Saudi Professional League 2023/2024

[Volgastallion]

So Jorge Jesus just departed from Saudi Arabia after winning everything and showing he is by far the best coach in arabian soil, since he win everything first with one team and after it he goes into the super powerfull Al Nasrr and finally made Cristiano win the domestic league, now he is gone , who is gonna be the winner coach for this season?

And in other question, was Cristiano again involved in this decission of the Portugal federation of football? I think yes at 99%, which is bad.

[cande86]

The Greek man has led Tottenham Hotspur and is very much exposed in terms of experience and there is no doubt that he is going to do a good job in the Saudi professional league, if he could win a European trophy with a very poor Tottenham side then I believe he could also do the same with Al Nasr as well, the competition in the Saudi league is getting intense and as one of the elite clubs in the country it is expected that he should win the title in order to woo the fans to himself.

Yes, Ange Postecoglue is a good coach that has survived the premier league despite how hard it is, he was the manager to use the Tottenham team that is not good enough and won a European trophy for the team, there is no doubt, he will add a very good impact in the Al Nasrr team because they have good players, he just need to make sure he use the players well to win another league title for the team.

I am happy for Ange, he has secured another opportunity to prove himself to Tottenham management that he is better than Thomas Frank they replaced him with because he used their incompetence squad to win European title for them.

Tottenham Hotspur is an excellent team and i think that de Zerbi will clearly do an excellent job, i don't think there will be investment difficulties and for this reason the team can truly be one of the great surprises of this championship, i also think that after the rescue, they can turn everything around.

[bastisisca]

The Saudi league is less popular than the Europa leagues, so the main reason for star players and coaches to enter the Saudi league is to make money. They get paid more than in Europe, which is why they prioritize making money over gaining respect.

Ange is a great coach, the decision to move to Al Nasr may have been based on the higher salary. However, the Saudi league will definitely not be easy for him. Al Nasr is the defending champion of the Saudi league, so fans will definitely expect success from him in the upcoming season. But it may take him some time to adapt to the different weather and different environment. Al Nasr fans will also have to be patient and give Ange at least 10-15 games.

obviously it is dictated by the higher salary, obviously
like Mancini did who ran away immediately, like Simone Inzaghi did, everyone because the salaries are very high
Only one person i know who refused, Jose Mourinho, and you can tell the kind of person he is.

[Emitdama]

That will be the best thing for him to do now, because nothing to achieve again if not for the goals record that he want to set, I don’t think he will last again for the next World Cup again because is age will not allow him. He just have to make sure that he will set the record and try to be in the Saudi league because they are the only one that will help him out to make the record happen cause they love him and they will play for him with all their heart.

It's not like that. If he wants to go back to Europe, he can easily do that. But a lot of the powerful people there don't like him, because of his move to Saudi Arabia in 2023. His entry to the Saudi Professional League made it one of the most popular national leagues in the world, which triggered the departure of players such as Sadio Mané, Édouard Mendy, João Félix, Franck Kessié and Julián Quiñones from various European clubs to the SPL. On the other hand, Messi moved to MLS, and it is not viewed as a "hostile" act by most of the European fans. Quality is low with MLS, and apart from Messi no major player followed his example by joining the MLS clubs.

I agree because now things have changed, and he surely needs to have some changes in himself as well because of his age, as he has 5% ownership rights in Al Nassr with enough money, which can give him a good life, so going back to Europe has never been a good idea. Complete his achievement here in the Saudi Pro League, then take retirement and enjoy some time with family out of soccer. This will bring good positivity.

After this, he can go ahead, like in coaching or staying like David Beckham as a club owner because he is already at the top with anything he wants he can do his career for Portugal, which has never been ideal, especially in the World Cup, so thinking about the next World Cup is not a good deal.

[banana33]

The Saudi league is less popular than the Europa leagues, so the main reason for star players and coaches to enter the Saudi league is to make money. They get paid more than in Europe, which is why they prioritize making money over gaining respect.

Ange is a great coach, the decision to move to Al Nasr may have been based on the higher salary. However, the Saudi league will definitely not be easy for him. Al Nasr is the defending champion of the Saudi league, so fans will definitely expect success from him in the upcoming season. But it may take him some time to adapt to the different weather and different environment. Al Nasr fans will also have to be patient and give Ange at least 10-15 games.

Any league in the world is less popular than the top European ones, but it is true that it is difficult to compete with the Saudis in terms of the financial terms they offer. Although, given the war and financial losses, the situation doesn't seem quite as rosy now as it used to be.
As for the new coach of Al Nasr, the situation will indeed be difficult for him, after the long-awaited title was won, it will be difficult to retain it, but expectations are already too high.

clearly this is a less demanding championship than the top European championships, but there is a detail that no one ever calculates and which for many is little considered, but the money that goes around in that championship is not even comparable to that that goes around in the European championships, this is certainly something to consider.

[m4r1o]

Cristiano Ronaldo has done similar things many times in the past, even when he wasn't as old as he is now. This means many people have seen such actions in Ronaldo, so it's no surprise that he has more fans than other players. I also hope Al Nassr can achieve what they've been dreaming of before Ronaldo leaves the team, because after this World Cup, all the management will be busy taking care of the team again and making it stronger than before.

Ronaldo has made a gesture that deserves great respect, he has always helped and made such gestures on so many occasions.
I also hope that Al Nassr can achieve what they dream of, but i have doubts about Ronaldo's stay, in my opinion he will extend his presence in the team as long as possible.
Obviously, if it's also the management's wish to keep him, he has a lot to contribute both in physical and mental performance. Personally, i would keep him even just as a mental coach for the athletic preparation of the new recruits.

[Slow death]

So Jorge Jesus just departed from Saudi Arabia after winning everything and showing he is by far the best coach in arabian soil, since he win everything first with one team and after it he goes into the super powerfull Al Nasrr and finally made Cristiano win the domestic league, now he is gone , who is gonna be the winner coach for this season?

I believe that Al Hilal's coach, Simone Inzaghi, will be the coach who attracts the most attention by winning the Saudi league. I don't see other coaches managing to surpass Al Hilal and Simone Inzaghi. He found a good team and managed to improve it even further. He didn't manage to win the Saudi league last season, but he came close. Jorge Jesus, with his high skills, managed to assemble a very strong Al Nassr team, but with Jorge Jesus' departure, Al Hilal's coach, Simone Inzaghi, won't lose out.

And in other question, was Cristiano again involved in this decission of the Portugal federation of football? I think yes at 99%, which is bad.

Honestly, I highly doubt it was Ronaldo who chose Jorge Jesus. Ronaldo has already said he's retired from the World Cup, and Jorge Jesus was the best option. They should have chosen him two years ago.

[Gallar]

So Jorge Jesus just departed from Saudi Arabia after winning everything and showing he is by far the best coach in arabian soil, since he win everything first with one team and after it he goes into the super powerfull Al Nasrr and finally made Cristiano win the domestic league, now he is gone , who is gonna be the winner coach for this season?

And in other question, was Cristiano again involved in this decission of the Portugal federation of football? I think yes at 99%, which is bad.

Yes, currently Jesus has officially left Al Nasr and currently, according to rumors circulating, Jesus has been appointed as head coach of the Portuguese national team. But I don't know if this is true or not, but if it is true that Portugal appointed Jesus as coach of its national team, that is clearly very good. Because as we know, Jesus is clearly a very good coach and the proof is that he was able to bring the teams he coached to become champions in the Saudi Arabian League.

So that is clearly a real proof of Jesus' greatness. In addition, currently Al Nasr already has a new coach, namely Ange, the former Tottenham coach if I'm not mistaken. I don't know for sure whether this new Al Nasr coach will be good or not. Because basically, we know that at Tottenham, Ange was not able to improve their performance. So with that, I also don't know for sure what results Ange will give at Al Nasr. So I hope the results remain good, because basically it would be a shame if Al Nasr's performance was bad next season.

[bitgolden]

more than anything he should have stopped his career much earlier Ronaldo is and will always be a great player, who will have no equal, never, ever in any life, but he certainly should understand when its time to give up and i think the time has also come to leave in style, he should have given up much earlier.

This whole "1000 goals" thing keeps him going. He doesn't want to stop until he has 1000 goals and there is a very big chance that he will reach it this season. As far as I know, this is going to be his last season on his contract, which means if he reaches 1000 goals this year, then he will be uncontracted anywhere and he could retire.

There is a big chance that he will probably retire by the end of the year, and he will just try to look for something else to do. At his wealth level, I doubt he will be a manager, there is a good chance he just buys a team.

[changaa]

obviously it is dictated by the higher salary, obviously
like Mancini did who ran away immediately, like Simone Inzaghi did, everyone because the salaries are very high
Only one person i know who refused, Jose Mourinho, and you can tell the kind of person he is.

Just see the money, everyone leaves, he is not the first. The list is really long, there are also players who had also been nationalized as Italians and who fled to that championship as soon as they smelled money. Unfortunately we live in a time where there are more mercenaries than players attached to the shirt.

[cande86]

I agree because now things have changed, and he surely needs to have some changes in himself as well because of his age, as he has 5% ownership rights in Al Nassr with enough money, which can give him a good life, so going back to Europe has never been a good idea. Complete his achievement here in the Saudi Pro League, then take retirement and enjoy some time with family out of soccer. This will bring good positivity.

After this, he can go ahead, like in coaching or staying like David Beckham as a club owner because he is already at the top with anything he wants he can do his career for Portugal, which has never been ideal, especially in the World Cup, so thinking about the next World Cup is not a good deal.

these Arab teams can afford the best players, with all the money they have they can decide to do what they want in their championship even if the level is really low, clearly there are all players who are no longer incisive or who are at the end of their careers, this makes it an uncompetitive championship.

[el kaka22]

Being a fanatic of some player enough to go to his hotel etc, is basically making people blind about the reality. Yes he was playing great, and certain years he was the best player in the world, there is no doubt about that. But at 42 years old, still expecting him to turn the games around, is just futile and to be fair made Portugal worse too.

If he didn't had this many fans that caused problems, then we could have seen him not play at the world cup at this age, or at least be bench player who will play like from 70th minute and forward. That would have made Portugal a lot better and could have given them a chance to do better. But because everyone was afraid of benching him due to hundreds of millions of fans being mad even when he doesn't get a pass, it caused the team to be worse.

[SilverCryptoBullet]

Being a fanatic of some player enough to go to his hotel etc, is basically making people blind about the reality. Yes he was playing great, and certain years he was the best player in the world, there is no doubt about that. But at 42 years old, still expecting him to turn the games around, is just futile and to be fair made Portugal worse too.

Cristiano Ronaldo has very huge fan and follower communities so he will continue playing in Saudi Professional League as he is a good hook for the league and any club he plays for in Saudi Arabia. Next season, he will score his 1000th goal in his career, that will be undeniable a truly big milestone for him and clearly any player who can reach that number of goal actually deserved to be recognized respectfully.

If he didn't had this many fans that caused problems, then we could have seen him not play at the world cup at this age, or at least be bench player who will play like from 70th minute and forward. That would have made Portugal a lot better and could have given them a chance to do better. But because everyone was afraid of benching him due to hundreds of millions of fans being mad even when he doesn't get a pass, it caused the team to be worse.

With his national team Portugal, likely Cristiano Ronaldo will not receive enough support from his younger teammates. If he want, he can continue his national career but I think it is better for him if he retires in Portugal skirt after World Cup 2026.

Portugal national team with this playing style and lack of collaboration internally will not be able to win Euro 2028 title. In Europe, there are many strong teams like France as they shown their strength in World Cup 2026, Spain and England, so Portugal won't be able to compete for that title. Cristiano Ronaldo can retire from the national team and watch other players perform in Euro 2028.

Then we will know how other players can perform without him, good or bad, we will soon know about that.

[$weetne$$]

Ronaldo has made a gesture that deserves great respect, he has always helped and made such gestures on so many occasions.
I also hope that Al Nassr can achieve what they dream of, but i have doubts about Ronaldo's stay, in my opinion he will extend his presence in the team as long as possible.
Obviously, if it's also the management's wish to keep him, he has a lot to contribute both in physical and mental performance. Personally, i would keep him even just as a mental coach for the athletic preparation of the new recruits.

Ronaldo himself may actually not mind because so far he has shown some sort of love for the team such that shows that he is clearly ready to help the team grow in any way he can. I wish Al Nassr will want to give him such an offer, he does appear as some one who is very passionate about the team.

[ITExpert]

So Jorge Jesus just departed from Saudi Arabia after winning everything and showing he is by far the best coach in arabian soil, since he win everything first with one team and after it he goes into the super powerfull Al Nasrr and finally made Cristiano win the domestic league, now he is gone , who is gonna be the winner coach for this season?

And in other question, was Cristiano again involved in this decission of the Portugal federation of football? I think yes at 99%, which is bad.

Jorge jesus is just departing his ways with the professional Saudi Pro league after having a great season with a strong team like Al-Nassar. I think the way he worked in the team he is definitely deserves all the appreciation the way he managed the team and make them possible to get their demanded position. And if we talk about the winner coach of this season i think no doubt that Jorge jesus is full filing all the criterias for this post. And now Al-Nassar has also signed their new coach and let's see how he will work for the betterment of the team or he performs better than Jorge jesus or less than him. Because Jorge jesus worked with the great player Cristinao Ronaldo as he is the world class player with having almost all the great records and he put his a lot of efforts in the team's success.

[Gost ms]

The Saudi league is less popular than the Europa leagues, so the main reason for star players and coaches to enter the Saudi league is to make money. They get paid more than in Europe, which is why they prioritize making money over gaining respect.

Ange is a great coach, the decision to move to Al Nasr may have been based on the higher salary. However, the Saudi league will definitely not be easy for him. Al Nasr is the defending champion of the Saudi league, so fans will definitely expect success from him in the upcoming season. But it may take him some time to adapt to the different weather and different environment. Al Nasr fans will also have to be patient and give Ange at least 10-15 games.

Any league in the world is less popular than the top European ones, but it is true that it is difficult to compete with the Saudis in terms of the financial terms they offer. Although, given the war and financial losses, the situation doesn't seem quite as rosy now as it used to be.
As for the new coach of Al Nasr, the situation will indeed be difficult for him, after the long-awaited title was won, it will be difficult to retain it, but expectations are already too high.

If Al Nasr wants to retain their position or the trophy, they will definitely need to add some better players to their team. Because if they are only dependent on Ronaldo, it will never be the right decision. Everyone must accept the fact that Ronaldo is getting old and he is gradually making an impact on the game due to his age. Although it is very difficult for other players to perform like him at his age. But Ronaldo is a good player and along with that, they need to add some good players to the team.

[ndutndut]

The Saudi league is less popular than the Europa leagues, so the main reason for star players and coaches to enter the Saudi league is to make money. They get paid more than in Europe, which is why they prioritize making money over gaining respect.

Ange is a great coach, the decision to move to Al Nasr may have been based on the higher salary. However, the Saudi league will definitely not be easy for him. Al Nasr is the defending champion of the Saudi league, so fans will definitely expect success from him in the upcoming season. But it may take him some time to adapt to the different weather and different environment. Al Nasr fans will also have to be patient and give Ange at least 10-15 games.

obviously it is dictated by the higher salary, obviously
like Mancini did who ran away immediately, like Simone Inzaghi did, everyone because the salaries are very high
Only one person i know who refused, Jose Mourinho, and you can tell the kind of person he is.

Of course, both players and coaches who travel to the Saudi Arabian League are primarily motivated by money. This is undeniably the case, especially since the Saudi Arabian League has a long-term project to further advance its league, especially since Saudi Arabia plans to host the World Cup. Therefore, bringing in top players or coaches from Europe is the goal of improving the quality and development of the league.

The results are quite visible now the Saudi Arabian League is increasingly competitive with each season seeing a different team win the title. Commercially, the Saudi Arabian League has also grown rapidly in recent seasons since recruiting star players from Europe. While the Saudi Arabian League isn't as popular as the European leagues, it's at least highly competitive compared to previous seasons. Players and coaches who come to the Saudi Arabian League haven't seen their careers stagnate. Just look at the players who play in the Arab league, they are still called up to the national team, and coach Jesus who previously coached Al Nasr is now the coach of Portugal.

[savetheFORUM]

71-year-old Jorge Jesus composed Al Nassr beautifully for the title in the last season after winning the title. He left for new challenges. Now Al Nassr management brings in new coach Postecoglou, who also has a good reputation and big cups under his belt. Postecoglou guided Celtic to two Scottish Premiership titles, while he has also won league titles with Brisbane Roar ⁠and Yokohama F. ⁠Marinos.

It's going to be a big challenge for all stakeholders because this is not easy for anyone to have good results in a new place where before this he had never done any job, but he is already accepting this and going to start his journey after the World Cup. Things could be clearer because there is still enough time to have the start of this league.

[Gallar]

If Al Nasr wants to retain their position or the trophy, they will definitely need to add some better players to their team. Because if they are only dependent on Ronaldo, it will never be the right decision. Everyone must accept the fact that Ronaldo is getting old and he is gradually making an impact on the game due to his age. Although it is very difficult for other players to perform like him at his age. But Ronaldo is a good player and along with that, they need to add some good players to the team.

Yes,, I agree with you, my friend. It's true that relying solely on Ronaldo won't make Al Nasr a better team. A team that wants to perform well must have a squad that has players who have good and even performances. Therefore, I think Al Nasr really needs to bring in new players to improve their performance. Another thing that Al Nasr should pay attention to right now is their defense.

Currently, Al Nasr's defense is still not very good. In the previous season,, they always conceded in almost every match, even when facing weak teams. Therefore,, I think Al Nasr needs to bring in more defenders so that their squad can be more balanced in the future. Their attack line is already quite good,, so they only need to improve their defense more optimally.

[ITExpert]

I cheer for Ronaldo the other day when he score the two goals against Uzbekistan and i always cheer for him when i can but aside of that, is sad to see he is not longer among the top, the years didnt come alone and he is starting to face and show some of the "problems" of aging he is not longer that fast and he didnt have that fast reaction that he used to had.

I think if we make all the calculations and all the good and the bads or everything which is gained or achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo thats all is too much for a player who spent his life in this game. But still i think after having all the measures and the achievements Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best player and its not easy for anyone to be on the same level where the Ronaldo is right now. He is a super player with super achievements and with the super records he is very humble and kind player and i think we will not to get to see any player like him so far. Because Cristiano Ronaldo is a great academy in itself or a full organisation and after getting retired as a player he will still have a lot of chances and opportunities to get work in the same field