Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 255. (Read 112130 times)

Currently Neymar is recovering from his knee injury (ACL). But even so, the time needed to fully recover is quite long. From several media that I know, Neymar is rumored to be getting a longer recovery time. In fact, it is very likely that Neymar will also miss the Copa America (2024). So in my personal opinion, it is very likely that Neymar will return to playing football at the end of next year (September-December). If you think about it, Neymar will have to undergo a recovery period of approximately one year. Dark years for Neymar. The reason is, in recent years Neymar has always been faced with injury situations that have hampered him.

Apart from that, I also think that Al Hilal is currently in a dilemma. Because, he had to choose between releasing Neymar from his contract or keeping him and waiting for his injury to heal. Then if you look at Al Hilal's current condition, in my opinion Al Hilal has players who perform well. Being at the top of the SPL standings is proof of that. So in my opinion Al Hilal doesn't need new players yet. Therefore, this might be a good consideration for Al Hilal to retain Neymar. However, if Al Hilal sees the contribution made by Neymar, it will definitely be difficult to retain him. The reason is, Neymar is currently unable to contribute on the field or anything else that is useful for Al Hilal. So the possibility of Neymar being released is also quite large.

Al Hilal is the only club that has not experienced defeat to date, they have a complete and solid squad in every position. They have a very sharp attack line, they also have a very solid defense, so far they have only conceded 9 goals in the 19 matches they have played, on average they have conceded less than 1 goal in each match, that is something which is very extraordinary.
Their closest competitor Al Nassr does have a strong attack line too, but they still have problems in the defensive area, they are not very solid in that line, as evidenced by the 23 goals that have penetrated their goal. If they want to unseat Al Hilal then that is a very difficult task, because so far I have seen no club that can beat them, even AL Nassr themselves lost when they met Al Hilal in the first round. 7 points is quite a distance, they have to work hard to catch it while hoping that Al Hilal will slip up.

I think they already think deeply, it doesn't make sense if they sign Neymar carelessly without a deep consideration. Moreover, Al Hilal spent a lot of money to sign him and pat his salary. But they may feel frustrated with Neymar's condition, it is never getting better. Al Hilal doesn't want to pay a huge salary for a player who only sits on the bench. That's why Al Hilal wants Neymar to leave now.

I can't believe it.

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/revealed-steven-gerrard-staggering-salary-al-ettifaq-pep-guardiola-jurgen-klopp/bltb44b1c8e5c376888#csfbaf889b004a3239

Gerrard has been signed a new contract with ettifaq which was unbelievable for me to see that. Ettifaq is still trusting this worst coach to manage its club. The club can try to approach someone like mourinho rather than gave very big salary for someone who can't even manage the club properly.
This is a setback for the club caused by gerrard was so wasteful. He can't even make his club to perform consistently and im wondering what things that make club can trust him much longer. If i were the owner and i have been sacked him since a few months ago.

Gerrard deserves no more place in the club and this guy is a disaster as a coach. He has been so wasteful and that's it. Im only focusing on how gerrard was performing so badly in ettifaq.
He was unable building the club to perform even better than before. Im concerning this caused by ettifaq was so wasteful in the saudi pro league. This club is going to go down again soon.

Players from Europe struggle to adapt to very hot temperature in Saudi Arabia and they have some more difficulties like different religion, culture that all together affect not only those players but their girl friends or family members.

About the league, those European players feel unfamiliar with stadiums which are not crowded like they used to play in Europe. It is like playing in empty stadiums during pandemic and with so many reasons, they want to return to Europe.

I believe that biggest reasons forced them to move to Saudi Professional League is money and if they feel they earn enough after 2 or 3 seasons, they will leave this league and return to Europe.

But then let me ask you when you say that Ronaldo influenced the Saudi Professional League positively, what effects do you expect to remain long term that Ronaldo created? I agree that there was a lot of short term buzz, but what is it that will stay forever or for decades that Ronaldo did in a positive way for the league?

I as an observer have to say that whatever buzz Ronaldo created, it is rapidly declining at the moment. I can speak for myself that I was interested in seeing what's going on and now interest is decreasing. Players are leaving the league. No young talents could be hired and taken away from the best European clubs. I can see that there is not a lot left of the initial hype.

Saudi teams are quite good especially these on top but we shouldn't forget that some players are unsatisfied with the rhythm of the leagues and the integration of his family like Handerson who is planning to move to Eredivisie, others with his team like Benzema and so on.
Nevertheless, the achievements made so far are great for the league and the country.

Al Hilal must know Neymar often gets injury. It is not the first time Neymar got injury, he already got injuries many times in PSG. It was also one of the reasons why PSG want to put Neymar on the transfer list in the last transfer window. So, it is actually very clear that Neymar is injury prone, it even ever created a speculation that Neymar will retire soon. However, Al Hilal didn't care about it, they only believe signing Neymar will be good for the club reputation and he will contribute well if he can recover. Unfortunately, Neymar didn't recover, there is no clear time when he will recover. Al Hilal may begin a little doubt with Neymar's future.

I think they already think deeply, it doesn't make sense if they sign Neymar carelessly without a deep consideration. Moreover, Al Hilal spent a lot of money to sign him and pat his salary. But they may feel frustrated with Neymar's condition, it is never getting better. Al Hilal doesn't want to pay a huge salary for a player who only sits on the bench. That's why Al Hilal wants Neymar to leave now.

But then let me ask you when you say that Ronaldo influenced the Saudi Professional League positively, what effects do you expect to remain long term that Ronaldo created? I agree that there was a lot of short term buzz, but what is it that will stay forever or for decades that Ronaldo did in a positive way for the league?

I as an observer have to say that whatever buzz Ronaldo created, it is rapidly declining at the moment. I can speak for myself that I was interested in seeing what's going on and now interest is decreasing. Players are leaving the league. No young talents could be hired and taken away from the best European clubs. I can see that there is not a lot left of the initial hype.

That is why this transfer is actually very profitable for Everton and they must consider their decision wisely. I know Al-Ettifaq will not just watch Henderson leave and if they just give up without a replacement it will certainly be very bad for the squad's performance in the remainder of the season. Al-Ettifaq definitely wants to target the top spot again rather than just remaining in 8th place in the standings and therefore they have to make another transfer before the winter closes.

Abdoulaye Doucouré is their latest target and it is not impossible that the player is also interested in experiencing the atmosphere outside England. It's just that if the club doesn't allow him to leave, this transfer will fail and Everton as the main controller must be able to think logically and hope to find a worthy replacement for Abdoulaye Doucouré.

Gerrard signed a new contract earlier this week, despite a dismal run of form that has seen Ettifaq go nine games without a win, and the loss of Jordan Henderson, who terminated his contract and joined Ajax. The club are currently eighth in the Saudi Pro League, 28 points behind leaders Al-Hilal. However, TalkSPORT reports that Gerrard's new deal, which is a two-year extension, is worth a staggering £15m ($19m) per year.

This is one of the good reason why Cristiano Ronaldo is the undisputed GOAT because he has managed to control the basics of the system and positively influenced the league. Saudi Arabia should probably work on their style of game because not all players are able to blend into the system of football over there. Most European players that made a move to Saudi Arabia ends up not meeting up the expectations from their new SPL club and supporters. Jordan Henderson was a bit curious of Saudi Arabia and his family was not acquainted and couldn't manage to stay much longer, he terminated his contract and move to Eredivisie club, Ajax. European stars are complaining regarding the atmosphere and they don't blend with in Saudi Arabia.

After Jordan Henderson left Al Ettifaq, I know they're surely gonna find a world class player that's capable of replacing the England international in the team and I think they're on the right track with their efforts to bring Everton's Abdoulaye Doucouré to the Saudi club. Doucouré if signed, I think will bring so much quality and experience to the clubs midfield as he's proven over the year that he can survive in any league in the world with his impressive performances for his club Everton.

Everton had some issues earlier this season which led to their points deduction by the English Premier League authorities though it wasn't financial related,  I think Everton will not be able to resist Al Ettifaq's offer of they're too juicy. The deal isn't yet confirmed, but hopefully I think it's gonna be confirmed anytime soon.

Aymery Laporte is also complaining about this country/league, he said he is not feeling good and after the sign of the contract some kind of thigs were not fullifished.

I think is pretty common because its not easy to move abroad to a country with a total diferent culture and life, and more when you come from a top life in europe.

Saudi teams are quite good especially these on top but we shouldn't forget that some players are unsatisfied with the rhythm of the leagues and the integration of his family like Handerson who is planning to move to Eredivisie, others with his team like Benzema and so on.
Nevertheless, the achievements made so far are great for the league and the country.

Saudi teams are quite good especially these on top but we shouldn't forget that some players are unsatisfied with the rhythm of the leagues and the integration of his family like Handerson who is planning to move to Eredivisie, others with his team like Benzema and so on.
Nevertheless, the achievements made so far are great for the league and the country.

Saudi teams are quite good especially these on top but we shouldn't forget that some players are unsatisfied with the rhythm of the leagues and the integration of his family like Handerson who is planning to move to Eredivisie, others with his team like Benzema and so on.
Nevertheless, the achievements made so far are great for the league and the country.

It is very unfortunate that Al Hilal made a mistake that should have been thought through carefully before making the decision to recruit the well-known star player Neymar, whose condition has not yet fully recovered from his injury. And this was very detrimental to Al Hilal because Neymar, who was supposed to appear and support the Saudi pro player, had to be postponed for a while. But whether this is just an issue or a fact, we'll see.

Yes, I think it's unfair if a world-famous star is made a substitute or thrown away and replaced by another player, it sounds very strange and doesn't make sense. I agree with you that if Neymar has a new replacement player at Al Hilal, he should just terminate his contract or be fired properly, due to the injury that Neymar is currently experiencing. And Neymar can take advantage of this opportunity to really rest for a while to recover from his injury.

Saudi teams are quite good especially these on top but we shouldn't forget that some players are unsatisfied with the rhythm of the leagues and the integration of his family like Handerson who is planning to move to Eredivisie, others with his team like Benzema and so on.
Nevertheless, the achievements made so far are great for the league and the country.