Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 141. (Read 127536 times)

Previously Al Ittihad had bad results in their last two matches from teams whose quality was below them, but looking at their performance against Intermilan yesterday, the Al Ittihad squad should really be proud of their game, especially Intermilan also fielded the majority of their main squad in that match, Al Ittihad squad performed quite well and even from the start of the match they were able to surprise Intermilan defense through Diaby and Aouar in the match, I think Al Ittihad should cAn won more from 2 goal, but Sommer, De Vrij, Thuram and Pavard were quite good in that match and were able to suppress Al Ittihad's impressive game, but even though they performed quite impressively against Inter Milan, Al Ittihad still needed a little improvement in their defense which didn't look too solid in that match, even though they were able to end the match without conceding a single goal in the match.

Maybe this is a victory that Al-Ittihad should be proud of because it was not a weak team that they defeated but last season's Serie A champion, Inter. But indeed, regardless of the results, this is only a pre-season match, but this is a good record where from the previous 4 pre-season matches, Al-Ittihad always suffered defeat.

If you look at the existing line-up, Inter actually played with their main squad, and so did Al-Ittihad. However, if this was an official match, Al-Ittihad would definitely lose badly. Moussa Diaby was finally able to score a goal and no doubt the two goals were scored by him directly. With this, the pre-season match for Al-Ittihad has finished and I hope all the matches can be used as evaluation material by coach Laurent Blanc to prepare for the upcoming Saudi pro league match.

Yes, I also did not expect Al Ahli to compete well last season, even their performance was better than Al Ittihad who became the SPL champion in the previous season, indeed indirectly Al Nassr, Al Ittihad and Al Hilal taught other SPL clubs to do the same thing as other elite clubs to recruit European players who have good potential so that they do not lag behind in the SPL competition.

I am also curious about Al Qadsyah's performance this season with the arrival of several foreign players who will make their performance different and if they succeed in becoming a dark horse this season it will make the competition in the SPL even more interesting to watch.

SPL is challenging but with Cristiano Ronaldo presence, it's consider easy and not all European players that sign for SPL clubs are able to maintain their peak form from Europe. This is entirely another tough difficulty League for them. Ronaldo is popular and have made huge contributions to football in the present era. He's the best thing that have ever happen to Saudi Pro League and also becomes the first top player to mention in Saudi Arabia.

Well that's right. I even started watching the SPL because I followed Cristiano Ronaldo to this league. I am curious about his progress in the SPL, especially at the Al-nassr club. Although in the end I got used to watching this league which started to feel more exciting from season to season after Cristiano Ronaldo arrived. This legendary player indeed has a very big influence. And yes, even other European players didn't hesitate to come here after the legend first came here. Wherever C.Ronaldo goes, all the media will follow him. Including all the fans.

Ronaldo still has a year remaining on his contract with Al Nassr and that means next season he will still play for Al Nassr, So far we know that Ronaldo is a player who is hungry for championship trophies so to make Ronaldo want to extend his contract with Al Nassr then Al Nassr must can win next season, in my opinion, the issue of extending Ronaldo contract may really depend on Al Nassr'performance next season and If Al Nassr continues to fail to win the championship trophy of course Ronaldo will most likely leave for another team although he comfortable at Al Nassr At the moment.

Ronaldo has had a lot of impact on Arab football since his arrival, not only attracting the interest of football fans but in fact Ronaldo's arrival also opened the way for former European players to continue their careers in Saudi Arabia at this time, in my opinion previously the Saudi Arabian league was not a league that had prestige and popularity among European footballers and this is none other than because of the very strict laws and regulations in Saudi Arabia so that footballers are reluctant to play in Arabia which applies Islamic law, but after Ronaldo arrival it actually opened the eyes of European footballers and fans to see if Saudi Arabia is not what they think all this time.

Ronaldo is influencial because he has fans all over the world due to his outstanding skills and achievements in football. He has paid the price in football and that is why you see that he has the capacity of turning an isolated league to a popular one.

If not for Ronaldo, no one will hear more of SPL or even watch their matches but with Ronaldo in the league, it made the league famous and also made some European great players to settle down for SPL unlike before. Ronaldo is a legend.

While that is definitely not something that allows the league to grow faster, it also keeps the competition going, NBA has something similar where there is a cap on what players could earn. This makes the teams profitable as much as they can, some are not profitable even with that, but if you let it be wide open, then teams like Lakers would just pay 100 million to everyone and get all the great players, when you have a cap then it's limited.

Of course other leagues in football world do not have that, which makes it questionable for everyone and I understand that, it is not really that crazy and I understand the logic, there isn't anything wrong with that, but I still think that we should be considering MLS doing something better for their team. While Saudi teams are losing money so fast and not making it back, MLS teams are not in negative all that much, most are even in profit. That's the difference between the two leagues, caring about finances.

This was not the result that Al-Ahli wanted but at least they played very well to be able to hold a 3-3 draw against Austrian club Grazer AK in the pre-season match. Although Al-Ahli could have suffered a defeat but they seemed to work very hard to avoid that result and thanks to two goals scored by Al Rashidi and Firmino in the final minutes they were finally saved from defeat.

With the end of the fourth pre-season match, Al-Ahli have a good record without ever feeling a single defeat with a result of 3 wins and 1 draw. This could be a good capital for them who will soon face Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup on August 13 and it is hoped that they can perform well again considering that Al-Hilal is a team that is very hungry for the title.

It's clear that Cristiano Ronaldo should extend his deal with Al Nassr. Not only does he fill arenas with people, but he also makes the SPL a worldwide show. It's crazy that he scored 70 goals in 64 games. That's not just playing football; that's dominating. And those rumours about the SPL getting huge TV deals? That has a lot to do with Ronaldo, for sure

Even though Messi is younger and plays for the MLS, Ronaldo has made the SPL famous around the world. He's the perfect example of how one player can make a game better. Look, Ronaldo is a football star who can sell a lot of shoes. He's showing that age doesn't matter and that just having him on the pitch can change the game for teams that want to be known around the world

Last season Al-Ahli was a team that was promoted to the SPL and immediately made thorough preparations in the transfer market by bringing in many European star players to their club. And the result was that Al-Ahli immediately managed to finish in 3rd place in the SPL standings. And I think there is something interesting about one of the teams being promoted to the SPL this season. Because it seems they are also taking the same steps as Al-ahli in making preparations by bringing in many European star players. Namely Al Qadsiah, which they have even succeeded in bringing in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and several other European star players such as Nacho Fernández, who we also know as one of the legendary defenders at Real Madrid and now he is at the Al-Qadsiah club with Aubameyang.

I think Al-Qadsiah will be a newcomer in the season whose strength should be taken into account by other teams in the SPL.

I think for non-Saudi Arabian players the tax still exists. But for players from Saudi Arabia, it seems not. Because reportedly there is no income tax for individuals in that country. But based on long-standing information, I heard that Cristiano Ronaldo pays taxes there.
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Currently, almost all the top European players who have been brought into the SPL have large salaries. And perhaps it is for that reason that these players are interested in coming to the SPL. Especially for players who are no longer young. But there are also several young players who come here.

The number of salary limits set by the government of a country is of course an attraction and even a barrier for a player to play in a league, that's why we can see that after the arrival of Ronaldo who also received an extraordinarily large salary it is not surprising that many European players Others are now starting to be interested in coming and playing in the Arab League, If we compare it with other countries currently, perhaps the Arab League is a league that has a lot of players with very large salary ranges at the moment.
In my opinion, the Saudi government currently really supports football in their country, so I don't think there will be any difficulties imposed by the government on a football club that really wants to bring in players from Europe, because they realize that the presence of European players will automatically create Arab football is more increase which indirectly also improves the mentality and performance of the Arab national team in the future.

BTW, I read that European countries currently impose income tax, including on football players, does Arabia also apply it?

Well that's what's happening there. But I like the way the government there approaches and improves the field of sports, especially football there. In fact, not only in football but in other sectors, a lot has changed there. Some strict rules have even been relaxed to make things easier there. And yes, their big steps may not currently bring big profits, but in the long term I think the SPL can indeed turn into a big league and can bring big profits for the country itself. In the following seasons, perhaps hearing the names of European star players in the SPL will no longer be a strange thing. Because even now we are used to the arrival of top European players here.

Because it's not just great players who come here, but coaches who are quite famous in Europe are also starting to come to clubs in the SPL. I think they did quite well with their investment.

The US Major League Soccer has a cap on the earnings of players. This rule allows clubs to pay only three players above the stipulated yearly earning of $612,500 per player. I will assume that this policy will make the league less attractive to quality players. This is because only three top players can earn a very high amount. Messi is earning in the MLS is as much as he would have earned in Saudi Arabia, so he is comfortable. But the US league will not develop like the SPL league except they attract more superstars.

Ronaldo might be the dominant force in the Gulf League, but the league is gradually developing to become self-sustaining. The league now has an array of players and coaches that is making the league exciting. And the country is still wooing more quality players to make the league entertaining. If Ronaldo leaves, the league might feel the effect but it still has some players that will keep sustaining it.

Currently there is no certainty whether Ronaldo will accept the contract extension offer because he is quite old but it would be an honor for Ronaldo and Al Nassr if both parties accept the offer.
It can be predicted that the last club before he retired was Al Nassr, the club he would defend before retiring and Ronaldo has also said that his son has also entered a Saudi Arabian football club and this is a sign that Ronaldo is very comfortable with Al Nassr and besides that it is also a sign that Ronaldo is likely to accept Al Nassr's offer if he will extend his contract.

I think it's the nature of the players' wages that determines his influence. The Saudi Arabian League always pays huge salaries, so many stars choose this as their destination. As for MLS, players' salaries are not worth mentioning. For example, if Messi agrees to come to the Saudi Arabian League and his salary is higher than Ronaldo's, then I think Messi is the center of this league. And if the MLS pays players higher salaries than the Saudi Arabian League, then the MLS will also attract more stars and attract more attention.
Simply SPL has too much money, I think even if Ronaldo retires, SPL will not sink. If the Saudi Arabian Federation continues to spend money to successfully attract top European stars. Money is the key to the success of the Saudi Arabian League.

Ronaldo and Messi are indeed the most popular footballers in the current era. But if we compare their popularity, I think Ronaldo is more popular than Messi. The reason is that Ronaldo has proven to be able to boost the rating of the Saudi Arabian League, which was previously rarely known to become very popular. While Messi plays in MLS, in my opinion his influence is mediocre and not as popular as Ronaldo's move to Al Nasr. Apart from that, if we assume that the Saudi Arabian League is famous not only because of Ronaldo, this is true, because many other top European players have also joined Saudi Arabian League clubs. However, I am sure that if for example Ronaldo had not moved to Al Nasr, the Saudi Arabian League would not be as famous as it is now even though other top European players joined Saudi Arabian clubs. So in essence, Ronaldo is really the key to fame for the Saudi Arabian league.

In contrast to Messi, he moved to a club in MLS, his move was indeed famous, but I think it was still on a normal scale. Because before Messi moved to MLS, many top European players had already played there. Examples include Douglas Costa and Chicharito, who have already played in MLS. So in essence, Messi's move to MLS is considered normal. Apart from that, as we know, Ronaldo's fans are really very loyal. No matter where Ronaldo goes, his fans will definitely follow. So what you say is true, if Ronaldo expires his contract with Al Nasr and leaves the Saudi Arabian League, I am also sure that the Saudi Arabian League will experience a very significant decline in terms of its popularity.

Ronaldo and Messi are the 2 best players in the world, wherever they go they will be the center of attention of the whole world who love them, but MLS is not as popular as the Saudi League currently held by Ronaldo, I also don't know why even though these two players are very influential in football but more people pay attention to SPL.
However, I understand because SPL recruits many potential European players after they brought in Ronaldo, many players follow in his footsteps and other reasons so that they can get a big salary, so it's natural that SPL is getting more attractive while MLS is not.
I think if Ronaldo retires SPL might sink again soon and next season Ronaldo's contract is up at Al Nassr, I don't think Ronaldo will continue to play football at the age of over 40.

I heard news a long time ago that Al Nasr were always interested in extending Cristiano Ronaldo's contract and I believe it. The Saudi League first came to the fore with a deal with Saudi club Al Nasser, so Ronaldo can't wait to say what has definitely served as a big advertisement for his club and the Saudi League. Maybe Ronaldo's time is going bad and if Al Nasser let him go now, no other club might want to buy him, so at least Al Nasser won't let him go for a small amount of money at a bad time in his beautiful career. There are rumors that Ronaldo may play for Al-Nasser club until the 2026 World Cup and he may play the last match of his football career wearing the Al-Nasser jersey. But most of all would be happy if Al Nasser extend the contract with Cristiano Ronaldo for a long time.