Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[ITExpert]

If Messi could be brought in by Al Ahli, the Saudi Arabian League would undoubtedly become even more exciting and popular worldwide. Because the rivalry between Ronaldo and Messi has never faded, even though they no longer play in the same league. So, one can only imagine what would happen if these two players became rivals on the pitch again.

However, Al Ahli's efforts to sign Messi have not yielded positive results. Inter Miami still wants to keep him. Furthermore, according to rumors, Messi's family also disapproves of Messi playing in the Saudi Arabian League.

Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo can change a team but can not change a league and at their old ages, even changing a team is really hard task for them. They can play well but are no longer young and strong enough to change their clubs. How Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have more regularly gotten bad results with their clubs in latest seasons shows this fact.

Al Ahli does not belong to biggest clubs list in Saudi Professional League and it's hard to convince Messi joining them. I also believe that Messi want his children to be grown up in a nation that is native English speaking and Saudi Arabia does not meet this condition.

I think these two big names of the football world are helping their concerns clubs only in the way to make them more popular and worthy. Because we all know how much Al-Nassr paid to Cristiano Ronaldo just to  keep him as the part of their club despite the fact that there are no visible titles and records scored by him. But the popularity and the following of the club enhanced due to that over age player. If Al-Ahli is going to be signed the Messi definitely the contract will not be based on the ordinary wages. I think the management of the clubs is signing them beyond the performance, just to attract the world how strong they are as they have the world's best players. According to the discussion over here if a random viewer knows that they are over aged and other things how is it possible that the management of the clubs is unaware of it.

[Cryptoprincess101]

When Al Hilal defeated Manchester City and the margin of defeat was very high, we expected more from Al Hilal in the Club World Cup, but in their next match, Al Hilal tried but could not bring the result in their favor. What they did was the highest and more than expected, after the start of the season, when Manchester City became Al Hilal's opponent, we thought that maybe Al Hilal's journey was over here because we did not think in any way that Al Hilal could defeat Manchester City, but Al Hilal defeated Manchester City. If Al Hilal works more with their club and recruits some more players, their performance will improve and they will make more names from the Saudi league.

Al-Hilal made a remark in the world cup 2025, and a good prove to the world that the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league. It was a nice outing by AlHilal and a prove that every leagues are getting stronger.  Al Hilal has to buy more players and strengthening the team for the next season.

They were not good last year and if they fail to buy players they might not win any title again, many clubs in the Saudi league are getting better and more players are getting in from Euro. A win against  Manchester city was a great one for the saudi league.

AL Hilal is already a great team from the Saudi Pro League and if you dig deep in their records, you will know that they are not team to toil around with so their participation and excellent performance at the club world cup is not in doubt. The Saudi Professional league is already developing due to some European players that went to spice things up over there but before they can build up great strength like the European Leagues, it will cost and take them a lot. Al Hilal is a notable club in the Saudi League so even if they flop in a season, it won't affect them much. After all, Manchester City that Al Hilal won in the club world cup were Champions of the premier league for four consecutive seasons, but their performance dropped last season so it's basic that no matter how strong a team is, there are seasons they don't perform well also.

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Al-Hilal made a remark in the world cup 2025, and a good prove to the world that the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league. It was a nice outing by AlHilal and a prove that every leagues are getting stronger.  Al Hilal has to buy more players and strengthening the team for the next season.

They were not good last year and if they fail to buy players they might not win any title again, many clubs in the Saudi league are getting better and more players are getting in from Euro. A win against  Manchester city was a great one for the saudi league.

At this time I cannot agree to saying the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league already,  they had a very good representation from Al-Hilal and that is an obvious fact as seen in the tournament but they had a few of other representations that crashed out so soon, so it is even better to see that as an individual team effort that felt like a representation of the league,  they still have a lot to do to fix the league and buying of quality players is one of it and until then, I still regard them as an average league but with progressive improvement actually.

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Al Hilal lost their previous coach, Jorge Jesus. But Al Hilal was fortunate to immediately acquire a world-class coach like Simone Inzaghi. So, I believe Al Hilal will have another outstanding season with their new coach. Even if Al Hilal doesn't buy many new players in the current transfer window, I still think they will have an exceptional season. We've already seen their quality at the Club World Cup.

However, Al Nassr will be a tough competitor, as Jorge Jesus is now the coach of Al Nassr. And I'm confident Al Nassr will be even more exceptional under Jorge Jesus.

Simone Inzaghi has demonstrated his skills as a coach for Al Hilal. The Club World Cup served as a testing ground for Simone Inzaghi, and although he only managed to lead Al Hilal to the quarterfinals, Inzaghi achieved remarkable results in the competition, holding Real Madrid and RB Salzburg to draws in the group stage. Surprisingly, he led Al Hilal to victory over Manchester City, one of the best clubs in the Premier League and coached by one of the best coaches in the world.

Given Al Hilal's achievements in the FIFA Club World Cup, it seems we'll see even more exciting things from Simone Inzaghi this season. In August, Al Hilal will face Al Qadisiyah in the Saudi Super Cup semifinals. Al qadisiyah has shown tremendous improvement in the previous season, but I don't think this will be a difficult match for al hilal and simone inzhagi.

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Retegui is now Official for a deal of 65m€.
Next one from Serie A could be Nico Gonzales, actually from Juventus.
Atletico Madrid is on the player but he could end in Saudi for around 30m€

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Retegui is now Official for a deal of 65m€.
Next one from Serie A could be Nico Gonzales, actually from Juventus.
Atletico Madrid is on the player but he could end in Saudi for around 30m€

Mateo Retegui is now officially on his way to Saudi Arabia's Al Qadsia for all over €65-70 million, with a whopping €20 million per season. You know it makes him one of the bulkier high priced players in Saudi Arabia. For now, Nico Gonzalez remains at Juventus after a loan transfer worth maybe €33 million, and Al‑Ahli are reportedly disposed to meet his release locution €30 million if he settle upon to leave, although he is currently perpetual in Turin. So yes, Retegui is set for a mega allocation, while Nico's future is quite up in the air if the Saudi bid goes through.

[Nheer]

Simone Inzaghi has demonstrated his skills as a coach for Al Hilal. The Club World Cup served as a testing ground for Simone Inzaghi, and although he only managed to lead Al Hilal to the quarterfinals, Inzaghi achieved remarkable results in the competition, holding Real Madrid and RB Salzburg to draws in the group stage. Surprisingly, he led Al Hilal to victory over Manchester City, one of the best clubs in the Premier League and coached by one of the best coaches in the world.

Given Al Hilal's achievements in the FIFA Club World Cup, it seems we'll see even more exciting things from Simone Inzaghi this season. In August, Al Hilal will face Al Qadisiyah in the Saudi Super Cup semifinals. Al qadisiyah has shown tremendous improvement in the previous season, but I don't think this will be a difficult match for al hilal and simone inzhagi.

They are really lucky to have a coach like Simone Inzaghi coach them but I guess they have the money to bring any coach they want. Well I will say they did well going for Inzaghi, he proved his worth in the Serie A and now he has proven himself for Al Hilal again after having a very good FIFA Club World Cup performance, they played well as a team and they were able to challenge Real Madrid and even eliminate Manchester City in the competition.

I think this is the end of their worries now, they just have to add a little more players. I believe this season they will perform better than they did last season and I even expect them to challenge for the title. Let's just hope things go well for them in the Super Cup.

[Uruhara]

When Al Hilal defeated Manchester City and the margin of defeat was very high, we expected more from Al Hilal in the Club World Cup, but in their next match, Al Hilal tried but could not bring the result in their favor. What they did was the highest and more than expected, after the start of the season, when Manchester City became Al Hilal's opponent, we thought that maybe Al Hilal's journey was over here because we did not think in any way that Al Hilal could defeat Manchester City, but Al Hilal defeated Manchester City. If Al Hilal works more with their club and recruits some more players, their performance will improve and they will make more names from the Saudi league.

Al-Hilal surprised everyone when they defeated Manchester City in the Club World Cup. Many had high hopes for Al-Hilal there. Unfortunately, they lost in the quarterfinals to Brazilian team Fluminense. However, reaching the quarterfinals alone proves that Al-Hilal is indeed a very strong team, not only in the SPL but also globally. They even defeated several European teams there, such as Manchester City and holding Real Madrid to a draw.

And we must also remember that Al-Hilal once reached the final of the Club World Cup. This means that Al-Hilal has become very strong since then. So, it seems like Al-Hilal is somewhat accustomed to facing European and American teams there. And perhaps in the next Club World Cup, if Al-Hilal can make it there, they might be able to go even further. For now, Al-Hilal just needs to focus on being the best again in the SPL.

[kawetsriyanto]

At this time I cannot agree to saying the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league already,  they had a very good representation from Al-Hilal and that is an obvious fact as seen in the tournament but they had a few of other representations that crashed out so soon, so it is even better to see that as an individual team effort that felt like a representation of the league,  they still have a lot to do to fix the league and buying of quality players is one of it and until then, I still regard them as an average league but with progressive improvement actually.

Indeed. Saudi Pro League isn't in the level of top leagues in the world. However, it becomes more popular now. We must admit that almost everyone in the world probably knows Saudi Pro League due to Ronaldo's factor. Regarding the achievement of Al Hilal defeated Man City and reached the quarter-final, it is not enough to prove the quality of Saudi Pro League. However, we can't deny that some big teams in SPL are strong enough because they can show quite good performance in international competitions (FIFA club world cup, AFC champions league). Sure, there are many things that should be fixed in SPL, including the players' quality and the equality of squad strength between teams. But it seems having quite good progress recently.

[Africolo]

When Al Hilal defeated Manchester City and the margin of defeat was very high, we expected more from Al Hilal in the Club World Cup, but in their next match, Al Hilal tried but could not bring the result in their favor. What they did was the highest and more than expected, after the start of the season, when Manchester City became Al Hilal's opponent, we thought that maybe Al Hilal's journey was over here because we did not think in any way that Al Hilal could defeat Manchester City, but Al Hilal defeated Manchester City. If Al Hilal works more with their club and recruits some more players, their performance will improve and they will make more names from the Saudi league.

Winning is very important for every progressive elite club because it's definitely the evidence they need to show the world that they're in good shape. There's absolutely nothing wrong to see an EPL side upgrading to be the very best club in such top level. We also watch other elite teams displaying their pattern but they got knockout. AI Hilal matching energy is defeated by Fluminense in the club world cup. When I first spotted AI Hilal defeating Manchester City, I thought they will likely be in the grand final or semi but ended up been eliminated by Chelsea. Manchester City was ever ready but didn't grab the necessary winnings to push themselves upward, not a good start and Pep Guardiola look forward to enable himself been the corner stone in Etihad stadium next season.

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Al-Hilal made a remark in the world cup 2025, and a good prove to the world that the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league. It was a nice outing by AlHilal and a prove that every leagues are getting stronger.  Al Hilal has to buy more players and strengthening the team for the next season.

They were not good last year and if they fail to buy players they might not win any title again, many clubs in the Saudi league are getting better and more players are getting in from Euro. A win against  Manchester city was a great one for the saudi league.

At this time I cannot agree to saying the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league already,  they had a very good representation from Al-Hilal and that is an obvious fact as seen in the tournament but they had a few of other representations that crashed out so soon, so it is even better to see that as an individual team effort that felt like a representation of the league,  they still have a lot to do to fix the league and buying of quality players is one of it and until then, I still regard them as an average league but with progressive improvement actually.

They pay Ronaldo well because he's not only a good player, but also a global promoter of the league.
They prefer this league because it offers good pay for established star players. Perhaps in 3-5 years, younger players will join the league as well.
The Arabs are very wealthy due to their oil resources, and if they continue like this, they will make this league one of the leading leagues in Europe.
I think Al Hilal also did quite well in the FIFA Club World Cup.

[Sithara007]

They pay Ronaldo well because he's not only a good player, but also a global promoter of the league.
They prefer this league because it offers good pay for established star players. Perhaps in 3-5 years, younger players will join the league as well.
The Arabs are very wealthy due to their oil resources, and if they continue like this, they will make this league one of the leading leagues in Europe.
I think Al Hilal also did quite well in the FIFA Club World Cup.

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Ronaldo's value is not in the number of goals he score for Al Nassr, or the games that he win for them. His real value is in popularizing this league. Before Ronaldo joined Al Nassr in 2023, Saudi Professional League was a relatively unknown competition, with hardly any viewers outside Saudi Arabia. But now it has become one of the most popular football leagues. Also, Ronaldo was on the forefront during the Saudi Arabian bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup (which was successful).

[Volgastallion]

Retegui is now Official for a deal of 65m€.
Next one from Serie A could be Nico Gonzales, actually from Juventus.
Atletico Madrid is on the player but he could end in Saudi for around 30m€

I dont know if Nico Gonzales this season wants to go into Saudi Arabia, i mean he is still one substitute in the national team and going to Saudi Arabia can make for him lose a little bit of level and maybe the coach start to no call him for the national team, maybe he needs to talk with the coach and see if him guarantee a spot on the national team despite going to arabia.

For me this season he stay on europe and the next one he goes to this league.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

They pay Ronaldo well because he's not only a good player, but also a global promoter of the league.
They prefer this league because it offers good pay for established star players. Perhaps in 3-5 years, younger players will join the league as well.
The Arabs are very wealthy due to their oil resources, and if they continue like this, they will make this league one of the leading leagues in Europe.
I think Al Hilal also did quite well in the FIFA Club World Cup.

He is very famous and has massive followers on his social media and in real life, so signing contract with him is like a big marketing deal for the club Al Nassr and the league, Saudi Professional League. By expecting good marketing effects, clubs in Saudi Professional League have sent several offers to Lionel Messi but so far they failed to convince Messi.

If both Messi and Ronaldo play in Saudi Professional League, it can remind us about their golden times with classic dual competition in about two decades. It can help Saudi Professional League gaining more followers and also television rights from Europe and Argentina.

Ronaldo's value is not in the number of goals he score for Al Nassr, or the games that he win for them. His real value is in popularizing this league. Before Ronaldo joined Al Nassr in 2023, Saudi Professional League was a relatively unknown competition, with hardly any viewers outside Saudi Arabia. But now it has become one of the most popular football leagues. Also, Ronaldo was on the forefront during the Saudi Arabian bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup (which was successful).

It is main part of his value and contribution for Al Nassr and Saudi Professional League but I am sure that clubs want titles too. It's better if Cristiano Ronaldo can help Al Nassr winning titles but another thing is at his very old age, his contributions are limited and worse than in the past several years ago. Al Nassr must know about it and be realistic with their expectation on Cristiano Ronaldo as well.

[Cossyblack]

When Al Hilal defeated Manchester City and the margin of defeat was very high, we expected more from Al Hilal in the Club World Cup, but in their next match, Al Hilal tried but could not bring the result in their favor. What they did was the highest and more than expected, after the start of the season, when Manchester City became Al Hilal's opponent, we thought that maybe Al Hilal's journey was over here because we did not think in any way that Al Hilal could defeat Manchester City, but Al Hilal defeated Manchester City. If Al Hilal works more with their club and recruits some more players, their performance will improve and they will make more names from the Saudi league.

Al-Hilal made a remark in the world cup 2025, and a good prove to the world that the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league. It was a nice outing by AlHilal and a prove that every leagues are getting stronger.  Al Hilal has to buy more players and strengthening the team for the next season.

They were not good last year and if they fail to buy players they might not win any title again, many clubs in the Saudi league are getting better and more players are getting in from Euro. A win against  Manchester city was a great one for the saudi league.

AlHilal victory against Manchester City was indeed a remarkable one, because when fans was underating AlHilal ability as a Saudi club, AlHilal,by defeating Manchester City in a full time game was able to prove alot of People wrong by making a difference that Saudi teams are strong. European Stars are racing to join the Saudis clubs because of money,also making the league more popular and interesting to watch. You're also right,AlHilal needs to buy additional quality players into the team to enable them compete more effectively against other clubs next season. Every new season in the Saudi league is always more tougher to compete than the previous ones,so I believe next season will be more intense for AlHilal to compete ,I think AlHilal players have to work very hard to improve on their fitness, although there performance at the club world cup was satisfactory but that's not enough as the Saudi league could be more tougher next season than expected. Early preparations, rigorous training to keeps the team on form need to be taken serious.

[ITExpert]

So the point is that the people who are responsible for the Saudi Arabian league are indeed very smart and also willing to sacrifice. Because they are able to utilize the financial resources they have to advance the football league in their country.

You are absolutely right, in fact AL Hilal did a great job in the club world championship and although it is not CR7's club, for me it is a club that showed that this football is at a high level, now the Saudi League has been growing by leaps and bounds in a short time, in the period from now until the World Cup they should be much better prepared, so what the Saudis are doing is very intelligent, I really take my hat off to them.

I think about how the Saud Arab is playing and how things are going. We should definitely praise them for their intelligence. The whole scenario of the Saudi pro league is making a thought for all of the viewers about how smartly they are playing.  Because their goal is about something bigger to achieve. And by doing all they are preparing themselves for the football world cup. Almost all the talented players of Europe are working in the Saudi pro league. And they always try to keep the famous players by their side. The saudi pro league does not have financial issues which make their way even more smooth. And now the rumors are also that they are trying to buy the second world class player as the first one they already have. The presence of Cristiano Ronaldo is also playing their best in this league.

[Fuso.hp]

At this time I cannot agree to saying the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league already,  they had a very good representation from Al-Hilal and that is an obvious fact as seen in the tournament but they had a few of other representations that crashed out so soon, so it is even better to see that as an individual team effort that felt like a representation of the league,  they still have a lot to do to fix the league and buying of quality players is one of it and until then, I still regard them as an average league but with progressive improvement actually.

Indeed. Saudi Pro League isn't in the level of top leagues in the world. However, it becomes more popular now. We must admit that almost everyone in the world probably knows Saudi Pro League due to Ronaldo's factor. Regarding the achievement of Al Hilal defeated Man City and reached the quarter-final, it is not enough to prove the quality of Saudi Pro League. However, we can't deny that some big teams in SPL are strong enough because they can show quite good performance in international competitions (FIFA club world cup, AFC champions league). Sure, there are many things that should be fixed in SPL, including the players' quality and the equality of squad strength between teams. But it seems having quite good progress recently.

I am telling my story that I have known about the Saudi League since Cristiano Ronaldo joined a club in the Saudi League. Cristiano Ronaldo has been playing in the Saudi League for maybe two to three years now and I have been following the Saudi League and trying to watch the games of the Saudi League. Maybe there are many more football lovers like me who follow Ronaldo and watch the games of different clubs in the Saudi League. However, in these few years, different clubs in the Saudi League have made a lot of progress, especially Al Hilal, which must be praised. Al Hilal qualified for the Club World Cup, where they defeated Manchester City by a large margin in the second round after passing the first round. Al Hilal's defeat of Manchester City created a lot of excitement in the football world and many people thought that in a few years, Al Hilal might qualify for the Champions League from the Saudi League. Since the different clubs in the Saudi League have enough money, they will definitely take their league to a better level.

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I am telling my story that I have known about the Saudi League since Cristiano Ronaldo joined a club in the Saudi League. Cristiano Ronaldo has been playing in the Saudi League for maybe two to three years now and I have been following the Saudi League and trying to watch the games of the Saudi League. Maybe there are many more football lovers like me who follow Ronaldo and watch the games of different clubs in the Saudi League. However, in these few years, different clubs in the Saudi League have made a lot of progress, especially Al Hilal, which must be praised. Al Hilal qualified for the Club World Cup, where they defeated Manchester City by a large margin in the second round after passing the first round. Al Hilal's defeat of Manchester City created a lot of excitement in the football world and many people thought that in a few years, Al Hilal might qualify for the Champions League from the Saudi League. Since the different clubs in the Saudi League have enough money, they will definitely take their league to a better level.

After CR7 joined Al Nassr and played in the SPL, fans immediately turned to the league. CR7's presence in Saudi Arabia has not only boosted the club and league's popularity but also made it even more exciting to watch. The SPL has now become a new mecca for Asian football, successfully holding the top spot as the best league in Asia.

Al Hilal is one of the most successful clubs in the Arab League. They have not only achieved numerous achievements but have also developed some of the best talents, including Saud Abdulhamid, who is currently on loan at AS Roma. He is one of Saudi Arabia's finest talents.

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At this time I cannot agree to saying the Saudi Arabia pro league is a top league already,  they had a very good representation from Al-Hilal and that is an obvious fact as seen in the tournament but they had a few of other representations that crashed out so soon, so it is even better to see that as an individual team effort that felt like a representation of the league,  they still have a lot to do to fix the league and buying of quality players is one of it and until then, I still regard them as an average league but with progressive improvement actually.

They pay Ronaldo well because he's not only a good player, but also a global promoter of the league.
They prefer this league because it offers good pay for established star players. Perhaps in 3-5 years, younger players will join the league as well.
The Arabs are very wealthy due to their oil resources, and if they continue like this, they will make this league one of the leading leagues in Europe.
I think Al Hilal also did quite well in the FIFA Club World Cup.

They are paying Ronaldo, to get more viewers and get more players, that is for sure. I know that it is not going to be easy to handle all of this, but the reality is that Ronaldo is getting paid a lot, and while Saudi league has a lot of money, they prefer to buy players who are free agents, for a lot of money. Maybe it is a religious thing, I am not sure, but they do not pay a ton of transfer fee, not that they never pay, they do, just not that common.

Majority of the players are players who are free agents, and then they pay a ton of money. Some young players came in too, they got paid a lot, and even some went back to Europe. Latest was Duran, next to Ronaldo, who played at Al Nassr, and now back to Fenerbahce to play in Europe.

[Ale88]

Retegui is now Official for a deal of 65m€.
Next one from Serie A could be Nico Gonzales, actually from Juventus.
Atletico Madrid is on the player but he could end in Saudi for around 30m€

I dont know if Nico Gonzales this season wants to go into Saudi Arabia, i mean he is still one substitute in the national team and going to Saudi Arabia can make for him lose a little bit of level and maybe the coach start to no call him for the national team, maybe he needs to talk with the coach and see if him guarantee a spot on the national team despite going to arabia.

For me this season he stay on europe and the next one he goes to this league.

Nico Gonzalez is not part of the Juventus project anymore, and let's not forget that next year there is going to be the World Cup: if he doesn't leave Juventus then he'll probably miss it because he won't play many matches in Italy. Right now some Saudi team is very interested in him, I don't know about other European teams so right now the choice is between not playing at Juventus or going to play and make a ton of money in Saudi Arabia. The choice should be quite simple.