Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 111. (Read 119070 times)

Rumors about N'Golo Kanté being approached by West Ham are currently hot in the news. But yeah, it's impossible for Al-ittihad to let this player go. Because N'Golo Kanté is really needed at Al-ittihad and besides that, N'Golo Kanté's salary at al-ittihad is also very large. So the player may not be interested in moving. Especially after Al-ittihad now has a new coach from the same country as N'Golo Kanté and Benzema, namely Laurent Blanc.   It will definitely make Kante and Benzema more comfortable playing at Al-ittihad because they have a coach from the same country. Moreover, Benzema was trained by Laurent Blanc. So the presence of Laurent Blanc at Al-ittihad will be a good reunion for Benzema. But because player transfers in the transfer market are sometimes full of surprises, we can't predict what will happen in the end. Because everything will come back to a player's wishes. But I hope that Kante will remain comfortable playing for Al-ittihad and that the SPL will no longer lose the best European players that have been successfully brought in. But several reports do say that it is almost certain that Kante will not be tempted to move again.

I was shocked to learn Kante going to Saudi Arabia when that happened, he was still a great player, Chelsea should have kept him because not like they didn't need him, he was great and he could have stayed in Europe at bigger clubs for a long time too, and yet he didn't, that is an issue without a doubt.

But, looking at the current situation I would say that him going back makes a lot of sense, he is only 33 years old, and he can play at least 2-3 more seasons at high level, after that he can go back to SA if he wants to. They got him for free if I remember right, even if not, they do not need money, they already quite rich, so selling him for only 20 million wouldn't be bad, plus dude is 33 years old, while he is still good, he won't be sold again, so 20 million is all they can hope for him.

Not many players been sold for more than 20 million after they are 33, a few may have, but not a lot so that means this shows how good Kante must be in order to get that type of result. The best way to show this is the fact that we are getting a good result in the end, should be something that will be getting very good improvement, whichever team ends up getting Kante, dude is still very good as we have seen.

Ngolo Kantè have played major role when he got called up for International duty by Didier Deschamps since 2018 when he won the Russia 2018. The Frenchman have been lucrative and amazing when it involves his performance which are consider stellar, always locking in for improvement. He anticipated full-time in the just concluded Euros and been one of the center of attention for his stunning efforts.

Ngolo Kante is in Saudi Pro League where he plays for SPL side, he's also important. The matter involving his age have been finally ruled out because he's very much active and his agents have received offers from EPL side, and the Hammers lead in the race to grab the signature of Kanté, whereas let's see where it goes from here.

If we refer to Fabrizio Romano's report, he reported that Al Ittihad was not interested in accepting the proposal and releasing N'golo Kante, because Kante was part of Al Ittihad's important project. So, Al Ittihad is not in the mood to release it. I'm pretty sure it's the same with Laurent Blanc, as the new coach of Al Ittihad, Kante is an important part of his squad in the central position. Moreover, to compete closely with its competitor team, Al Ittihad actually needs several more competent newcomers in its squad. So, I doubt that Al Ittihad will let Kante go to West Ham.

On the other hand, several newspapers reported for this French international player. according to a report in The Guardian, West Ham are in talks to bring back Kante from Saudi Arabia for £20 million to the Premier League. Reportedly, negotiations are still ongoing and Wesh Ham hopes to bring in the former Chelsea midfielder from Al Ittihad. Even though he is 33 years old, N'golo Kante's work can still be relied on. At least West Ham's new manager, Julen Lopetegui, was very impressed with N'golo Kante and he performed expertly in the EURO championship that just ended. But, I think Al Ittihad will keep it.

Rakitic was born in Switzerland and lived there until he moved to Germany (Schalke) back in 2007 and he basically never lived in Croatia before.


I don't think that he will permnanently stay in Croatia after he finishes his career. In interviews he already said that he considered Seville his home as that's where he met his wife and its the place where his kids were born so its natural that he wants to go back there once he is done with Hajduk.

 

Alex Collado is a Real Betis player who he recruited from Barcelona on a free transfer, but strangely this player has never played with Real Betis, in fact, since he signed a contract with Real Betis with a long-term clause, he was immediately loaned to one of the Saudi Arabian clubs, Al Okhdood which is not a top club in the Saudi League.
I know he is an ordinary player, even since he was at Barca he hasn't had much playing time but it seems like he isn't really needed to be in the Europa League and at Al Okhdood he has a lot of playing time and is needed, Al Okhdood doesn't seem to want to lose this player and they seem to add to their contract extension clause to borrow this player for 1 more season for next season or maybe make him permanent??(correction if wrong)

Source : Alex Collado

I was not expecting to see Kanté leaving the Saudi League for the Premier League because he is old and there are not many teas they want to hire this palyer because he would even get retire in Al Ittihad considering his age.
But the performance of Kanté in the Euro 2024 was well enough while playing for France to make West Had send him an offer and this can be a good chance for Kanté to return to the top European teams.
 

Interesting situation as we all know Al ittihad and Laurent Blanc already having announcement regarding this news but still peoples are doing their best for this transfer on papers in reality most chance he is going to stay here in Saudi Arab for another season because now Al Ittihad is having good squad and new coach which can bring positive changes into their performance.

Currently, things are not clear but most chances Al Ittihad will not change their stance about this player and his possible move to West Ham United which is also trying to rebuild their squad after having the worst performance in last season, and recently they announce about their new coach which is from Spain Lopetegui Julen talking about Kant mean they are trying to have big named because we know how important and effective is Kant.

Al-Qadsiah behaviour for summer transfer window it's quite interesting because they had decide to buy some of European players to strengthen their squad and if we compared to other promotion teams such as Al-Orobah and Al-Kholood they are very active this summer seems they have an ambition want to survive on Saudi Pro League for next season and based on the transfer lists of this team i have seen they bought at least 4 players from European club such as Nacho, Aubameyang, Nahitan Nández and Koen Casteels

And about Equi Fernández several month ago he was into the radar some of European big clubs such as AC Milan, Benfica, Fiorentina and even Liverpool this because these clubs feel Equi Fernández is potential player which Boca Junior has but i still don't understand why he decide to accept the offers from Al-Qadsiah and playing at Saudi Pro League because in my opinion Equi Fernández still can choose to playing at Europa if he want and i think with his current age and his talent is not hard for him to gets new club on Europa

With some of new experience players from Europa i want to know the performance of Al-Qadsiah next season whether they can able to performing well or not however i just realized that Saudi Pro League will be starting on August 1 which mean this early compared to the league from European countries but for transfer window Saudi Pro League has longer duration than the European transfer window as it closes on September 9

Of the many players who have played in Europe but are now being sought after by European teams, one of them is N'Golo Kanté. This is natural because even with the French team he can show a good game in midfield even though he has not been able to bring France to the title at Euro 2024. However, overall his game is really needed by the French national team, so European teams are interested in bringing him from Al Ittihad.
I see something special about this player, even though he doesn't stand out like a star player, his role in midfield provides comfort for the defense and he is very good at maintaining balance in midfield. Actually, he has a 3 year contract with the team from the Saudi Pro League, which means there are still 2 years left. However, Al Ittihad doesn't seem to want to make it difficult if he wants to leave and they invite N'Golo Kanté to leave if he wants to do so.

Al-Qadsiah is still not satisfied after successfully bringing in Nacho and Aubameyang. This time they want to hunt for players in different positions and Boca Junior midfielder Equi Fernández is their next target. He is still very young 21 years old and it seems like he is ready to sacrifice his career to make more money in the Saudi pro league.

Maybe you are no longer surprised by a phenomenon like this, but as long as financial strength is the reason, young players will be tempted by this offer. A personal agreement has been reached and now we just have to wait for Boca Junior's decision to let him go or not. But Al-Qadsiah always has other plans if the fee offered feels insufficient for Boca Junior, so they are prepared to pay 15 million euros to make this transfer successful.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1814810815234535444

It is known that Al Nassr gave up on bringing in the goalkeeper because Manchester City made a fairly high offer for the player and Man City did not accept the negotiations that Al Nassr had offered. In my opinion, it is very reasonable for Man City to price this goalkeeper at 50 million euros because he has been a valuable player for Man City for 7 years and he is the main goalkeeper and he is not too old, I don't understand why Al Nassr is not willing to pay that price even though as far as I know Saudi League clubs are not too concerned about expensive transfers because that The most important thing is that their league can continue to develop.

However, Al Nassr has brought in their new goalkeeper who is cheaper and no less good than Ederson. The hope is that this new goalkeeper can keep Al Nassr's defense stronger next season, so not concede as many goals and can compete with Al Hilal in the hunt SPL degree.

I'm not surprised by this news that Ngolo Kante is likely to leave Al Ittihad this summer to join a European club and that's because of how impressive he was with France during the just concluded European championship. The France international I thought wouldn't be that energetic again after leaving the shores of Europe but little did I know that even while playing for a Saudi club, Ngolo Kante will still be able to retain his quality kind of football. He deserves to play few more seasons with a European club if you ask me because he still have all the abilities to play for any top European club.
West Ham in their quest to strengthen the club ahead of next season must sign Ngolo Kante if they get an acceptance nod from the France international.

Yes, Kanté is a safe and cost-optimized solution for West Ham at present. Not to mention that the French team is only 33 years old and still has enough strength to maintain top competition for another 1 or 2 seasons. But Al Ittihad's stance on N'Golo Kanté is still very clear. The Saudi Arabian team has no intention of selling Kante this summer. Laurent Blanc and the club's board are planning to use Kanté as a key part of the project, despite West Ham's approach.  And Kanté himself does not want to return to the EPL. Now he wants to play softer football and be able to play more time. EPL is no longer suitable for Kanté. More importantly, at this time, Kanté is said to be receiving a salary of up to 50 million euros/year at Al Ittihad. West Ham will not be able to pay that amount.

Why you conclude that Kante is close to leave Al Ittihad? So far, Al Ittihad management never has the intention to sell him. There is no statement from Kante that he wants leaving the club as well. Moreover, now Al Ittihad has a new coach (Laurent Blanc), Kante must feel comfortable to work with him. Laurent Blanc is a France manager, he is the same country as Kante.

Laurent Blanc and Al Ittihad board already make a statement, they want to keep Kante. They also already rejected the offer from West Ham. So, it is clear that Kane won't move anywhere, he will remain the player of Al Ittihad in the next season. It is because Kante is one of the key players in the midfield line. It is impossible to sell Kante, his role is still very crucial for the team.



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It is possible that this transfer will materialize, and we will see Kante back in action in the Premier League every week. In fact, Kante is under contract until June 2026 with Al Ittihad, I don't know for sure what was the reason why Al Ittihad let him go. Kante own performance is still quite good, especially when playing for the French national team even though he failed to become champion. West Ham certainly really wants Kante, because they know the qualities that the former Chelsea player has.

I don't think Al Ittihad is having financial difficulties that require them to let Kante go, their failure to defend the trophy last season is not a reasonable excuse to let Kante go. Al Ittihad performance could be worse next season if they let Kante leave, especially if they fail to recruit suitable players. I think Al Ittihad should reconsider their transfer policy, Kante is one of the best midfielders who should be kept.

N'Golo Kanté the player of Al Ittihad is very close to leaving the team and playing for the European teams again. This 33-year-old player also played for France in Euro 2024. Al Ittihad seems ready to let him go. Kanté was playing for Chelsea for seven years and in 2023 he left his team for the Saudi League and started playing for Al Ittihad.
Now West Ham is interested in hiring Kanté and they are ready to pay 24 million euros for this player.

I am honestly surprised how there aren't more players who are rejecting or leaving, because the cultural difference is huge there. I am not talking about anything "good" or "bad", I am not saying one side is "right" and the other side is "wrong". I am just saying that we are talking about a huge difference between most European nations and Saudi Arabia, it is just not similar, we have to accept that. That means, a player who lives 30+ years of his life in a culturally different nation, going to another different one, may face some issues, it may not feel the same. This is why some players probably just reject right away, like how Kroos didn't even consider, no matter how much money they offered him, and some players like Benzema and Rakitic have problems adjusting.

This is not really weird, it's normal that people may get used to living one way all their life and may feel weird about living some other way rest of their life, this is why it's important to remember that this is nobody's fault. We need to focus on how to make this work, and if they really want to make it happen one way or another, they just have to focus on the players who are single, easier to convince just one player, compared to their whole family.

We don't know for sure why Rakitic chose to leave Al Shabab, even though he recently joined Al Shabab.  Rakitic only has a record of playing eight times for Al Shabab, we even forgot that Rakitic was part of Al Shabab last season. It could be that the reason is none other than because this team's performance has declined so much, we have even forgotten that there was a great midfielder who joined Al Shabab. It is possible that another very simple reason could be that Rakitic prefers to play in his own country, love for his homeland which was the trigger for him to accept an offer from Hajduk Split with a two year contract. Despite the fantastic salary he earned with Al Shabab, in the end Rakitic chose to return to his country and defend one of the teams competing in the Croatian League.

Speaking of Al Shabab, if this team does not try to match its competitors. I mean, Al Shabab must make its team much more competitive. If not, this team will definitely have difficulty getting into the top four of the Saudi Pro League.

Saint Maximin is actually a very consistent player in every club that recruits him, but I don't know what is the reason for al ahli loaned him to other team today even though last season Saint Maximin played in all the matches played by Al ahli in the league, although he is not a sharp scorer but at least he was able to make a great contribution to every game played by Al Ahli last season, Loaning Saint Maximin is a fatal mistake for Al Ahli in my opinion, because after all Al Ahli has thrown away one of the best left wingers they have, so it will be difficult for Al Ahli to be able to compete next season in the title fight unless they can bring in another left winger who is better than him at the moment, although currently Al Ahli still has Sumayhan Alnabit and Modou Barrow as the other left wingers in the squad but the two players are not better than Saint Maximin so far.