Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Palakka]

Al Ittihad did table an offer to sign Arsenal winger Trossard before the end of the summer transfer window in the Middle East but it's now being confirmed that Arsenal have rejected the offer as they want their man to continue at the club. Popular sports journalist Fabrizio Romano reported that Al Ittihad will now turn their attention to FC Porto as they try to sign the Portuguese club's winger Galeno. With these late move for wingers, it's obvious that Al Ittihad management have seen the need to get a winger before the end of the transfer window. Do you think they're going to succeed in their pursuit for a winger or not?

It is very clear that Arsenal will definitely not be willing to let go of one of their mainstay players. And we know Trossard is very important at Arsenal. He has always been one of Arteta's mainstay players in the Arsenal squad. So releasing this player will only put Arsenal at risk of decreasing sharpness in the attack line.  But Al-ittihad will not stop until they actually get players who are willing to join their club. Because Al-ittihad realizes that they are still far below the current A-hilal level. And if Al-ittihad wants to regain its glory, this club must add strength again. I'm sure Al-ittihad will get it. but I'm not sure if it's Galeno or not.

Arsenal recruited Trossard from Brighton for 20 million euros and now they have an offer from Al Ittihad for 35 million euros and automatically if they accept the offer then Arsenal will make a big profit at the moment, but Arsenal today is not the Arsenal of the past who often sell their star players when it comes to offers from other clubs, Trossard indeed continues to be a supersub at Arsenal last season but after his performance against Aston Villa in the second week this season it looks like Trossard will Getting a place in the starting line-up Arsenal, especially now  Martinelli who is also experiencing a decline in performance, so I think Arsenal is not selling Trossard in the near future because anyway to compete in the Champions League and the Premier League of course Arteta needs a qualified squad, besides that reportedly Arsenal and Arteta have ambitions to break the negative trend for the last 22 years are now starting to build a squad with long-term projects and  Selling Trossard will only make their squad weak and unbalanced later.

[Fiatless]

Arsenal recruited Trossard from Brighton for 20 million euros and now they have an offer from Al Ittihad for 35 million euros and automatically if they accept the offer then Arsenal will make a big profit at the moment, but Arsenal today is not the Arsenal of the past who often sell their star players when it comes to offers from other clubs, Trossard indeed continues to be a supersub at Arsenal last season but after his performance against Aston Villa in the second week this season it looks like Trossard will Getting a place in the starting line-up Arsenal, especially now  Martinelli who is also experiencing a decline in performance, so I think Arsenal is not selling Trossard in the near future because anyway to compete in the Champions League and the Premier League of course Arteta needs a qualified squad, besides that reportedly Arsenal and Arteta have ambitions to break the negative trend for the last 22 years are now starting to build a squad with long-term projects and  Selling Trossard will only make their squad weak and unbalanced later.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/sep/02/arsenal-turn-down-al-ittihad-approach-for-belgium-forward-leandro-trossard

Letting Trossard move to Saudi Arabia will be a good business for Arsenal. The Belgian international is twenty-nine years old and his performance might decline in a few years. Accepting the €35m offer from Al-Ittihad will be highly profitable.  But Arsenal has declined to let him go even with the presence of good players such as Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Martinelli who can play his position.

Playing in the English Premier League is too hectic because there are many competitions to play. Arsenal is also playing in the UCL, making their schedule tight. This is why most top coaches will always want to have enough reserve players in case of injuries, suspensions or fatigue. It is not just about making a profit but sustaining the quality of the team.      

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Al Ittihad hired some superstar players but they will couldn't have a good performance in the Saudi Arabia and they still failed to get a good place in the table at the end of the last season but now they are trying harder and they don't want to lose the chance to hire some superstar and end expensive players to have better results in this season.
That's why they hired Steven Bergwij the player of Ajax. He left Tottenham to join Ajax back in 2022 and now Steven Bergwij joined Al Ittihad for 21 million euros.
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Well it's getting more interesting, Al- Ittihad brings in more new players from European leagues this means they are not only a complement in the standings but also as competitors in the title race. Based on data on transfermarkt Al- Ittihad has brought in 6 new players from Europa with a total budget of around 124 million and Steven Bergwijn is the 2nd most expensive player brought in this season, previously there was Moussa Diaby who was brought in from Aston Villa for 60 million or 5 million above the market price.

For the defense line, Al-Ittihad has prepared Danilo Pereira and Mario Mitaj Also Predrag Rajkovic as a new goalkeeper to secure the goal, I think Al-Ittihad is close to reach complete squad just need 2-3 more players in the defensive area because we know their competitors also have aggressive players in the attack line so it takes more players to overcome it. The transfer window is still open in the Saudi Pro League which means there is still a chance to bring them in, let's wait for the next week.

[Fuso.hp]

Passing the week to the Saudi Pro League, we are still shown by Al Hilal's performance which is not much different from before. That means they can maintain their level of consistency in every season, clearly that is something very positive for them. Even that can be done when the players who are considered stars do not work at all because they are injured, I think you know who I mean. For this season they are again the main favorites to win the title, it is very natural because they look so solid. Oh yes in Europe everyone is talking about Leverkusen who managed to record an unbeaten record last season, while they forget that Al Hilal also recorded the same record. But that is natural because the popularity level of the Saudi Pro League is still below the teams in Europe. 

Al Hilal is the best club in SPL and they have being dominating the league just like PSG is doing currently and it makes me feel that they don't have a rival even though Al Nassr claims to be their rival. The difference is clear that Al Nassr is only rying their best to see how they can outshine Al Hilal but that is not possible.

Indeed Al Hilal has dominated in the SPL in recent years, although some other clubs try to compete by bringing in many star players but the reality is unable to stop Al Hilal from winning the title every season. Even Al Nassr is powerless when facing Al Hilal even though Al Nassr is strengthened by Cristiano Ronaldo but always loses in various competitions when facing Al Hilal.

One of the biggest clubs in the Saudi League is Al Hilal and they have been performing quite consistently, but the team is the most talked about for signing Neymar from PSG for a significant amount of money. At that time we all said that adding Neymar to their team made their team stronger and that their team would become an unstoppable team. However, this team has become an unstoppable team but without Neymar. Neymar has been injured for a long time and after joining the Saudi club Al Hilal, the Brazilian star only got a chance to play a few matches for this club but then he was injured for a long time and has not been able to return to the field until now. There is no confirmation yet on whether Al Hilal will renew Neymar's contract. If they extend the contract with Neymar for one more season and if Neymar is available to play, then the strength of this team will definitely increase.

[el kaka22]

Let's be realistic and say that Trossard is not someone that could benefit greatly to Arsenal, just because they do not agree to loan him here, doesn't mean that they think he is a vital part of the process they have there. He is good enough of a bench player that he could replace some players when needed be and that is why he is staying there, and will keep on staying there until they find a better rotation player.

Why would they agree on sending their best rotation player on loan when they have no incentive to do that? They could have potentially sold him for a lot of money if there was an offer like that, but there isn't an offer like that so they are not going to end up loaning him just to avoid paying some salary.

[Obari]

Let's be realistic and say that Trossard is not someone that could benefit greatly to Arsenal, just because they do not agree to loan him here, doesn't mean that they think he is a vital part of the process they have there. He is good enough of a bench player that he could replace some players when needed be and that is why he is staying there, and will keep on staying there until they find a better rotation player.

Why would they agree on sending their best rotation player on loan when they have no incentive to do that? They could have potentially sold him for a lot of money if there was an offer like that, but there isn't an offer like that so they are not going to end up loaning him just to avoid paying some salary.

I usually don't stick to the plan for a club to loan a player that's at his peak, open phase for Trossard to shine this season. He bagged quite good numbers of goals for his former club, I don't seem to forget in a hurry the season he single-handedly displayed one of the stunning moves and world class performance against Liverpool, probably in 2022 where Brighton draw points with Liverpool, 3-3 on the scoresheet where Robert Firmino scored a brace for Liverpool and Leandro Trossard bagged an hattrick.

In Arsenal, he's lacking playtime and this have turn to be hurdle for him. Leandro Trossard is still key project for Mikel Arteta. We should respect the fact that he's one of the top talents in Mikel Arteta squad. The Belgian focused more on scoring goals and this have been nothing but a concerning high tabled statistics for the player. Trossard will make his decision that will perfectly suit him in.

[Ahli38]

'Deal completed' - Fabrizio Romano confirms £5m Wolves transfer now imminent:

Daniel Podence has completed his move from Wolverhampton to Al Shabab for €5m and it is a good business for the club as they get a premier league experience player that's under 30 for that low fee. Daniel isn't very popular but has the experience to add to Al shabab to get better finish by the end of the season. With this signing, they might not be able to challenge for the title but they can add more strength to their wing. Daniel is a winger and most players in the Saudi league won't be able to match his technique on the field as he'll be having the experience from a top league therefore he's going to be a problem for defenders and creates lots of assist for his team to fight for games, therefore he's a good addition.

Al-shabab managed to make a good purchase at a fairly normal cost. And not so high as other clubs from the SPL always do. This is understandable because Daniel Podence was actually not really needed by Wolverhampton last season. Daniel Podence last season was loaned to Olympiacos. And Olympiacos was actually the club that sold him to Wolverhampton. But at Wolverhampton he was unable to compete with other players so he ended up being loaned out. and now his decision to go to the SPL, namely to the Al-shabab club, is the right decision. Because I think even though the level in Europe is mediocre. but in the SPL I'm sure this player will be really needed. And Al-Shabab can certainly make good use of it.

[snipie]

I wasn't aware that Saudi Pro League has a rule to not register more than 10 players in every club per season. It appears that Al-Hilal has more than ten and with the return of Neymar, Renan Lodi place with the registered players might be taken. Al-Hilal registered Neymar for the 2024-2025 season. Hopefully he will not be injured after a couple of matches again..

[Ahli38]

I wasn't aware that Saudi Pro League has a rule to not register more than 10 players in every club per season. It appears that Al-Hilal has more than ten and with the return of Neymar, Renan Lodi place with the registered players might be taken. Al-Hilal registered Neymar for the 2024-2025 season. Hopefully he will not be injured after a couple of matches again..

Well, this is a fairly new rule that seems to be implemented starting this season. But from several sources that I read, it turns out that previously the number of non-Saudi players who could be registered was only 8 players. But since this season it seems like the rules have been changed from initially only 8 players were allowed to be registered then now to 10 players. For this reason, several clubs are becoming increasingly aggressive in adding new European players in the transfer market. Except for a few clubs that have already reached the limit. (Sourch)
And yes Al-hilal has reached that limit. But I'm happy to hear that Neymar will eventually return to playing. Last season I didn't pay much attention to the SPL. Except for a few Al-Nassr matches. But this season I have become more interested in this league. And it would be great if Neymar also played this season.

[Slow death]

Al Ittihad hired some superstar players but they will couldn't have a good performance in the Saudi Arabia and they still failed to get a good place in the table at the end of the last season but now they are trying harder and they don't want to lose the chance to hire some superstar and end expensive players to have better results in this season.
That's why they hired Steven Bergwij the player of Ajax. He left Tottenham to join Ajax back in 2022 and now Steven Bergwij joined Al Ittihad for 21 million euros.

This season they are playing very well, the attack is so good that even Benzema scored a goal. I don't understand why they gave up on signing the Porto player, Galeno, all the news sites were already reporting the deal as concrete.

Al Ittihad Push for Galeno with €45m Bid After Arsenal Reject Trossard Offer

source: https://transfer-site.co.uk/other/al-ittihad-push-for-galeno-with-e45m-bid-after-arsenal-reject-trossard-offer/

They made the Porto player stop training to deal with matters related to this transfer and when they were about to close the deal, they backed out and this created a lot of noise in the Portuguese press, with commentators even saying that Porto intended to complain to FIFA. Then they appeared announcing Steven Bergwij. It's funny that this also generated another controversy:

Koeman again on Bergwijn to Saudi Arabia: “If you are 26, the most important ambition needs to be a sportive one, not a financial one”.

“He could have just stayed at Ajax, right? I'm pretty sure Ajax are paying good too. At his age, I wouldn't make that decision”.

source: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1830930635994607953

I think that next time the management of Al Ittihad needs to be more organized


In this transfer window, the Arabs were once again the center of attention:

Saudi Arabia breaks the market again! The huge sum spent by the Saudis during the summer

source: https://www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com/en/transfers/saudi-arabia-breaks-the-market-again-the-huge-sum-spent-by-the-saudis-during-the-summer_307030_102.html

but there was a big reduction in money spent, this means that in the next transfer windows, they will sign fewer players. perhaps when Ronaldo retires these signings will reduce drastically and the Saudi league will return to being little known

[kawetsriyanto]

I wasn't aware that Saudi Pro League has a rule to not register more than 10 players in every club per season.

You may not read the rule because it is not really necessary for fans.    
Well, SPL committee and SAFF (Saudi Arabian Football Federation) has announced the new rule for SPL in December, 2023. Actually each team in SPL could register only maximum 8 foreign players in the past but they can register up to 10 foreign players (non Saudi players). It is surely good news for all SPL teams, they have 2 extra quota for non Saudi players. Anyway, another change is about the maximum players to register by each team in SPL. Now, they only can register maximum 25 players only. I am a bit confusing with this change because each team can register up to 30 players previously. I think this makes the teams in the SPL to have fewer players for various competitions in the whole season. How if there are many injured players? It is possible to make a difficulty for the coaches to rotate the players.

References:
1. https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/639165/Sports/Saudi-Pro-League-increases-foreign-player-quota-to-10-from-2024-2025-Season
2. https://www.goal.com/en/lists/saudi-pro-league-foreign-player-regulations-summer-transfer/blt72d8ecb78f1766c3#csac38e7112a6aff3c
3. https://www.givemesport.com/explaining-the-saudi-pro-league-foreign-players-rule/

It appears that Al-Hilal has more than ten and with the return of Neymar, Renan Lodi place with the registered players might be taken. Al-Hilal registered Neymar for the 2024-2025 season.

Al Hilal has 10 foreign players (non Saudi players) for the season 2024-2025.
You can check the detailed information on https://www.transfermarkt.com/al-hilal-sfc/legionaere/verein/1114

[hyudien]

Passing the week to the Saudi Pro League, we are still shown by Al Hilal's performance which is not much different from before. That means they can maintain their level of consistency in every season, clearly that is something very positive for them. Even that can be done when the players who are considered stars do not work at all because they are injured, I think you know who I mean. For this season they are again the main favorites to win the title, it is very natural because they look so solid. Oh yes in Europe everyone is talking about Leverkusen who managed to record an unbeaten record last season, while they forget that Al Hilal also recorded the same record. But that is natural because the popularity level of the Saudi Pro League is still below the teams in Europe. 

Al-hilal does look like a team that will continue its dominance in the SPL just like last season. Even when Neymar still hasn't returned from injury, we still see this team being the strongest in the SPL. And now Al-hilal has also started the season very well with two wins. And immediately managed to top the current standings in the SPL. Last season Al-hilal recorded the same unbeaten record as Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. It's just that the SPL is not quite as well-known as the Bundesliga. So Leverkusen gets much more attention. But currently the world sports news media has also started to report a lot regarding developments in the SPL. Moreover, the activity of SPL clubs in the transfer market always attracts everyone's attention. So I am sure that the SPL will quickly become more widely known by all football fans in the world. But actually I hope that Al-Nassr can stop Al-Hilal's domination. But it seems that Al-Nassr is starting the season not so smoothly. Which makes my hopes for this team a little less.

Many people want the same thing, namely Al Nassr can stop Al Hilal's dominance, but the problem is that they also still have their own problems, so that's what makes it difficult for them to compete tightly. The reason why many people want to see AL Nassr stop Al Hilal's dominance is because they also want to see Cristiano Ronaldo win the title in the Saudi Pro League, it will complete his achievements at club level. He will not be playing football for long, he will decide to retire, maybe next season or at the latest 2 more seasons. Well, before seeing him announce his retirement, his fans want to see his latest achievements in the team he plays for, or even if possible, fans will wait for his appearance at the 2026 World Cup.

[Hirose UK]

Al Ittihad hired some superstar players but they will couldn't have a good performance in the Saudi Arabia and they still failed to get a good place in the table at the end of the last season but now they are trying harder and they don't want to lose the chance to hire some superstar and end expensive players to have better results in this season.
That's why they hired Steven Bergwij the player of Ajax. He left Tottenham to join Ajax back in 2022 and now Steven Bergwij joined Al Ittihad for 21 million euros.

Al Ittihad is the only team that has spent lot of money to be able to develop the team to have performance equal to other top team, but indeed all their efforts have not been able to produce results and the only reason in my opinion is the coach mistake who could not utilize all the great players.
But now Al Ittihad has new coach Laurent Blanc who is also one of the coaches with undoubted experience, with Laurent Blanc and several players owned by Al Ittihad including Steven Bergwij, many people are quite sure that in the future Al Ittihad can play better.
On the other hand, Steven Bergwij is also player who actually has quite good potential if he can really be developed more dominantly, I sure that with what Al Ittihad has now will be able to bring them to compete for the SPL competition or other competitions more competitively.

[OcTradism]

Al Hilal has 10 foreign players (non Saudi players) for the season 2024-2025.
You can check the detailed information on https://www.transfermarkt.com/al-hilal-sfc/legionaere/verein/1114

And the ten foreign players have positions from goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders to attacking players. They are good and helpful for Al-Hilal to have good quality and balance between defense and attacking systems. It makes different than other big clubs like Al-Nassr, the biggest competitor of Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia recent months. Al-Nassr has good attacking power but their defense system is very bad and it affects ability of Al-Nassr to earn points in the league matches.

It's biggest weakness of Al-Nassr last season but in early matches of this season, their performances show that they have yet resolves these weaknesses well. So it's possible for Al-Hilal to defend their title in Saudi Professional League.

[Gallar]

Al Ittihad hired some superstar players but they will couldn't have a good performance in the Saudi Arabia and they still failed to get a good place in the table at the end of the last season but now they are trying harder and they don't want to lose the chance to hire some superstar and end expensive players to have better results in this season.
That's why they hired Steven Bergwij the player of Ajax. He left Tottenham to join Ajax back in 2022 and now Steven Bergwij joined Al Ittihad for 21 million euros.

Steven is the right recruit for Al Ittihad at this time. The reason is that in this transfer market Al Ittihad has not brought in a left winger who can really be relied on. So Steven's arrival at Al Ittihad will certainly be a very good thing for the front line. The reason is, Al Ittihad's front line now has Mousa Diaby who plays as a right winger, Benzema who plays as a striker, Houssem who plays as a central midfielder and also Steven who plays as a left winger. So with a combination like this, it is very likely that Al Ittihad will be able to become quite a strong competitor in the Saudi Arabian League. So hopefully in the next Al Ittihad match Steven can be played straight away. Because of course Steven's presence will make Al Ittihad's front line even better. The problem is that when he played at Ajax his performance could be said to be quite satisfactory. So hopefully even at Al Ittihad the performance can remain good. And in the upcoming match, Al Ittihad will face Al Wahda. If you look at the head to head record and current performance, it is clear that Al Ittihad can definitely win. So in that match I will bet big on Al Ittihad.

[Pandu Geddon]

Steven is the right recruit for Al Ittihad at this time. The reason is that in this transfer market Al Ittihad has not brought in a left winger who can really be relied on. So Steven's arrival at Al Ittihad will certainly be a very good thing for the front line. The reason is, Al Ittihad's front line now has Mousa Diaby who plays as a right winger, Benzema who plays as a striker, Houssem who plays as a central midfielder and also Steven who plays as a left winger. So with a combination like this, it is very likely that Al Ittihad will be able to become quite a strong competitor in the Saudi Arabian League. So hopefully in the next Al Ittihad match Steven can be played straight away. Because of course Steven's presence will make Al Ittihad's front line even better. The problem is that when he played at Ajax his performance could be said to be quite satisfactory. So hopefully even at Al Ittihad the performance can remain good. And in the upcoming match, Al Ittihad will face Al Wahda. If you look at the head to head record and current performance, it is clear that Al Ittihad can definitely win. So in that match I will bet big on Al Ittihad.

Steven Bergwijn's move to Al Ittihad was also full of stakes. reportedly the Dutch national team coach immediately crossed Bergwijn's name off the list of Dutch national team players because of his move to the Arab club. I don't know why that happened, because actually every player can still develop wherever he is. indeed the competition from the League in Europe is certainly tighter, but I don't think the potential of the player can be measured like that.
indeed many regret Bergwijn's move to Al Ittihad at an age when he still compete in Europe. I hope Bergwijn shows a better quality of play in the Saudi league. that will show that his move does not affect how much potential he has.

[rendravolt]

Let's be realistic and say that Trossard is not someone that could benefit greatly to Arsenal, just because they do not agree to loan him here, doesn't mean that they think he is a vital part of the process they have there. He is good enough of a bench player that he could replace some players when needed be and that is why he is staying there, and will keep on staying there until they find a better rotation player.

Why would they agree on sending their best rotation player on loan when they have no incentive to do that? They could have potentially sold him for a lot of money if there was an offer like that, but there isn't an offer like that so they are not going to end up loaning him just to avoid paying some salary.

First of all let's see how Arsenal see this possibility can be canceled considering Trossard has performed so well since coming from Brighton and it would be a shame if he left so soon. On the other hand, the offer from Al-Ittihad is certainly tempting for the club or the player and here rational thinking is needed to suppress the possibility of that not happening.

I think it is still too early for Trossard to go to the Saudi league unless he is really finished and maybe Arsenal will not be tempted by the offer. Arsenal is not a team with bad finances and I am very sure their finances are currently fine. Besides, sooner or later we will see him stay and reject other offers from here.

[Arenga pinnata]

It is very clear that Arsenal will definitely not be willing to let go of one of their mainstay players. And we know Trossard is very important at Arsenal. He has always been one of Arteta's mainstay players in the Arsenal squad. So releasing this player will only put Arsenal at risk of decreasing sharpness in the attack line.  But Al-ittihad will not stop until they actually get players who are willing to join their club. Because Al-ittihad realizes that they are still far below the current A-hilal level. And if Al-ittihad wants to regain its glory, this club must add strength again. I'm sure Al-ittihad will get it. but I'm not sure if it's Galeno or not.

Arsenal recruited Trossard from Brighton for 20 million euros and now they have an offer from Al Ittihad for 35 million euros and automatically if they accept the offer then Arsenal will make a big profit at the moment, but Arsenal today is not the Arsenal of the past who often sell their star players when it comes to offers from other clubs, Trossard indeed continues to be a supersub at Arsenal last season but after his performance against Aston Villa in the second week this season it looks like Trossard will Getting a place in the starting line-up Arsenal, especially now  Martinelli who is also experiencing a decline in performance, so I think Arsenal is not selling Trossard in the near future because anyway to compete in the Champions League and the Premier League of course Arteta needs a qualified squad, besides that reportedly Arsenal and Arteta have ambitions to break the negative trend for the last 22 years are now starting to build a squad with long-term projects and  Selling Trossard will only make their squad weak and unbalanced later.

Yes, the Arsenal we currently see is much different. Arsenal's only ambition this time is to win the championship title which they have always failed to get due to Man City's dominance. So there is no reason for Arsenal to let go of one of their important players. I say this player is important because Arsenal, since last season, has always needed second-string players who are of the same quality as the main players. Because in the 2023 season we will see Arsenal fail due to a lack of quality second-string players. But in 2024 they have a second layer of players who are getting better. And as a result, they even almost won the title with a slight difference from Man City.

Al-ittihad will definitely be targeting other players at this time. and hopefully it works.

[mammusu]

I wasn't aware that Saudi Pro League has a rule to not register more than 10 players in every club per season. It appears that Al-Hilal has more than ten and with the return of Neymar, Renan Lodi place with the registered players might be taken. Al-Hilal registered Neymar for the 2024-2025 season. Hopefully he will not be injured after a couple of matches again..

Well, this is a fairly new rule that seems to be implemented starting this season. But from several sources that I read, it turns out that previously the number of non-Saudi players who could be registered was only 8 players. But since this season it seems like the rules have been changed from initially only 8 players were allowed to be registered then now to 10 players. For this reason, several clubs are becoming increasingly aggressive in adding new European players in the transfer market. Except for a few clubs that have already reached the limit. (Sourch)
And yes Al-hilal has reached that limit. But I'm happy to hear that Neymar will eventually return to playing. Last season I didn't pay much attention to the SPL. Except for a few Al-Nassr matches. But this season I have become more interested in this league. And it would be great if Neymar also played this season.

There are many rule changes currently being made by the Arab League football authorities this time, Previously, they implemented the rule that each team could only register 8 foreign players for each season, but after seeing competition in the league becoming more competitive, the Arab League authorities again increased the number of foreign player quotas for each club,  In my opinion, what the Arab League authorities are doing is the right thing because in this way teams has the same competitiveness as other teams at the moment, apart from that, the many teams that have foreign players make the skills of the local Arab players even more capable, because the Arab League authorities also emphasized that each team must give a main place to local players and also the opportunity for young players to be included in the squad, because Saudi Arabia which is currently preparing its team to compete in the World Cup, of course continues to try so that the quality of their players is capable and has high mentality when facing European teams later.

[Uruhara]

There are many rule changes currently being made by the Arab League football authorities this time, Previously, they implemented the rule that each team could only register 8 foreign players for each season, but after seeing competition in the league becoming more competitive, the Arab League authorities again increased the number of foreign player quotas for each club,  In my opinion, what the Arab League authorities are doing is the right thing because in this way teams has the same competitiveness as other teams at the moment, apart from that, the many teams that have foreign players make the skills of the local Arab players even more capable, because the Arab League authorities also emphasized that each team must give a main place to local players and also the opportunity for young players to be included in the squad, because Saudi Arabia which is currently preparing its team to compete in the World Cup, of course continues to try so that the quality of their players is capable and has high mentality when facing European teams later.

These new rules could indeed trigger tighter competition in the Saudi Pro League. And now I understand why currently clubs like Al-ittihad, Al-ahli and other clubs which already have many European players are still hunting for new players from Europe. It turns out the rules have changed again where 10 foreign players can now registered with the team. Well, this will definitely make the SPL even more exciting. And currently almost all clubs in the SPL have their own European star players. And one of the newcomers to the SPL, namely Al-Qadisiyah, was also one of the clubs most actively hunting for top European players in the transfer market yesterday. And this shows that the competitiveness in this league will increase rapidly.