid that result and thanks to two goals scored by Al Rashidi and Firmino in the final minutes they were finally saved from defeat.

With the end of the fourth pre-season match, Al-Ahli have a good record without ever feeling a single defeat with a result of 3 wins and 1 draw. This could be a good capital for them who will soon face Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup on August 13 and it is hoped that they can perform well again considering that Al-Hilal is a team that is very hungry for the title.

[beerlover]

The US Major League Soccer has a cap on the earnings of players. This rule allows clubs to pay only three players above the stipulated yearly earning of $612,500 per player. I will assume that this policy will make the league less attractive to quality players. This is because only three top players can earn a very high amount. Messi is earning in the MLS is as much as he would have earned in Saudi Arabia, so he is comfortable. But the US league will not develop like the SPL league except they attract more superstars.

Ronaldo might be the dominant force in the Gulf League, but the league is gradually developing to become self-sustaining. The league now has an array of players and coaches that is making the league exciting. And the country is still wooing more quality players to make the league entertaining. If Ronaldo leaves, the league might feel the effect but it still has some players that will keep sustaining it.

While that is definitely not something that allows the league to grow faster, it also keeps the competition going, NBA has something similar where there is a cap on what players could earn. This makes the teams profitable as much as they can, some are not profitable even with that, but if you let it be wide open, then teams like Lakers would just pay 100 million to everyone and get all the great players, when you have a cap then it's limited.

Of course other leagues in football world do not have that, which makes it questionable for everyone and I understand that, it is not really that crazy and I understand the logic, there isn't anything wrong with that, but I still think that we should be considering MLS doing something better for their team. While Saudi teams are losing money so fast and not making it back, MLS teams are not in negative all that much, most are even in profit. That's the difference between the two leagues, caring about finances.

[Frankolala]

Ronaldo extended one more season makes sense for not only Al Nassr, but for the whole league as well. Because this league got its attention since Ronaldo joined, I keep putting the emphasis on the same thing, this page did not existed on this forum before Ronaldo went there, literally started at January 4th of 2023, meaning 1.5 or so years ago, and it's now at 700 pages. Without Ronaldo this would not happen, remove Ronaldo from their history, and NONE of their transfers would get this much attention, not an injured Neymar, not a missing Benzema, nobody.

But because they got Ronaldo, we reached at 700 pages of chat here, all thanks to him and it's clear that he is a big name. You want to know how big? Messi joined MLS, much younger, could even maybe win it, where is the topic for MLS in this topic? Nowhere to be found. That doesn't mean that he will be a good player at 40 years old, but at least he will keep the attention on this league and that's why they are paying him.

It's clear that Cristiano Ronaldo should extend his deal with Al Nassr. Not only does he fill arenas with people, but he also makes the SPL a worldwide show. It's crazy that he scored 70 goals in 64 games. That's not just playing football; that's dominating. And those rumours about the SPL getting huge TV deals? That has a lot to do with Ronaldo, for sure

Even though Messi is younger and plays for the MLS, Ronaldo has made the SPL famous around the world. He's the perfect example of how one player can make a game better. Look, Ronaldo is a football star who can sell a lot of shoes. He's showing that age doesn't matter and that just having him on the pitch can change the game for teams that want to be known around the world

Ronaldo is influencial because he has fans all over the world due to his outstanding skills and achievements in football. He has paid the price in football and that is why you see that he has the capacity of turning an isolated league to a popular one.

If not for Ronaldo, no one will hear more of SPL or even watch their matches but with Ronaldo in the league, it made the league famous and also made some European great players to settle down for SPL unlike before. Ronaldo is a legend.

[Palakka]

It's clear that Cristiano Ronaldo should extend his deal with Al Nassr. Not only does he fill arenas with people, but he also makes the SPL a worldwide show. It's crazy that he scored 70 goals in 64 games. That's not just playing football; that's dominating. And those rumours about the SPL getting huge TV deals? That has a lot to do with Ronaldo, for sure

Even though Messi is younger and plays for the MLS, Ronaldo has made the SPL famous around the world. He's the perfect example of how one player can make a game better. Look, Ronaldo is a football star who can sell a lot of shoes. He's showing that age doesn't matter and that just having him on the pitch can change the game for teams that want to be known around the world

Ronaldo is influencial because he has fans all over the world due to his outstanding skills and achievements in football. He has paid the price in football and that is why you see that he has the capacity of turning an isolated league to a popular one.

If not for Ronaldo, no one will hear more of SPL or even watch their matches but with Ronaldo in the league, it made the league famous and also made some European great players to settle down for SPL unlike before. Ronaldo is a legend.

Ronaldo still has a year remaining on his contract with Al Nassr and that means next season he will still play for Al Nassr, So far we know that Ronaldo is a player who is hungry for championship trophies so to make Ronaldo want to extend his contract with Al Nassr then Al Nassr must can win next season, in my opinion, the issue of extending Ronaldo contract may really depend on Al Nassr'performance next season and If Al Nassr continues to fail to win the championship trophy of course Ronaldo will most likely leave for another team although he comfortable at Al Nassr At the moment.

Ronaldo has had a lot of impact on Arab football since his arrival, not only attracting the interest of football fans but in fact Ronaldo's arrival also opened the way for former European players to continue their careers in Saudi Arabia at this time, in my opinion previously the Saudi Arabian league was not a league that had prestige and popularity among European footballers and this is none other than because of the very strict laws and regulations in Saudi Arabia so that footballers are reluctant to play in Arabia which applies Islamic law, but after Ronaldo arrival it actually opened the eyes of European footballers and fans to see if Saudi Arabia is not what they think all this time.

[Uruhara]

Ronaldo is influencial because he has fans all over the world due to his outstanding skills and achievements in football. He has paid the price in football and that is why you see that he has the capacity of turning an isolated league to a popular one.

If not for Ronaldo, no one will hear more of SPL or even watch their matches but with Ronaldo in the league, it made the league famous and also made some European great players to settle down for SPL unlike before. Ronaldo is a legend.

Well that's right. I even started watching the SPL because I followed Cristiano Ronaldo to this league. I am curious about his progress in the SPL, especially at the Al-nassr club. Although in the end I got used to watching this league which started to feel more exciting from season to season after Cristiano Ronaldo arrived. This legendary player indeed has a very big influence. And yes, even other European players didn't hesitate to come here after the legend first came here. Wherever C.Ronaldo goes, all the media will follow him. Including all the fans.