Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 271. (Read 128629 times)

You can’t deny the impact of European players on the SPL and that’s why I love the way the do their business by getting those European players at a good price that way they’re boosting the leagues views and in turn helping to build up their local players. That way they’re making their local players transfer fee go up in future. This os what business is all about spending now and making the profits later. I think most European football clubs don’t have this idea yet and as still they see no need in investing in their teams.

 Very soon we’ll have the SPL being able to contest against some European teams and probably defeat them too. Rakitic presence in the SPL brought the league back to the media especially after that goal. That’s the effect of getting European signings to the league though we know the major signing that brought them to the media was Ronaldo signing som years ago but still that doesn’t write off the fact that European signings are great signings. Rakitic club will be facing league leaders this weeken and this is one match to watch.

 Yes especially as Al-Hilal haven’t lost any single game this season in the league, they’ll be able also defeat Rakitic and his side again this weekend. I’m very confident of Al-Hilal defeating them with over 2-3 goals this season. The opposition team might got Rikitic as their star player to help them challenge Al-Hilal but I doubt if Rakitic alone would be enough to help challenge Al-Hilal with a more better squad than Al-Shabab.

At least as a recruit, Ronaldo was not the main reason Al-Nassr won the title because he was also very productive as a striker and was also the temporary top scorer in the Saudi League. Again, the main problem is in their defense line which is felt to be less capable of blocking every attack from their opponents. I have also said that Al-Nassr needs a good and more experienced goalkeeper and if necessary they should bring him in next summer.

If Al-Nassr is unable to recruit a good goalkeeper, that would be a lie because they have an even squad depth from midfield to attack. Maybe adding a center back would also be good as a new partnership with Laporte. So I think that's all Al-Nassr needs to add and hope that someone will join Al-Nassr.

European football will continue to produce new stars. the era of Messi and Ronaldo is over, we have to realize that. Even though they are still playing now, they still won't be at their top performance at a young age.
but I see a silver lining in the departure of these two players from Europe. it makes a wider view of football fans towards leagues other than in Europe. we must also consider what a tremendous impact Ronaldo's arrival will have on the Saudi league. It has become an attraction for other top European players to come to Saudi.

Ronaldo and Benzema are world-class. Big stars, big talent, no doubt. But honestly, the league? Not the same level or top tier. It lacks Premier League or La Liga's ruthless competitiveness and underdog story. Like those cash-rich Saudi teams, they all play for the same owner. Winning is winning, but of a different kind. I dont want less excitement and surprise.

And the Benzema problem... makes you think. Despite the best contracts and lifestyle, something is missing. That thrill of representing your country, hometown, and finest fans. Real deal, heart is there. Never has the wage been all that matters for greats. This reminds us that we all need to belong. Players, fans, everyone. Money cant purchase that.

In my opinion, European football is still interesting even though there are no presence of these two superstar players, it's just that we feel lonely because these two players are no longer in the European league and many of their fans have moved to other leagues where these star players are, however This does not mean that European football has been neglected because European football is still standing strong until now we have to let go of these superstar players and now is the time to start replacing them with other younger players even though their performance is still far from Ronaldo and Messi.

Yes, it is possible that the popularity of the SPL could decline again, but I am sure that as long as there is Cristiano Ronaldo in the SPL, the name of the SPL will continue to fly because what I know is that the SPL has become as famous as it is now because there is a top player who joined the SPL, namely Cristiano Ronaldo. because when Ronaldo was still playing at Juventus and Manchester United, very few people watched the SPL.

Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo's decision to join the SPL is certainly a good decision because he is no longer as young as before, but in this case Cristiano Ronaldo is smart and very great, making more and more people like him because he is now in the SPL. the name Cristiano Ronaldo is still the most famous.

Personally, in my opinion, Cristiano Ronaldo, for example, even though he is still playing at a European club, I think he can definitely compete with other young players because what I know is that even though Cristiano Ronaldo's performance is not like when he was young, I am sure that Cristiano Ronaldo is able to compete with other young players and the proof is in the SPL too. he scored a lot of goals.

but in my opinion the SPL also needs to add more top players so that the SPL can progress further. but when the SPL hype dies down and there are not many top European player recruits, you want to continue watching SPL matches, of course that is a good thing.

Al Nassr's performance this season was beyond our expectations because at first we all here thought that Al Nassr would be able to dominate the league this season, but unfortunately what we predicted so far was beyond our expectations, which was precisely Al Hillal surprised us all, with only a few star players but instead Al Hillal was able to reach the top position of the SPL standings by leaving Al Nassr far enough and even surprising again if they had not obtained Defeat so far in the league.

In terms of team performance, of course, Al Nassr fans should be disappointed, but seeing their star can reach the top score, of course, there is pride for Al Nassr fans today, Al Nassr's performance this season is indeed quite bad, but in contrast to Ronaldo, who is actually able to continue to perform consistently in every game, I think Al Nassr's failure this season cannot be blamed on Ronaldo,  because after all, Ronaldo has tried his best to bring Al Nassr to become champions this season.

Like when we want to buy an item online that we see as very interesting and good but in reality the item does not match what we expected. and if it is related to the influence of Neymar and Ronaldo in the Saudi Arabian League this season, initially these two players had a good and profitable influence in this event, but at the end of the match for some reason in my opinion, these two players were not optimal in supporting the progress of the Saudi League event this season. Cristiano Ronaldo's performance was said to be less than good in supporting the Al Nassr team, as was Neymar. yes, but who knows in the future the Saudi League will still exist or not after knowing who the winner is.

Maybe SPL's popularity could decline again. If not, there will be a lot of comeback performances at the SPL from top European players there. I think Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr have been most successful in getting the top European players they have to produce maximum results and play optimally and get a lot of attention. Meanwhile, other top European players at other clubs receive less attention. The SPL hype may die down. But still, I personally will still watch the SPL even though there won't be many top European player recruits in the next season.

SPL just has to continue to get players who have a passion for playing like C.Ronaldo. Because I saw C.Ronaldo, he came to the SPL not only because of the money but he was also serious about his ambitions by remaining extraordinary on the field. He realized that at European clubs he had difficulty competing with young players. That's why he went to the SPL and continued to play optimally and became even more popular.

Yes, Rakitic's presence in the SPL has certainly brought the SPL's name back into the public spotlight and yes, Rakitic deserves to be looked at by Al-Shabab because he is a midfielder who has good strength and Rakitic from Sevilla who is now pursuing a career in the SPL, is sure to be warmly welcomed by many by SPL fans. and yes I remember when playing against Damac Rakitic scored a goal and at that time he became a hero for Al-shabab and at that time the score was 0-1 for Al-shabab's victory.

However, Rakitic's presence certainly made the name SPL become popular with many people, but of course what made the SPL more famous was because of Ronaldo's presence at the SPL because I'm sure before Ronaldo went to the SPL, few people watched SPL matches, so in my opinion, Ronaldo is the person who contributed to making the SPL become more popular.

Yes, in the match between Al-Shabab and Al-Hilal, it seems that many people predicted that Al-Hilal would win the match and indeed up to now Al-Hilal have never lost in the SPL and up to now Al-Nassr far, they have not been able to beat Al-Hilal. And it seems that even although Rakitic was at Al-Shabab, he certainly wouldn't be able to beat Jorge Jesus' team and in that match I think I would bet on Al-Hilal winning.

I feel like the lack of improvement and lack of desire to play there is the main cause. They had two main draws, Benzema and Neymar, basically not playing at all, or very few, which they saw as a big threat to their idea. I mean sure Ronaldo was great for them, and if they can find someone like that again that would be lovely, but they also realized a lot of the players do not want to actually play there, they just want the money so they are looking for a way out as much as they could.

This is why I think it is quite clear that we are going to end up seeing them not do all that well, it is just not that clear how well they could do. I hope that things get better for them but if people just want to run away, they should stop.

True and this is what im thinking about. People are watching the league caused by their favorites player was playing there. It will be very different if ronaldo will retire from saudi pro league. Im sure that if this is also affecting the attendances in the match. it will make the online streamers will be very less that what has been targeting by saudi pro laegue.
Im sure that many people are watching the highlight from the game. As you said that if it's not all people are not having very big interest in regularly watch this league too. The big investment by saudi pro league clubs have turned zonk as its result.

All of these star players are playing in the team that under the same company. It makes the hype gets less. A lot of players are really missing to play in the european competition. Once they did exodus to go back again to the european competition and this probably a signal for the end of saudi pro league.
Saudi needs to think something creative caused by SPL is not also in european continent. Even the demand for SPL by its residents is also very less from what i have expected. Mostly of residents didn't like to watch football.

It can be seen from how low the attendances for any matches in saudi pro league.

Indeed, the aim of the Saudi Pro League is to recruit European star players so that the Saudi league doesn't look boring, but if we see the star players in it, it will attract a lot of football fans' interest in watching the league, but this doesn't last long because these star players will soon entering retirement because he is getting old, if the Saudi League has not reached its target before the star players retire the Saudi League will return to being an ordinary league which is not very interesting because the European star players are no longer there. I hope the Saudi Pro League can take advantage of their hard efforts in recruiting European star players because if they continue to experience losses and have not covered their capital in recruiting star players it could cause the club to experience financial problems.

And I saw this happen to Al Hilal and also Al Ittihad, Al Hilal recruited Neymar from PSG at a fairly expensive price but he has not made any contribution to Al Hilal because he suffered a serious injury that made him absent for a whole season which means Al Hilal has not made a profit thanks to the purchase of Neymar, nor has Al Ittihad, last season they were able to win the Saudi Pro League title before having Karim Benzeme, but this season after recruiting the Real Madrid star player, Al Ittihad actually experienced a decline. Which means that the two clubs have not met their expectations hope to recruit these star players.

4 teams and same owner. Nothing difference here. If we are comparing this to the top leagues in european continent and saudi is still far from there. You will be only seeing those 4 clubs that potentially to win the trophy caused by these clubs are the only teams that got major funding from the owner.
The better if we will able to have some good investors to come in the future to funding another clubs than those 4 clubs which directly under PIF. It will be more interesting if there will be non PIF club will able to compete with PIF clubs.
This is pretty much the same as a farmer league since these clubs owned by the same owner. It doesn't matter which club that is winning the competition but the result is still remain the same.

Al nassr win = PIF win
Hilal win = PIF win
Ittihad win = PIF win

There's nothing different than called this as a PIF league, right? In european competition and we are rarely seeing some clubs with same owner in the same league. The regulation of saudi pro league needs to be strengthened.
The competition obviously tells me to watch PIF owning its own league. The only entertaining thing when i was seeing some players with big names like ronaldo play the game. Nothing more than it.
The easiest thing to bet on any clubs which have owned by PIF. The WR is very high and it's always giving us ez money.

Ronaldo does have great attraction in the world of football. Wherever he is he is always followed by his fans. So, if you look deeper, the reason the Saudi Arabian League is as famous as it is today is because of Ronaldo's arrival at Al Nasr. So it is natural that many people follow football in the Saudi Arabian League, but only watch clubs that have star players like Ronaldo. Apart from that, I, like you, have never watched all the matches in the Saudi Arabian League. That doesn't mean it's not interesting, but the point is that I don't have much time to watch all the club matches in Saudi Arabia. Never mind matches at Saudi Arabian clubs, even in the Premier League I rarely watch all the matches being played. Because as I said above, I don't have much time to watch all these matches.

Apart from that, talking about Benzema, it is natural that he currently misses playing for the French national team. Because it was in that country that Benzema started his career in the world of football. So it's natural that Benzema really misses playing for his country or a club in that country.
The reason is, even at the 2022 World Cup which will be held in Qatar, Benzema was not included Francis' national team because of his injury. So it is natural that currently Benzema really misses playing football in his hometown. Apart from that, Benzema's career also doesn't seem to be going smoothly at Al Ittihad. So this will definitely make Benzema even more uncomfortable at Al Ittihad. However, he is a very professional footballer so he will definitely play at Al Ittihad as long as his contract is still valid.

They have brought many star players from Europe to Saudi Professional League but to make their domestic league more exciting, they must have a more competitive league. I agree with you that if their league is dominated by one or two clubs, it is no longer a competitive league and will become very boring for fans, in Saudi Arabia and European nations and even globally.

This season Al Hilal simply dominate the league entirely and even Al Nassr can not stop Al Hilal. We can see how boring the league is even it still has many match days till the ending. Clubs in Saudi Arabia must improve their strength to compete against Al Hilal next season but maybe it will include responsibility and strategy of Saudi Arabia government and PIF.

We have too many things which are needed to be checked about this all specially we have soccer culture completely on different level in Asia from the Europe and things are too much competitive and standard of the game is also completely different which are the main factors here in Asia we have things which needs long time for having results like we have in UEFA or in South America even now African soccer is much ahead of the Asia which is never been easy to have things on good level.

As we have Saudi League and their huge investments suddenly we started we will have new era and many hopes for the good level but suddenly now we have big announcement which are surely going to be fact about this all now we will have to wait for the more updates which will came in coming days and with this all can things take any change, or now we are heading for the another failure like we have in China few years back all will be clear in next few months.

Be it Ronaldo or Messi, both of them are entering old age and we will only see their games for maybe a few seasons before they retire. This season Ronaldo performed brilliantly with Al Nassr and indeed he failed to bring Al Nassr to become champions this season but Ronaldo performed quite well this season by scoring lots of goals and breaking records.

Currently, Ronaldo is at the top as the top scorer this season and we see that there are still many matches left where Ronaldo can add to his goal tally. Even though he was a little disappointed because he failed to bring Al Nassr to become champions, he was able to show his class that he is a striker who is hungry for goals even though he is old.

The era of Ronaldo rivalry with Messi has indeed ended, in fact both players have entered the end of their professional careers, perhaps in the next two or three seasons both players will retire. It's true, all football fans hope that a new rivalry will form, it seems like Mbappe and Halaand can only compete if the two player compete in the same league.

One of the purposes that those superstars come to Saudi League is to attract people attention like you. You are only one of thousands people who watch Saudi League because of Ronaldo, Benzema, Neymar, Mitrovic, or other star players. When you are watching Saudi League, you must also follow the news related to the players. Finally, you are also interested to watch the matches because you are curious about the performance of the players.

Why? I think SPL becomes more interesting because it is not dominated by 1 or 2 teams only. At least, there 4 top teams that compete very well and the champion is quite unpredictable. In the last season, we know Al Ittihad is the champion but Al Ittihad is only in 4th place now. This season is for Al Hilal, they are leading with large points. And it is interesting because Al Nassr failed again to win the SPL title.



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