Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 235. (Read 128253 times)

It is not only Al Nassr, all the top Saudi teams will try to sign the best players when the transfer window is open. Al Hilal, Al Nassr, Al Ahli, and Al Ittihad will compete each others in signing top players from the European teams. Specifically for Al Nassr, Al Ahli, and Al Ittihad, these teams will rebuild their squads because they expect to win the SPL title for the next season. Meanwhile for Al Hilal, they only need to improve some lines, they won't change much their current squad.

For a smaller team like Al-ETtifaq, I'm not really sure that there will be many top European players interested to join it. Smaller teams in SPL have small chance to win the title, their squad level is too different from top SPL teams. That's why I assume the competition for top players will be only for top SPL teams.



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Al Hilal is couragous and holding unto top winnings. They are one of the fierce unbeaten club, perhapes their unbeaten streaks have been broken, let's see the new phase of Al Hilal this season. Al Hilal are already Champions of the SPL this season following their stellar performance and stats in matches, they didn't encounter any challenge except for the shocking defeat few weeks back against an average opponent. Al Hilal have always been ontop this season and they have continue to hits more goals to levelled up their performance.

Al Ain is known Emirati teams and tends to finish in top 4 most of the time these last years. This year they are third with several defeats and draws, yet they managed to eliminate Al-Hilal which have a phenomenal season in Saudi Pro League.
I don't know if this match will affect Al-Hilal future results but I think they could overcome it.

You do not know which team will be gone, there are a lot of teams in UCL that are gone that we did not expected as well, there are many seasons when shocking results happens. Like just recently we have seen Atalanta beat Liverpool at Europa league, that's a good example to show that even better and greater teams could end up losing, I can't say that it's the very same thing, but it's not really that different neither.

I believe that we are going to keep seeing these type of results eventually, we just need to make sure that we do not bet a lot. A single game type of situation is not that easy to bet on, at the league it's different, but at these type of stuff, it's really not the same and I believe that betting small amounts is the key.

There is no surprise in Al Hilal elimination from the Asian Champions League because better team won as we have first leg game in Al Ain which won by host club with good margin of 4–2 and then in second leg they keep things under well control and not allow lethal attack of bringing themselves to the level Al Hilal also missing their top scorer Metrovic due to injury which is also created problems for them Al Ain is also good club which is having few quality players which helps them for having better end of this even, and they end Al Hilal record-breaking winning streak as well.

Now after this elimination we are having two trophies for the Al Hilal to win and keep their season under well control even they are already having Saudi League into their pocket, but they need to give their best in Kings Cup which is having Al Ittihad in semifinal and possibility Al Nassr in final.

Today there is a match between Al Feiha v Al Taee and yes, it lookslike Al Taee still has to make its bestefforts of course to make a safe gap so as not to fall into the relegatio nzone again. Although indeed, Al Taee willplaying away in this match, but itseems that Al Taee still has a good ability too not to be defeated by Al Feiha. Because after all, based on the results that have occurred so far this season, that Al Feiha is also not too good for home matches and thus, even though Al Feiha plays at home it does not seem to be a guarantee that Al Feiha will win. With this factor, it will certainly be a good chance for Al Taee to still get points in this away match,the point is to get points whether it's a win or just get a draw, but it's still good for Al Taee in this match.

yesterday Al Hilal managed to win in the second leg game, but unfortunately they conceded a goal again and because they conceded a goal, they were eliminated, I don't know what is happening with Al Hilal's defense in the last few games, 5 games in which they have always conceded a goal . Now Al Hilal will focus more on the Saudi league games and has the Saudi King's Cup game. Therefore, Al Hilal still has a great chance of ending this season with two trophies. In the league they have a big points advantage, which in my opinion allows them to become champions if they win the next 4 games. All they need to do is win the next 4 games and looking at their next opponents we have a very optimistic scenario. for the following reason

next 4 games:

Al Halal - Al Fateh

in the last 4 games Al Fateh only won 3 games, they lost in 2 games. so it is an adversary that Al Hilal will be able to overcome.

In this game, Al Halal has the following players injured: Aleksander Mitrovic, Neymar

In this game, Al Fateh has the following players injured: Mourad Batna

Al Hilal - Al Taawon

In the last 5 games, Al Taawon only had 2 wins, and had 3 draws. and an opponent that Al Hilal can beat

Al - Ahli Saudi - Al Hilal

In the last 5 games Al - Ahli Saudi had only 2 wins, 2 draws and one defeat. He is also an opponent that Al Hilal can beat

Al Hilal - Al Hazam

This is definitely the weakest opponent, the worst team in the league. in the last 5 games there were no victories. Since the league started, they have played 28 games and only had two wins. So I see that Al Hilal's celebration for winning the league will happen in this game against Al Hazam

It sounds really extraordinary because Saudi Arabia can invest that much by having five PIFs of the world's top players, which could possibly be utilized by Saudi Arabia by trying to transfer to other teams in Europe, for example.
I heard that Newcastle will try this lucky chance by borrowing a well-known top player from Saudi Arabia after they heard that there is a regulatory loophole that is very beneficial for their team from the Premier League regulations. and Newcastle can transfer players freely as long as they match the price desired by Saudi Arabia.
Yes, over the last two years the development of football has undergone a greater evolution so that these clubs are managed as well as possible and are good so that they are even more professional with the aim of other companies being able to target and invest high profits in them.

However, there are also companies that manage the same club so they can be said to be a multi club owner model, for example Manchester City. And no less for the Newcastle club itself, in 2021 Newcastle was acquired by Saudi Arabia PIF at a very high price of 305 million pounds and after that Newcastle began to have a change of owner and slowly Newcastle began to show its development by trying to mature its team members. first.
After that, under the guidance of coach Eddie Howe, Newcastle's players developed very rapidly because in 2023-2024 Newcastle could qualify for the top four in the Premier League and Newcastle had the right to advance to play in the Champions League as well.

In the first leg of the semifinal, we have very good performance from the Al Ain which helps them for having their spot into final of the year's AFC Champions League now they are waiting for the second team which is going to play second semifinal tonight.

In second leg we have won for the Al Hilal, but goal difference were big which they fail to achieve and now have to face exit which is sad but still we have to say better team won in this game now we have just two cups for the Al Hilal as Saudi League is already under their control, and they are going to face Al Ittihad into semifinal of the Kings Cup which is another Saudi domestic cup most chances they will win these cups and keeps things at the top level which they keep in this all season with their performance.

Karma hits back if you don't play fair game. Despite their impressive run, they are eliminated in the AFC Champions League semifinal against Al Ain. It's evident that Al Hilal heavily relies on Mitrovic, and without him, they struggled to score against Al Ain. But, Al Ain played well, making it difficult for Al Hilal to secure a victory. Congratulations to Al Ain on their success.
Although Al-Hilal missed out on the AFC Champions League trophy, they still managed to win the Saudi league.

  Football continues to be one very dominating factor in football and you can say without finance, it’s pretty difficult for a club to be able to succeed. This has been seen to be a valid fact both in Europe and now fast rising Saudi League as finance has helped this league be able to grow and now be considered as a very competitive league.  ⁠The Saudi people are buoyant financially and as such there’ll be no fear when they’re spending funds as this will help in boosting the league’s media presence and in turn generate money for the league.

 This serves as a Return on Investment and it’s a step in the right direction for them to pump their money into the football sector. The main issue now is that most of the clubs might not be able to get those top signings from across Europe and as such this makes them less competitive in the league. If it continues that way, I think the league will now become boring and the rising media presence might diminsh.

 ⁠The board and government have to quickly look for a way out before things get out of hand and the possible way out is supporting most of these small clubs as this will help them bring in major European players they desire. The board should also try to see that local transfer is being funded to help the players grow and also help to move funds round the league too.

Saudi League invested nearly $875.4 million in last transfer window, but outcome of this league is not as they were expected just because of this now in next window we are going to have some changes as they are already announced things will be not as they have done in last season so for the better updates about this all we have to wait for their next official statement even we are having too many players under their radar, but things can take changes which will prevent them from spending huge funds like they spend in last season.

After last seasons investments they are having all four clubs those are belonged to PIF still at the top and now how things will be work this could be interesting because now difference of quality is widened, and they need to be had some better approach for this all which will allow other clubs to give their best but this all needed huge investment so how they will be settled this all it's currently not clear.

Al-Hilal's elimination from the Asian Champions League was quite surprising in my opinion because they were the favorites in this tournament, even two other teams, Marinos and Ulsan, were placed below them as the favorite team to win the Asian competition, but Al-Ain stole the attention from the first and second matches Al-Hilal failed to catch up with the goals left behind, and it cannot be denied that without Mitrovic in important matches Al-Hilal had difficulty scoring many goals.
It is also possible that Al-Hilal will also fail in the Saudi Arabian King's Cup when in the semifinals they will face Ittihad FC, but before facing Ittihad FC they will compete in the Saudi Pro League against Al-Fateh, even though they are far favorites, Al-Fateh can give a surprise to Al-Hilal, however, one defeat or draw will still make Al-Hilal safe at the top of the standings, and they might choose to focus on the semifinal match against Ittihad by playing several second players against Al-Fateh.

Competitive performance, all of this is achieved by the SPL team because they have many supporting factors behind them and one of them is financial, Saudi football is used as an investment and also joy for the billionaires there.
Spending large amounts of money and making good deals with great European players is form of satisfaction for the owners and investors of each Saudi team, they believe that their abilities can build great power.
In reality, everything went well and the SPL became one of the most popular leagues and now has lot of fans, they not only show competitive competition but also increasingly advanced developments.
Previously only few leagues were able to do something like this and no one thought that Saudi football would develop like it has now, but now they are one of the competitions at the top.

This season Al Hilal changed everything, they became the strongest of line of team that cannot be underestimated, Al Hilal became the king of Saudi football this season.

it's really saddened me to see al hilal failed in AFC. Al Hilal must leave the AFC Champions League after losing to Al Ain with narrow score in the second leg even though it was able winning against it but al hilal was one goal less from the target. I was not expecting Al ain to perform even better than I had anticipated but the referee was helping the club a lot in the first leg which is creating huge gap to the al hilal. I thought Al Hilal would be able to make a comeback in the second leg, but I was wrong caused by al ain played fully defensive against al hilal, it makes al hilal was so struggling to score.
There have been numerous improvements to the Al Ain but yeah penalty was the main problem in the first leg. Al Hilal is also leaving the AFC after losing narrowly against Al Ain. Many of Al Hilal's rivals are not mocking it because it lost to Al Ain and this is also the first lose received by al hilal this season, the problem if it's happening at the semi final of AFC champion league. It disappointed me to see Al Hilal lose despite winning at home.
A lot of penalties received by Al Ain in the first leg has completely destroyed Al Hilal's chances of reaching the AFC Champions League final which is also burdening all of players in the club and it's also disrupting their concentration. Things are going even worse when al hilal was not able performing quite better in the first leg. It's a very disappointing result to watch. I was expecting more, but al Hilal's performance met my expectations.
There are two chances for Al Hilal to win the trophy this season, the firstly comes from SPL then king cup. I'm hoping al hilal to takes all of opportunities rather than attempting to pass it up again.

When the transfer window opens, the race to get the best players will begin. I am sure Al-Nassr will again be the most enthusiastic in the hunt for top European players again. But likewise, all clubs under PIF ownership will definitely do the same thing. And I'm curious whether other clubs will follow the same thing, namely hunting for top European players or not. But clubs like Al-ETtifaq will definitely be hunting for top European players again like last season. Because last season al ettifaq also did it.

Other clubs will try to get other top European players so that next season other clubs can match Al-Hilal's strength. Because by now all the teams in the SPL must have realized that Al-Hilal's level is very different. And with the financial strength that the SPL clubs have, I am sure they will succeed in getting some of Europe's top players and coaches back in the next transfer market.

In fact, several clubs have started approaching top European players earlier. They do this to increase their chances of getting the player they were after from the start. And so that it is not preceded by other clubs. And it will indeed become more competitive.

There's this competitive race, we have been avoiding the top levels and also watching the incredible performance of most of these SPL elite teams. Consistent performance follows and we totally understand what it means for the top clubs like Al Hilal who are currently Champs. They won with just a defeat and they've driven for excellent results in upcoming matches. These Saudi Arabia clubs possess the gigantic funds to elevates the Saudi Pro League this season. They're entirely working on a strategy to upgrade their status in every possible ranks.

Yes, clubs in Saudi Arabia do have very abundant finances. So it is very natural that Saudi Arabian clubs use this abundant money to advance football in their country. The reason is that clubs in Europe too, can progress because they have sufficient finances so they can recruit very talented players. For this reason, it is very likely that Saudi Arabian League clubs will follow the steps of European clubs in order to improve the quality of their football. And one of the steps is definitely to take advantage of his very abundant finances.

However, one of the problems that Saudi Arabian League clubs should be wary of is that some clubs do not seem to have sufficient funds to recruit top European players. The reason is that in the transfer market last season, only Al Nasr, Al Hilal, Al Ahli, Al Ittihad and Al Etiffaq dominated the transfer market by bringing in top players from Europe. However, other Saudi Arabian League clubs have not recruited too many top European players. So this season's Saudi Arabian League looks less competitive (which is currently ongoing). Maybe the reason is because the quality of clubs, especially in terms of players, is not evenly distributed well.

And a big example, Al Hilal this season has never been defeated by any club in Saudi Arabia. Even a team like Al Nasr was unable to beat Al Hilal this season. So the right solution to overcome this problem is that in the next transfer market, clubs in Saudi Arabia must be able to bring in top players from Europe and of course also qualified coaches. So that competition in the Saudi Arabian League can become more competitive and of course the name of the Saudi Arabian League will become increasingly famous in the world of football.

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Al hilal has been officially out from the AFC chamlpion league after it was losing against al ain. The second has been going quite well for al in at this time considering al hilal was not able scoring more than three goals in order to qualify for the further stage. This is the first lost received by al hilal since it was always able keeping the momentum to wni any competition.

Al hilal has been performing so badly this time. Time for al hilal to let him AFC champion trophy to miss from its hand