The Saudi Pro League has now ranked 2nd in the top 6 national leagues, with the highest total transfer costs for the summer of 2023. With a lot of money, the Saudi Pro League even had the ambition to bring in Kylian Mbappe, a player considered the best young talent in football today. Although he failed to convince Mbappe, they still try attracting famous young players to their tournament. The Saudi Pro League, from now on, will cause all kinds of real trouble. No one can sit still when clubs in Saudi Arabia still spend a lot of money on shopping, and you are helpless. The European Football Confederation and FIFA (world) need to act to protect European football. They must change transfer laws to be consistent and need financial fairness laws to apply to the Saudi Pro League.
I don't understand what you mean about "protect European football" The football market is free, the players are free (within what their contracts allow), the teams are free... to negotiate what they want and with whoever they want.
For many years, European teams "ruined" smaller teams, always paying a lot of money to take young talents to Europe who stand out in their national clubs.
So, what are the Saudi Pro League clubs doing differently than the European ones?
I'm certainly also sad to see several European clubs being "dismantled", but I don't see anything illegal or immoral happening, it's just free market negotiation.
No one needs to be "protected".
As you know. To prevent tycoons from "pumping too much money" into football teams, The European Football Federation (UEFA) has decided to promulgate the Financial Fairness Law. With this law, football teams are not allowed to receive too much money from their owners and are not allowed to suffer too many losses. Football teams that violate the Financial Fair Play Law will be fined in some other forms, such as point deductions and spending limits. Specifically, recently, Everton violated financial fair play laws, and they received the heaviest penalty in Premier League history.
As for the Saudi Pro League clubs, they spend money without any regulations that can control them. With deep pockets, they can attract all the famous players to their tournament. What do you think European football will be like if that happens? That's why I want to impose financial fairness on Saudi Pro League clubs.