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Talking about attracting European based players to the league, I think the Saudi clubs have recorded more success in landing the big players from Europe in the last three transfer windows than any other league outside Europe have ever done. In the last three transfer windows, we've seen five times Balon D'or winner Cristiano Ronaldo move to the Middle East country as well as Karim Benzema who's also a one time Balon D'or winner. Former big European players like Neymar Jr, Sadio Mane, Koulibaly, Brozovic, Aleksander Isak, Ngolo Kante and many others join the Saudi league.
In my own opinion, I think there's a possibility of seeing many more European based players join the Saudi Pro League this summer transfer window. There's rumors that big players like Romelu Lukaku,  Kelvin De Bruyne and even Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson Moraes might be moving to Saudi Arabia in the coming days.

I'm surprised Al Nassr is negotiating with Juventus to sign Wojciech Szczesny. The rumor I heard, Ronaldo suggested to sign David de Gea. David de Gea is younger than Wojciech Szczesny. David de Gea is also a free agent status, it should be easier to sign him. Why Al Nassr prefers to choose Wojciech Szczesny? Do you know the reason? Honestly, I think David de Gea is still a better goalkeeper. He has a great experience both in Man United and Spanish national team. He should be the priority if Al Nassr has no problem with David de Gea.  

The main factor should be the age. Wojciech Szczesny is already 34 years old, it is not the prime age for a footballer anymore. Juventus already has Mattia Perin for an experienced goalkeeper. Juventus may plan to sign new goalkeepers with younger ages. If we take a look at Juventus squad, we don't see young goalkeepers. All of the current goalkeepers are old goalkeepers, it won't be good for the future of Juventus team. And the stats of those current goalkeepers are not really satisfying.



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Yes, that's what always happens in all clubs in any competition, whether in Asia or Europe and America and everywhere else. Especially the clubs in Saudi Arabia who are included in the SPL, they will all be quite strict in this management. Because they also have limits on the European players they can bring in. And for that reason, don't even be surprised if there will be European players who have minimal contribution and they will be released to be able to bring in other European players who are expected to be able to contribute better. At Al-Nassr there are quite a lot of players whose contracts will expire next season. But there seem to be few players whose contracts expire this season and the only one I know is Mansour Al-Shammari (Left-Back). And besides that, many still have long contracts. But I'm pretty sure there will be a lot of people released because they only have one year left on their contracts. And some contract renewals are also sure to happen for the players who contributed the most.

Every club will do this, when you are out of contract with the club you are currently playing for and when the next club offers you a contract they like and they will release you when that contract offer doesn't suit you. Another important point in this regard is that if you are unable to contribute to the club, the club will never value your request too much, but when you contribute regularly to the club, the club will definitely value your request. 
Al Nasser has some players who don't contribute much to the club and the manager has been sitting them out for most of the season, maybe they could be released this season by Saudi club Al Nasser. They will only release players as soon as they don't release, they must buy new players who will be good for the team.

Currently, the Saudi Pro League has not been able to attract talented young European players to come here. Because currently those who are interested in coming to the Saudi Pro League are only players who are no longer young and they only play in the SPL in the transition period before they retire. Because it seems like Cristiano Ronaldo is also interested in the SPL because he finds it difficult to compete in Europe which already has talented young players again. but in the SPL Cristiano Ronaldo's performance is still really needed. Likewise with other players such as Benzema, Neymar and Mane. Everyone went here because they also realized that they were no longer young and that it was difficult to compete in the very tight European football arena. But it is not impossible that one day young European players will also be interested in the SPL.

Big events such as the Copa America and the Euro are a place to search for talent, but in my opinion, Saudi Pro League clubs are not yet the main choice for the careers of talented young players. The Saudi Pro League needs several more years to make the competition more competitive, so as to attract the interest of European or American players to continue their careers there. We are aware that the Saudi Pro League is moving in that direction, a number of former top European players have been successfully brought in, and it is possible that in the future there will be more who want to continue their careers there. About Joao Felix, it looks like it will be difficult to recruit, although the opportunities remain open. His relationship with the coach is not harmonious, and it is likely that he will continue his second loan spell at Barcelona.

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. Ronaldo's a giant ego, Mane's form dipped, so bam! Conflict! But let's be real here. Mane's been struggling since Bayern, long before he even sniffed Saudi sand. Not some locker room fight here. It's a guy adjusting to a new league, new system, new teammates, and, hell, maybe even a new damn continent

And Ronaldo being selfish? That's the oldest story in the book. The dude's a goal-scoring machine. He demands excellence, from himself and everyone around him. That ain't a bad thing for a team aiming to be top dog. Al-Nassr ain't stupid. They've got two of the biggest names in the sport up front. They'll figure out how to make it work, even if it means some tactical tweaks or bringing in a few more playmakers to ease the load on Mane

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Compared to the normal Mane we all know i think we can agree that he is not at the top performance we all know him to be back then in Liverpool i don’t if it’s age that’s catching up with him but he used to be more involved in a matches and scores more than he has for Al Nassr. He is helping the team in ways he can but he is not at his best probably due to the fact that Ronaldo always takes the glory.

Maybe he is not enjoying life at Al Nassr who knows, it’s normal to seek other teams if you are not enjoying your stay at your club. I think finding a team won’t be much of a problem for him.

I see a good partnership between them so no one should blame Ronaldo when his teammates couldn’t level his performance, the extra work he puts in is just on another level so he is bound to perform better than others in the team. I don’t see a problem between those two. When Ronaldo was still in Madriid people complained about his partnership with Bale and Benzema that he is only after individual glory but the fact is that he was better than them and made everything so easy for them.

I think this is a good decision taken by Al Nassr, because one of their problems this season is a defense line that is not very solid. It's not that the goalkeeper they currently have is playing badly, it's just that maybe if they had a new goalkeeper it could make them even more solid in defense.

This is also an opportunity for Wojciech Szczesny, because sooner or later he will definitely be eliminated considering his age. At Al Nassr he also has the opportunity to earn a large salary, and at his age, that could be one goal. He can also reunite with his former teammate, Ronaldo when he was still with Juventu, so that will help him in the adaptation process.

It seems that Al Nassr is quite serious about building their defense and now they also have to target defenders to strengthen them in the back line so they can compete even more closely with Al Hilal. Yes they still have time for that.

Barcelona need spending much money for signing Joao Felix if want give him permanent contract because Atletico Madrid won't extend with loan contract, opportunity for Saudi Pro League team who interested with him because Atletico Madrid waiting for the higher bid offer for selling Joao Felix. Barcelona can't spend with Atletico Madrid bid offer for signing Joao Felix but I doubt with this player want to accept Saudi Pro League team offer or not because he still young and has good reputation for playing with top european team.

Saudi Pro League team has opportunity with Euro and Copa America 2024 to make talent looking for potential player sign next season, its great way to see which one top players talent has potential for signing and seems next season will be many top european or american players bring to Saudi Arabia club.

Al Nassr who do have big ambitions to be able to break Al Hillaldominance next season, of course they are starting to plan to add stars on each line, so it is not surprising that Al Nassr also began to look for players who are positioned as goalkeepers, especially since Ospina is not able to perform optimally in guarding Al Nassr goal this season, Al Nassr is reportedly starting to look for several new players according to the needs of the team and it seems that Ronaldo also has a hand with asked for Al Nassr to sign a player he knows personally, but despite all that, of course, Al Nassr seems to be trying to really improve their squad after in the last 5 seasons they have continued to fail to win the Arab League.

Currently Wojciech Szczesny is quite old and of course Juventus does not mind releasing Wojciech Szczesny to another club , yes it is indeed reported that Juventus will soon complete a deal with monza for Michele Di Gregorio for a fee of around €18 million, so indeed at least the sale of Szczesny will be able to at least cover the purchase cost of Gregorio later, besides he will return to the same team with Ronaldo who was his friend when playing at Juventus, Of course, Wojciech Szczesny will repeat the competition with Ospina for the top goalkeeper position at Al Nassr as they did when they were still playing at Arsenal.

Joao Felix is ​​not a Barcelona player, he is just on loan from Atletico Madrid, so an offer should have been made to Atletico Madrid, especially since the fate of this player at Barcelona is not yet clear because the financial problems they are facing prevent them from patenting Joao Felix at the club and returning to Atletico Madrid will only set his career back down because the problem with Diego Simeone is not that his game is not suitable for Atletico, but accepting an offer from a club in the Saudi pro league doesn't seem to be going to make his career better, so Joao's fate will be like the start of the season not knowing for sure where he will play, and from the names of the Barcelona players you mentioned, I'm not sure anyone will come to this league, because this league has lost a lot of money just to bring in European players but the income it gets is not comparable.

Yes, Barcelona, ​​which is currently experiencing financial problems, of course I think this is a good opportunity for the Saudi Arabian League club because of course if they can get Barcelona players, of course that is a good thing because of course it will make the players' performance better. but it seems very difficult to get Barcelona players to want to join the SPL. because of course, in terms of climate and lifestyle, sometimes there are differences and of course it is not easy for some players to adapt there, but yes, we'll see but what is certain is that there will definitely be potential for Barcelona players to join the SPL because it is certain that if we talk about about SPL's finances there is no doubt

However, there are rumors whether they are true or not, namely that Lewandowski wants to leave Barcelona and wants to join the Premier League. But indeed, if Barcelona succeeds in selling some of its players to SPL clubs, then of course they will make a profit, but of course I'm sure the SPL will be more famous if the SPL Club brings in new players from Barcelona ​​Yes, Barcelona, ​​which is currently experiencing financial problems, of course I think this is a good opportunity for the Saudi Arabian League club because of course if they can get Barcelona players, of course that is a good thing because of course it will make the players' performance better. but it seems very difficult to get Barcelona players to want to join the SPL. because of course, in terms of climate and lifestyle, sometimes there are differences and of course it is not easy for some players to adapt there, but yes, we'll see, but what is certain is that there will definitely be potential for Barcelona players to join the SPL because it is certain that if we talk about about SPL's finances there is no doubt.

However, there are rumors whether they are true or not, namely that Lewandowski wants to leave Barcelona and wants to join the Premier League. But indeed, if Barcelona succeeds in selling some of its players to SPL clubs, then of course they will make a profit, but of course I'm sure the SPL will be more famous if the SPL Club brings in new players from Barcelona yeah, let's see what happens

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Currently, Al-Nassr has started discussions to sign Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and it feels like Al-Nassr will get the right new goalkeeper for next season. The Polish goalkeeper was planned to be sold by Juventus and because of that, Al-Nassr immediately moved quickly to get him.

Another factor that makes Wojciech Szczesny have to be sold is because Juventus will get a new goalkeeper who is much younger and considering that Wojciech Szczesny is already 34 years old, it is felt that he is no longer suitable to fill the main goalkeeper position. Well, this will be another reunion for Ronaldo, when he was defending Juventus, at that time Wojciech Szczesny was his colleague at Juventus.

Yes, you are right, the 2 people you mentioned are also 2 players who rely on their individual play, so what caused Neymar to experience something like this boils down to his lifestyle when he is off the field. I think he has a problem with his responsibilities, because when he is under contract with a team that pays him, that should be a brake that can control his lifestyle even when he is outside or on holiday.

Because after all, he carries the responsibility on his shoulders to pay for what the team has spent on him. For a team, of course, this is a loss, because they have to continue paying salaries while the player cannot play because of his injury. I understand that this is something that cannot be predicted, because anyone definitely doesn't want to get injured. However, at least this can be minimized by implementing a good lifestyle which can avoid the risk of injury.

Personally, I also see that Sadio Mane and Cristiano Ronaldo always perform well on the field and they always work together well and are not selfish, but if for example Sadio Mane separates from Cristiano Ronaldo, I think it would be a shame because I think Mane has played well at Al-Nassr so Even if, for example, Al-Nassr brings in new players, they definitely have to adapt first.

Yes, we'll see what will happen later and of course, if for example this news is true and becomes a reality, in my opinion it will certainly make Al-Nassr have to bring in top players who can work with Cristiano Ronaldo. Yes, it seems like they will definitely have to bring in the players requested by Cristiano Ronaldo.

But it looks like it would be an exciting match if for example Mane joined Al-Qadsiah because surely one day Al-Qadsiah will play with Al-Nassr and of course it will be a duel between Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane. But I personally have a feeling that Mane will potentially continue to defend Al-Nassr and I personally also want Mane to continue to defend Al-Nassr. But yes, whatever happens, of course I personally as a spectator can only enjoy it and can only see and listen to the news of developments, but of course I hope that Cristiano Ronaldo can bring Al-Nassr to become champions in the coming season.

That will impossible because there will be no european clubs who is gonna pay him £34m a year (£650,000 a week). Mane moved to the saudi pro league caused by he got decent amount of salaries there. I agree with you that if we rarely saw mange to have conflict with ronaldo even during the game.
I assume that if there was something wrong here. Who knows if mane got upset with the situation in the club. It's not caused by his relationship with ronaldo. Well, im not fully trust it since i have not seen yet the bad relationship between him and ronaldo.

It's still possible only if he will receive far less salary compared to the what he got from al nassr. This is dilemma for him. If i were mane and i would rather to stay in the al nassr instead of leave from there.
Many has signed several years contract with al nassr. It's kinda stupid if he let 650k for a week salary must go away just caused by his ego. There will be no place that pay him the same like what al nassr did.

It is difficult for elite European teams to recruit Mane, because they have to pay a very high release clause, and it is unlikely that Al Nassr will let him go outside the Saudi Pro League. Ronaldo is a club icon, he deserves more privileges. In my opinion, the relationship between the two players looks good, indeed in almost all the clubs that Ronaldo has played for, the Portuguese captain demands a lot of things from other players. That is a natural thing, and Mane's move from Bayern Munich was also based on Ronaldo approach.

At Mane age it is still possible to continue his career in the Premier League, but I don't think Mane will leave in the near future. Al Nassr needs to add more quality players, especially in their defense, so they can challenge for the title. Mane and Ronaldo can really be relied on on the front lines, maybe with a different coach both of them could be sharper.

I never heard any bad news about the relationship between Ronaldo and Mane. I guess it is just a rumor, no proof at all for this news. Both Ronaldo and Mane are the key players for Al Nassr, it is strange if Al Nassr wants to put Mane into transfer list. Mane has played very well in this season, he contributed a lot for Al Nassr. There will be always trio Ronaldo-Mane-Talisca. All of them will stay in Al Nassr for the next season.

Do you think Mane will accept to play in  Al-Qadsiah?
It is funny that you believe Mane may accept to play with this team. It is not a better team than Al Nassr, he has no reason to play as a player of  Al-Qadsiah. Moreover, it is just a team that mostly play in the lower level of SPL. It is funny if Mane joins this team.  

Why not to sign a new winger? Mane can get injured in the whole season. Al Nassr needs another winger, it is no problem to have a new player in the winger position. Moreover, AL Nassr still has no strong right winger, the actually needs a new right-winger. Talisca is in the attacking midfielder, so Al Nassr has 1 spot for a top player in the attacking line. Anyway, Al Nassr has a scout, the new players aren't always based on the request of Ronaldo. He only gives a suggestion.



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Since some teams and especially, Barcelona got financial problems in the top European league, there is more chance for the Saudis to send them offers and try to make their player move. Barcelona can't even hold the players they have and that's hard for them to give the salaries the players want.
Saudis are using the chance and it seems there are six players in Barcelona who got offers from the Saudis or they are somehow linked to this league.
The are rumors about Robert Lewandowski, Clément Lenglet, Ter Stegen, Koundé, João Félix, and Raphinha leaving Barcelona for the Saudis and I think even of we don't see all of them accept the offer, but some of these players will definitely accept.