Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 166. (Read 127858 times)

I've said something concerning this subject matter recently and that's why I'm surprised to see it again on the thread but since it's repeated, I think it'll not be a bad idea to still put the records straight. The UEFA Champions League competition is Europe's most prestigious club football competition and it's totally exclusive to European clubs and should the body in charge of the competition which is the UEFA decides to review the competitions in other to accommodate clubs from other continents, then they'll not be doing it for just one club.
Considering the current rules and guidelines of the competition, there's no provision that allows a club that's based outside Europe to participate in the competition so we're never gonna see a Saudi club participate in the UEFA Champions League competition anytime soon.

I think this case is already closed and there is no chance anymore for any Saudi teams to be in the Champions League. In fact, After Ronaldo and some superstar players joined this league they wanted to be in the UEFA Championship League but it was just a rumor. To be honest there is no chance for any Saudi or the other Asian teams to play in this tournament because if one team plays in UEFA Champions League the other teams will ask the same thing.
No matter how much they spend for their teams, there is no chance for Al Nassr or the other teams to do that.

The concept of Al Nassr or any other Saudi team participating in the UEFA Champions League is lovely, but it will always be a fantasy. Since UEFA is limited to Europe, only European clubs can compete. The AFC Champions League, for Asia's greatest teams, is played by Al Nassr, Al Hilal, and Al Ittihad

However, imagine UEFA may expand since football unites people and is universally understood. Al Hilal, with a long history and Saudi League victories, or Al Nassr would spice up the rivalry. Fans from around the world can bond over the game. UEFA's tough regional criteria and the AFC Champions League's prestige should temper our optimism, even though this position seems promising

The Saudi Arabia Professional League is not giving up on its quest to establish itself as on of the biggest leagues in the world. Stefano Pioli is an experienced coach who has been in charge of many clubs in Italy including Bologna, Lazio, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, and AC Milan. Three years will be enough for him to transform Al Ittihad to become a force in the Saudi League. Even with the big investment in players the club still had a disappointing last season, finishing in the fifth position. He would be very busy now strategizing on how to rejuvenate the team. With his connections in the Italian, he would be able to attract some quality players to the club from Italy and the entire Europe.

With his exposure and experience players like Karim Benzema will be easily controlled. Pioli has managed top players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao, etc. The club has so much regard for the former World Best Footballer, so the Italian coach would have to do everything possible to improve and have a good relationship and also foster unity among the players. The SPL will be very interesting this season and it will be worth watching.

Stefano Pioli is a good coach, but looking at his history, you can clearly see that he is a coach who only has experience in Italy, he was coach of many Italian teams and managed to coach two great Italian teams, I'm talking about Milan and Milan. Inter. but looking at his style of play, it doesn't seem to me that it will be a style of play that will please the Saudi fans of Al-Ittihad who, when they go to the field to watch the games, they want to see the team score a lot of goals, they want to see the team plays very well and that is not Pioli's style of play. just look at how disastrously Milan played. I honestly can't understand these Saudi club directors. the choices they have made when it comes to coaches and something strange. Anyway, we will see next season how Pioli will perform, I don't see Al-Ittihad being champions next season


UEFA will not change their rules, because it is a European competition and must be for teams from European countries. Asia also have champions league and that is why Saudi teams should focus on the Asian champions league. about what you said about Al lttihad being the strongest team in the Saudi pro league, I don't think it's true, the team with the most titles in the Saudi pro league is Al Hilal



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If UEFA wants to pick just one team to participate in the Champions League, it should be the club that wins the league. This will make SPL more interesting because those three clubs that you mentioned above will want to put in their best to see that one of them becomes the first. However, we know that Al lttihad is the strongest in SPL as they have been the club winning SPL back to back and they will always be the one to represent SPL if one slot is given to them. But they are not in Europe which might make it impossible.

Pioli to Al-Ittihad news is huge. I mean, YUGE. I believed he'd stay in Europe, but the Saudi league is hot. They're spending big and attracting top talent. Al-Ittihad won big. Gallardo? Nice person, but he failed. Pioli wins, though. He won prizes for turning Milan around. With Benzema on the team? The team is loaded.

Pioli builds teams and helps stars play together. He'll transform Al-Ittihad into a powerhouse. People will compete for championships. Trust me. This is Saudi soccer's new era, and I love it. Its thrilling, unpredictable, and the ultimate entertainment. This ride is just beginning, so buckle up.

I agree with you, there are parties who feel a loss if one of the Saudi Pro League clubs participates in the Champions League competition, and of course there are a lot of overlapping rules. I think it is a temporary sensation to increase the prestige of the Saudi Pro League to become more famous, and they know very well how to attract the attention of all of us. Meanwhile, the Saudi Pro League has now developed to become more competitive, since Ronaldo arrival, many top European players have moved there, including managers of Pioli caliber. We know that the Saudi Pro League clubs are overseen by the AFC, the hope of playing in the Champions League via the invitation route sounds impossible.

Last season, Saudi Pro League representatives sent three representatives to compete in the Asian Champions League, namely Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Nassr. Only Al Hilal was able to advance to the semifinals, while Al Nassr and Al Ittihad were eliminated first in the quarter finals. I thought, how can the representatives of the Saudi Pro League hope to play in the European Champions League, even though in the Asian Champions League, none of the representatives were able to advance to the final. This difference in quality and considering the clash of rules between competition organizers, it is impossible for Saudi Pro League representatives to be able to play in the Champions League.

Previously I had never thought about things like this, because in my opinion this was a wishful thinking or could even be called a hope that had no clear basis. Indeed, I heard some time ago that it was possible for clubs from the Saudi Pro League to participate in the UEFA Champions League, but I didn't respond much because I thought it was nonsense. Lol

The Saudi Pro League is under the AFC and they also have the same competition, namely the Asian Champions League. AFC itself will definitely question this because they will also lose one or two clubs that usually play in the Asian Champions League and talking about business or income earned, of course AFC will feel at a loss because of this. Is there anyone who wants to be harmed? I do not think so. If this happens, the AFC will put pressure and ask what benefits they will get if they let go of the club under their auspices.

This all logic is completely nonsense as if UEFA having these clubs into UEFA Champions League they will be able to have more financial stability because they are already one of the best and strongest organization with their available sources and things are going well settled for them without having any decision like this which create problems for them, and they are having troubling time to invite clubs which are having no worth into this region as they are already playing into AFC Champions League which is working for the Asian region clubs and having their own fan base and all system for the development of soccer Saudi League is having just two or three years after spending huge amounts for their clubs, and we are having too many leagues in Asian region which are having much better and stable clubs and surely these will also ask for the favour like this which is surely having no worth for the UEFA.

Enderson has been Manchester City's mainstay goalkeeper in recent years, in fact his contract with Manchester City will end in 2026, but he seems interested in the offer made by the Saudi Pro League team, and Manchester City itself seems willing to let go of the last wall in defense they.

Al Nassr's priority is to improve their defense which was a problem last season, so they are trying hard to bring in players who they believe will make their defense even better, one of which is Enderson. However, they also have to recruit defenders too, because in that area they still have a lot of gaps and even if they have a good goalkeeper, but when they still have a weak defense then it will be very difficult for the goalkeeper to be able to provide a sense of security to Al's defense. Nassr so that it is not easy for opposing attackers to break through.

The Saudi Arabian league has developed rapidly at this time after the arrival of many stars, previously maybe we never watched the Saudi Arabian league because it was not competitive and also league outside Europe which did not have any popularity at all, but Ronaldo arrival  to Al Nassr has changed and increasing the popularity of Al Nassr as one of the big clubs in Arabia, which indirectly also makes the Saudi League the center of attention of today for football fans, the arrival of many European star players to the Saudi Arabian League has of course triggered the desire of the Saudi Arabian League authorities to lobby UEFA, so that Saudi Arabian league championship can play in the Champions League or European League in the future.

The UEFA League is of course one of the leagues that many people are most interested in, so of course it will increase the teams income through broadcasting rights and also ticket sales later, but I think if the Arab League clubs join UEFA, it will actually make it difficult for them to make fantastic transfers in the future because after all UEFA has regulations that limit the amount spent on purchasing players so far by a club, apart from that it seems that the distance between one European club and another is quite long, so of course this will be an obstacle for Arab clubs play optimally later in the champions league.

There is definitely a business side to this. The Saudi league is a rich financial league and currently many European players are in this Saudi league, so Ronaldo fans and Neymar fans follow the Saudi league directly. If these two clubs are allowed to play in the Champions League, UEFA will be more financially prosperous. Not only will UEFA benefit financially, but the popularity of the Saudi League will increase more and it will be seen that the number of investors in the Saudi League is increasing. However, the argument you have presented here is certainly acceptable, but if UEFA wants, it is certainly possible that one or two teams from the Saudi League will qualify to play in the Champions League.

If Manchester City leaves Ederson at this time, Manchester City will be very weak. Because currently the best performing player is Ederson, but if Al-Nasser adds Ederson to the team, then the next matches can be won for sure. The squad will be very strong, having Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Ederson in the team means that the attack department is strong.

Then what about Wojciech Szczęsny, wasn't he the first who was reported to be close to Al-Nassr? If these two goalkeepers join Al-Nassr, it will certainly give Al-Nassr a very good goalkeeper option. However, it seems impossible for that to happen and Al-Nassr will employ one of them because otherwise it would be a waste of money to pay these two players.

If we look at performance, it is clear that Ederson is still better than Wojciech Szczęsny and Ederson is even 4 years younger. So Ederson can be contracted for quite a long time, but if his salary is 60 million euros per year it will be very large. But of course Al-Nassr has its own plans so that they have an even squad and we'll just have to wait for the development of this transfer.

We saw from remurs about Ederson leaving Manchester City a few days ago and it seems Manchester City has also agreed to let him go to another team but Ederson leaving Manchester City is now getting real.
It seems he is going to be a teammate with Ronaldo because Ederson got an offer from Al Nassr to play for this team in the next season.
Al Nassr wasn't to hire Ederson for two years and 60 million euros per year.

Al Ittihad is taking the right steps for next season, where Pioli could be the solution to boost the team performance to be more consistent. Last season Al Ittihad experienced very significant ups and downs in performance, they ended the season with 12 defeats, 6 draws and 16 wins. As the defending champion in the previous season, these were very bad statistics, and Benzema performance was also very far from what was expected.

There is no need to doubt Pioli experience as a manager, he is one of the coaches who has managed a number of clubs in Serie A and succeeded in winning the Scudetto. Pioli presence raised expectations among fans that Al Ittihad could again become a team challenging for the title next season. We will see the style of Italian football in the Saudi Pro League, and we will see how Pioli plans in the transfer window.

The Saudi Pro League has developed gradually, and the competition for trophies will become more competitive with each season. I think, in the future several other clubs will take the same steps as Al Ittihad, they will recruit experienced managers from various top European leagues. With abundant financial strength, the plan seems to be going according to expectations.

Stefano Pioli is an experienced coach, so it is hoped that this will bring fresh air for Al Ittihad to compete in the next season in the Saudi Pro League. they moved quickly after they found out that AC Milan had fired Stefano Pioli and finally they managed to reach an agreement to work together next season. Some of the players already know Pioli and Pioli also certainly knows the playing style of some of the players in the squad, because they have faced each other in Europe, that might help him to work faster.
Al Ittihad still has many shortcomings and they are trying to bring in a new coach in the hope of solving their shortcomings in the game. In his game, Pioli definitely knows how to apply solid defense because Serie A is known for its solid defensive style, maybe he will apply that to his new team to help Al Ittihad achieve something they want.

There are so many football rumors I don't expect us to take serious talk more of bringing them to the forum but since the discussion is here already, I'll do my best to explain why it'll never be possible for Al Nassr to play in the UEFA Champions League competition. The UEFA Champions League competition is organized by Europe's biggest football governing body and there's no way a club that's not participating in an European league can play in the UEFA Champions League competition. Al Nassr is a Saudi club and as such, they have their own continental competition to participate in which is the AFC Champions League. Al Nassr can only play friendly games with European club or probably play against European clubs if for any reason they meet each other in the FIFA Club World Cup but apart from that, there's no way Al Nassr can participate in the UEFA Champions League competition. I don't expect UEFA to change their rules because they want to accommodate just one Saudi Arabian club.

We are already having too much talk about this in last one year with few peoples are trying to create feud about this which is not possible because every continent is having his own league and there is no rule which allow any team to join other continent with we have this exception only for the Israel which is located in Asia, but their mostly teams are participating into European completions which is due to some domestic issues, but we will have no this exception for any other country even Al Nassr is having good quality.

Here we already have AFC Champions League which is doing good even they are having no good quality, but they need to work on this and things can take good change in future which is also good for the game in this region, but now we need to end this talk about Al Nassr is going in UEFA Champions League.