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There is a level of difference there, Saudi league is spending way more than anyone else, sure other richer nations may have tried it, but none of them really tried it with this much money, and they didn't do it for political reasons. I mean did China get some good players at old age?

Surely, but they spent like 10 million max on a player, plus teams there are just teams, president is not caring about it I am sure. Whereas, Saudi league is the "look how much improved we are as a nation, we are a western type of nation as well nowadays" marketing done by Saudi king and his team, so when the yare spending, they are spending 100+ million a team, for a few teams, and they want those teams to be world renown teams for players, and not even just old almost retired players, they are getting under 30 years old players too. I believe that they may still fail, but they do not look at it as just football, they look at it as something that can improve the outlook of the nation.

Olivier Giroud has functioned better with supportive team mates, Some goals have seen him scoring this season has also come from headers and in balls from the winger's and defender's. Pulisic and Raphael Leoa have been supportive with crosses so he could nod In but it'll be better when a striker is also productive with his legs in. He's a good player and making use of just one foot has never been a limitation to his form. ( Though, I don't fancy these left footed strikers who are dull like Giroud )

Everybody wants to be part of the oil money from the Saudi Arabian League and if he wants to leave, then fine. He's made history with Ac Milan and they've both helped themselves winning the Seria A. It's a plus for Ac Milan if they can sell and make some money to invest in a much younger player.

You can't compare him to the hazard. Giroud is way even older than hazard but he is very productive unlike hazard. giroud is comparable with ronaldo as he is still playing as good as ronaldo in acmilan. Saudi will give everying he need to retire from football.
Giroud must care more about money. This will help him to retire even early without even thinking about the financial aspect. There have been some clubs were interesting to sign him.

There was a club that owned by PIF fund has been offering him very good salary once he would go there but giroud has rejected it and he stays in acmilan till this time. I think that another offer will come toward him but this depends on acmilan.
The club may also interesting to accept saudi pro league club's offer for him. It will not be as big as ronaldo but that's enough.

Not many [players want a last pay check (if we consider eden hazard decision to retire early); with Giroud having conquer all in football; winning the world cup, and top titles at home and abroad; i believe retiring to the saudi league for a last pay check would not be a bad decision.

Do you think any saudi clubs are interested in signing the france legend?

Giroud needs also to think about his future. He will be even older. Even though acmilan would be offering a new contract for him but giroud shall have understand his capacity as a striker. Once he will perform so badly acmilan will kick him then replace him with young striker. I prefer to see him join in the saudi pro league instead of agree to extend his contract in acmilan. Saudi pro league will give him a new challenge that will be so good for him before retire from football. Giroud is not the same like when he was young.
He needs also understand to give a chance for his junior to play as a striker of acmilan as well. Milan is too dependent him at this moment. Seeing giroud is always consistently scoring for acmilan make me believe it will be so hard for milan to get his replacement.
I would like to see giroud to join in the big club of saudi pro league. he will get everthing he needs as a striker in SPL. Modric will be going there too.
Giroud shall not miss an opportunity once it received an offer from saudi pro league. Giroud will join with another veteran who has been playing in saudi pro league like ronaldo.

We know very well what Levi's policy is for the Tottenham squad, even previously Antonio Conte criticized him repeatedly to the point that the Italian coach was finally fired. and apparently, I agree with you in what you said. however, Spurs could buy several players in the winter window, but with a limited budget. if not, Ange's task will make it even more difficult for her to return her squad to its best performance. We'll see, and we'll find out ahead of the winter transfer window.

As for City, IMO, Pep has not shown City's complete pattern and strength. So far, he is still having fun experimenting with rotating his players. that's why City is not like last season, apart from several players who left. however, towards the end of the season, Pep will re-evaluate what he has to determine and solidify the position of his players.

To be honest, I don't underestimate Jurgen Klopp's squad even though they are currently in 2nd place, but the difference in points is only very small. It's just that this season is not the time for Liverpool. although in reality, in football nothing is impossible.
Arsenal, my favorite team squad. So far Arteta has not shown the best game of his team's squad, from my personal point of view. However, I hope that Arsenal's young players will develop and become more established in their game. and hopefully, they will be able to realize what the Gunners supporters hope and want.

Olivier Giroud has been an incredible player for his current club Milan and was one of the main reasons why AC Milan lifted the scudetto last year after many years of not winning the Italian Serie A title. Giroud has been very impressive for the last two clubs he's played for as he had a good spell with both Arsenal and Chelsea.
He's currently 37 and I think it wouldn't be a bad idea to join the Saudi League but that I think isn't gonna happen until the end if the season as AC Milan have lost some of their important players to injury and can't afford to lose Giroud in January.

Giroud is still quite an important player for the AC Milan squad, even statistically he is able to play a big role for AC Milan in winning matches against their opponents. But yes, his contract will end at the end of this season and maybe AC ​​Milan will not give him a new contract because he is too old. AC Milan deserves to look for a player who is younger and has good quality like him for the next season.
On the other hand, I think Giroud can continue his career in the Saudi Arabian league team because the Saudi Arabian league provides quite a large salary for top players like him. With AC Milan, Giroud has always been Pioli's main player of choice and if he wasn't injured he would always be the starter in every match.

So, at the age of 37, or after this season ends, he will be 38 years old, so he can leave the European stage if he wants to spend the rest of his time playing in an easy league like the Saudi Arabian league. With his old age, of course he will be able to collect more money if he actually goes to League Saudi Arabia. I don't think he will announce his retirement early because he is still capable of playing if we look at his playing character this season and it is possible that he will be able to play until the age of 40 or 41 before announcing his retirement from football.

The media posted the rumor because they know it will attract people. We know that Zidane already stated that he is no interested to manage Man United, so we can assume it is a bit impossible for him to replace Ten Hag as a manager of Man United. Moreover, Real Madrid also will have no coach in the next year because Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid. Instead joining Man United, I believe Zidane will be more interested to return to Real Madrid. In addition, Man United owner and management seem not suit with the character of Zidane. Zidane is a typical coach who doesn't want to intervene by the owner and management. He won't feel comfortable to manage a team like Man United that is full of intervened by them.

I think Olivier Giroud should go to Saudi Arabia because he is now 37 years old and will no longer be able to continue his career in big clubs with the performance that is required in top clubs. And as you said that Olivier Giroud's contract is also about to expire, keeping it in mind, it would be better for Olivier Giroud to choose Saudi Arabia as his next destination, and I don't think that AC Malian would like to give Olivier Giroud more contract extensions. Because he is 37 years old and his performance is not what it used to be.

So, AC Malian will now prioritize young talent so that they stay with clubs for a long time. Olivier Giroud has big advantages in moving to Saudi Arabia, firstly, he will earn a lot of money; secondly, he will not feel any pressure in Saudi Arabia and will be easily accessible; and no one will demand the same performance from him as in Europe. Clubs make an agreement with you, meaning if they sign a player, they also demand the performance that has been transferred to him.

We know Olivier Giroud is a player who played in AC Milan and had a good performance so far even during this season however this player is getting old but he is definitely an effective player for this team.
Now there is news about Olivier Giroud getting an offer from Saudi teams. Even during last summer, he got an offer from Al Hilal and he rejected the offer but he rejected the offer and now since his contract is going to end in 2024 at the end of this season and so far AC Milan didn't extend his contract yet.

There are some players who's gone below the standard they were known for, A player in the past seasons, performing rightly and actively and then this season isn't even able to meet up to half of the expectation, the fault isn't from anyone else, maybe the player needs time out or he's depreciating. This wouldn't go well for the team as it'll tend to draw back the teams performance.

 A club can't be held to ransom because of one man's disabilities. It'll only cost them a chance in progressing forward, the team should just find a means to recruit new players that'd match the qualities they'd need to forge ahead, Richarlison is lagging behind in his performance and he needs to be evicted, maybe it may be physical challenges or anything else but once a player is not performing right in a team, he should be kept out for someone better to step in to make a difference.

You are wrong to say that Salah current performance does not show good results because by looking at what is happening now Liverpool are already in second place with only 1 point behind Manchester City who are at the top of the standings and with the achievement of 10 goals created by Salah to date bringing him to the second top score after Haaland with 3 goals behind which indicates that Salah and Liverpool are different than before.
But when talking about Salah's future at Liverpool especially with a big offer like last season (and there will definitely be another offer) then I think most likely next season will be different because last season when Liverpool rejected proposals from SPL clubs because they could not find a replacement for Salah if he was allowed to leave because the time was very tight but when an offer comes in a long time in the opening of the transfer next summer I think they will consider letting Salah go even though his achievements are extraordinary because it's about business.

While Harry Kane was playing for Tottenham, Richarlison did not get enough playing chances. After Harry Kane was transferred to Bayern Munich, I thought he would have the chance to play more in Tottenham. But he could not perform well and could not make good use of the opportunity he had. I think he should leave Tottenham and transfer to a team where he will have more chances to play. However, the team I am talking about should not be an Arab team. Because Richarlison is a young football player. He should continue playing in Europe. I think it would be a better option for his career if he finishes the season in another Premier League team. For example, his former team Everton is going through a difficult time. He could return to Everton for a season.

I love this. I agree with everything you have said about Richardlison, he is a nothing but a random player for Tottenham Hotspur right now, he adds nothing to the squad maybe if he leaves for another league he'll do better.
Leaving Everton was the right decision for him but ever since he left for Tottenham Hotspur he has underperformed.
Right now smhe is also out Injured and won't be with the team until it's the new year.

With players Injured and shit, will Daniel Levey want to invest in new players? Ange Postecoglou has done greatly but he will need improvements to ensure that Tottenham Hotspur qualifies for the Champions League next season.

Salah was even close to signing a contract with the Saudi teams during the last summer but he didn't do that or better to say Liverpool tried to keep this player in the team but Salah hasn't had a good performance so far in Liverpool and it has not good as Klopp was expecting to see from Salah. That's why it's no longer surprising anymore to see Salah accept the offer from the Saudi teams and they sent him another offer because this time Salah is even older and Liverpool wants to sell this player for a higher price to get benefits from it.

Richarlison is not a great player. He is type of a player who terrorizing opponents' defense while waiting chances to finish, but his movements are not quite effective for how Spurs play right now. His overall contributions to the team are so low that makes Spurs attacks are so predictable when he is on the pitch. but still he is the only choice for Ange Postecoglou right now.

Ange Postecoglou has a very good plan since he came to the club, but Tottenham's situation at the moment is so bad. Ange Postecoglou can't execute his plan properly because of injuries while he does not have a proper squad depth. 

Jobe Bellingham has now been scouted by Tottenham for a January transfer.

As previously Jobe Bellingham was linked with Real Madrid because they would recruit him from Sunderland but now the news is sticking out again where those interested are Tottenham to bring in this winter, said in Football insider that Jobe Bellingham's versatile position means he can be a midfielder but can also be made an attacker worthy of his own brother Jude Bellingham who has the same position that is versatile.

Jobe Bellingham's market price is 6 million EURO and is currently still 18 years old, if it is true that Tottenham's supervisor is looking for talented players then maybe Jobe could be the right choice.

Source:
https://twitter.com/DeadlineDayLive/status/1725878524769112292
https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-tottenham-keeping-close-tabs-on-sunderland-sensation-jobe-bellingham/

Richarlison is not so much of a great player when he is used as the striker of the team, he is not good with positioning and is often nowhere to be found, that is why Son was now used more often in his position and him playing from the sides. Tottenham can do with another player to compete more with him and other players for their positions, Tottenham have started this season well, and need to improve the strength of their team in January if they will finish well, because injuries have damaged the good results that Tottenham had started with this season.

Angelos Postecoglou will definitely bring him on the pitch but there are current important challenges to deal with. Richardlison is an aggressive player that simply wants the very performance in every team he has played for but he often gets unlucky with the ball, only in Everton that he was valuable because he has everything to possess with the ball  he's serious and versatile in the frontline. Perhapes he has no competitor over there, he plays as he likes and there was no good backup replacement for him, but in Tottenham Hotspur, he's playing time is limited because there's presence of other competitive players in the club.