Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 339. (Read 129153 times)

Karim Benzema is different from other beings, definitely a bad reputation  on the Frenchman rising career in Saudi Arabia League. Signing Karim Benzema wasn't a wrong decision made the SPL club, the right decision was triggered. Karim Benzema is the main key player in his team and him having issues with the club will only make him compromised his status in the team. Issues fast arising but it deals with the former Real Madrid star player. Karim Benzema have deal with some couple of problems in his new team, giving him some top challenges which he might not be able to survive.

His attitude was evident from the start, I believe he wasn't serious about this league, during his game you couldn't see any enthusiasm or desire to play at all in him. This was noticed by the players themselves as far as I know, according to the media. Apparently he realised that he was in a league that was filled with money and nothing more. I thought it had the potential to be a decent league, but since Benzema isn't the only one thinking of leaving, it's likely the league doesn't.

So far, Ettifaq's performance has disappointed fans. Let's see how they end this season. The current position in the standings is not much different from last season. just waiting to see how ettifaq will play until the end of the season. what is expected is improvement. but if that doesn't change, they should change the coach.
Of course, fans know Gerrard's history of coaching the team. and when he was brought to the club, it seemed like the fans didn't like him anymore.

I would like to blame ettifaq's boss if i can but since i can only watch it, then ettifaq has different analyzation regarding this. It was surprising for many people to see this garbage coach gets a new contract even his salary has increased a lot.
It is unfortunate that ettifaq chose not to reveal the primary reason for extending his contract, which reflects poorly on the club and disappoints the fans. The club's willingness to compete with some strong clubs should prompt them to replace Gerrard with a good coach.
I would never ever wanna see him again in ettifaq caused by gerrard was just bringing the club into another setback. I can't even describe my disappointment after i saw this.

I dont think we can blame the team for this Benzema behavior he never play at high level and he was every time injured so i dont think he can play that card, if he was playing at high level and after some time the team management makes some bad moves and he feels like that "is bad for me" ok, but he never has the level what he had supossed to be.

A real bad move from him and a bad image he drop in Saudi soil. 100% his fault until i know something diferent.

I would like to support him to leave from ittihad, he deserves better than ittihad. He can leave as a loan to the lyon, manchester united or even arsenal. This will be helping him a lot to get his instinct as a great striker again.
Stay in ittihad will never ever solve his problem with the management of club. Benzema shall leave from saudi pro league as soon as possible. It doesn't even matter whether he will be out as a loan or permanent transfer. As long as he will leave from al ittihad and that's good.

There are so many problems happened in the club and benze has been blamed became the main causes of these problem. He needs to get the fuck out from the club. benzema can get a better club rather than al ittihad. It will make the situation far better.
Benzema needs to get a good club to place caused by he was not feeling so damn good play for ittihad. The club was inconsistent and it has too many problems that has not yet sorted out.

This has become the main problem that needs to be solved as soon as possible.

Well maybe for some European players it is very difficult to adapt to the SPL. And what makes Benzema uncomfortable is perhaps people seeing that last season Al-ittihad won the title but why when Benzema arrived Al-ittihad experienced a decline. In fact, everything changed not because Al-ittihad was weakening, but perhaps because other teams were getting stronger. For example, Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr have improved their performance a lot compared to last season.

One of the former Liverpool players who joined Al-Ettifaq this season, namely Jordan Henderson, has also left Al-Ettifaq in the middle of this season. And prefer to join AJAX.

And it is not impossible that slowly there will be more European players leaving the SPL. But I'm sure there are still many who hope for Benzema to remain at Al-Ittihad. Because if Benzema leaves in the middle of the season then he will only receive more criticism.

Ronaldo seems to have become the most important part for Al Nassr by postponing the match. This is one of Al Nassr's efforts which really appreciates Ronaldo because he is really appreciated and this postponement effort is likely to be one way to maintain Ronaldo's physical condition to be ready to face Inter Miami and Al Nassr wants to prove to the public that this club can beat Inter Miami.
Even though it is just a friendly match, this is very important for Al Nassr's reputation.
It will be very interesting to look forward to this match but I am worried that Ronaldo will be absent from this match and I will be very disappointed if Ronaldo is absent from the match against InterMiami, not just me, even most Al Nassr fans will feel disappointed if Ronaldo is absent from this meeting of star players.
Really hope to see that clubs in the Saudi pro league will not be beaten by clubs from MLS.

The poor results obtained by Al Ettifaq did not deter the club from extending their coach Steven Gerrard's contract and it could be said that the contract is quite long because it is until June 2027, and also received a salary increase of 25%.
This was quite surprising because in the last eight matches Al Ettifaq did not win a single win and only got five points which made their position below Al Fateh and Damac FC.
It seems like the club still believes that Steven Gerrard will take this team to a better position than it is now, even though that might not happen especially since they were left behind by their player Jordan Henderson who returned to Europe and he at Al Ettifaq has contributed four assists.
Steven Gerrard has quite good experience in the Scottish league by bringing Rangers FC to become champions, maybe the club sees that he can bring this team to be better and next season they can become title contenders, because we see that a club can change for the better or vice versa in another season.
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Benzema's condition when he came to AL-ittihad was almost the same as Neymar's, in that neither of them was actually in a really fit condition. Benzema even often missed his final season at Real Madrid because he often suffered injuries. And this is similar to Neymar's condition at PSG before coming to Al-Hilal.

So it is not surprising that Benzema has not been able to perform optimally when he comes to Al-ittihad. But I personally hope Benzema can survive the pressure and he has to prove that he can get better.

Other news is that currently Benzema is also being targeted by Man United to borrow for half a season in the EPL. But I doubt Al-ittihad will allow it. But Benzema himself might be interested in this.

Well, many people say this will be the last dance but who knows how long the world will be able to move on from these two goats.

Today there was indeed a match that was canceled in China because Ronaldo was injured and this certainly disappointed his fans who had flocked to watch their idol. But Ronaldo certainly didn't want to take risks and he also apologized to everyone who had come.

The time of these two goats has ended in Europe but their influence is still extraordinary for football and I wonder who will win the friendly match at the beginning of February. Inter Miami is not only Messi because there are Jordi Alba, Sergio Bosquest and most recently Luis Suarez, making the atmosphere of the reunion of former Barcelona players even more lively.

Meanwhile, we know that Al-Nassr has Ronaldo, but he is not the only European player who strengthens this team, namely Sadio Mane, Marcelo Brozovic and Alex Telles. This match was very tense and even though it was only a friendly match, the prestige between the two goats could not be avoided. The match will take place at the Kingdom Arena (Riyadh) and of course many fans want to watch their idols compete in this match.

It would be a shame if Benzema had to leave Al Ittihad. The reason is, he hasn't played a single season, but he has decided he wants to leave Al Ittihad. But even so, if Benzema is no longer comfortable playing at Al Ittihad, it can't be helped, it would be better for Benzema to leave. Because even if forced, Benzema's performance will definitely not be optimal. And this will of course affect his career in the world of football which he has pioneered so far and will also have a negative impact on Al Ittihad. So choosing to leave Al Ittihad was indeed the right decision for Benzema.

Apart from that, perhaps the main reason Benzema feels uncomfortable playing at Al Ittihad may be because of the coach. Because as far as I know, Benzema reportedly doesn't get along with Al Ittihad's old coach, and now it's reported that Benzema also doesn't get along with Al Ittihad's new coach. I don't know the reason, but it seems like Benzema doesn't fit in at Al Ittihad. Even though at Al Ittihad he had teammates who both came from his country (Francis), namely Kante. Apart from that, he is also a Muslim who certainly feels at home living in Saudi Arabia, where the majority of the population is Muslim. So clearly it was the coach who made him uncomfortable at Al Ittihad. Because if you look at other factors, I think Benzema is fine at Al Ittihad.

However, currently Benzema still seems to have many fans. The reason is that Arsenal, Chelsea, MU and Lyon are all targeting Benzema. So Benzema is still very lucky because there are still many teams who are still interested in bringing him.

Karim Benzema's adventure in the Saudi Professional League did not go smoothly because he felt pressured by the club and demanded that he be a mainstay for a club like Ittihad, as well as Ittihad who thought that adding Karim Benzema could further strengthen Ittihad's performance. But it turned out that with Benzema's presence, Al Ittihad actually experienced a decline in performance and this was not entirely Benzema's fault, but it could be a lack of good adaptation between coach and players and Benzema also felt uncomfortable at the club.

It is true that every country definitely has differences and when players decide to move to Saudi Arabia they have to think carefully and learn first about the country they are going to and not be immediately tempted by a big salary so as not to make a decision that ends in regret as happened on Karim Benzema.

Things are not rosy for Benzema with his adventure in Saudi Professional League and Al Ittihad. They won the league title last season and bought Benzema to defend the title but now they are in middle of table, that is a very disappointed result for them. With an ambitious player like Benzema who won 5 Champions League and even one Ballon d'Or three seasons ago, it looks unacceptable.

This disappointment combines with other reasons like unable to adapt to a new nation with many differences than European nations, are enough to cause reconsideration of many European players. Rumor is not only Benzema, but also some players are seriously thinking of leaving Saudi Professional League.

Ronaldo is more than just a player for Al Nassr and it seems other than attracting players like Casemiro for their team they even make delay on the friendly games because of Ronaldo. Al Nassr was about to have a friendly match with Iner Miami in this match we could see Ronaldo and Messi in the game but since Ronaldo was injured, Al Nassr delayed the friendly game to have Ronaldo.



Benzema playing in the Saudi League and for Al Ittihad was not a good experience for this French player and Al Ittihad and it seems Benzema wants to leave Al Ittihad soon. However, during the time when Benzema joined Al Ittihad, he was mostly injured and not in the good form but he is now about to leave because he said he is under pressure in this country and he can't handle this pressure that's why he asked the Al Ittihad to let him leave.
 

They played together at Real Madrid from 2015 to 2018. Then they played together for a short time at Manchester United. According to media reports, Cristinao Ronaldo would like to see Casemiro at Al-Nassr. Considering Ronaldo's influence on Al-Nassr and his friendship with Casemiro, it is not hard to imagine that Al-Nassr football club would be open to this transfer. Also, according to media reports, Manchester United are very likely to be in favor of such a transfer. In conclusion, if Casemiro wants it, this transfer will happen.

Just because he can take the blame when they lose and try to keep the morale happy, doesn't mean that he is a good tactician, dude has been manager before and I can tell you that all his talent comes from making his player happy and play at 100%, so when you give him a good squad he does well, because he makes the good squad play with their 5100, but he is not the type of guy who could make the team better with his tactics.

He is basically 100% exact opposite of Bielsa, bilsa wouldn't care about his players, and he would micro manage every single game and would make changes to his system, he would really make the defenders work so hard that he was famous for having record breaking number of injured players as well.

Of course, many clubs want the services of a player like Casemiro. I also read several news which stated that Juventus and AC Milan really wanted his services, but if you look at current developments, Al Nassr is getting closer to being able to get Casemiro because of course this is also because of Ronaldo at Al Nassr. If successful, it will be good for the Al Nassr squad in competing for the SPL title.

I want to correct those of you who say that his contribution at Man United is not very visible, which I think is wrong, he is a player who has a lot of passion and hard work in helping the defense and also in helping the attack, it's just that Erik Tan Hag can't take advantage of a player like Casemiro .

Casemiro's decision to join Man United from the start was the wrong decision because every player who joined Man United would definitely become a scapegoat for Man United's defeat after defeat. It's clear everyone, players who have a work ethic, a passion for development are the scapegoats, first Cristiano Ronaldo, then De Gea, now Casemiro. This coach has no quality and instead has a hobby of looking for problems with his own players.

Starting from the problems at Manchester United, it is certainly enough to make Casemiro not very comfortable and we often see that the Red Devils coach is not quite right in making decisions. The team didn't seem to have a winning mentality and Casemiro, who came from Real Madrid, brought it all. So here, when it comes to a player's thinking, it is clear that Casemiro has misplaced himself.

Casemiro must realize that at Real Madrid he only has a winning mentality and if he applies it to Manchester United the results will not be commensurate. Now he is getting older and he has to think about it all the time and if an official offer comes to him from Al-Nassr, I don't think he needs to consider it any longer because like Cristiano Ronaldo, both of them have won all the big competitions in Europe.

We know that Man United will most likely end the season without any titles, perhaps only with a chance of winning the FA Cup. The reason they want to release Casemiro is closely related to the club income, they have to balance expenses, one way is to release high-paid players like Casemiro. United have been eliminated from the UCL, and in the EPL their chances of finishing in the top four of the standings are very low, a background that requires United management to take a stand. If United have hopes of appearing again in the UCL next season, they will almost certainly not let Casemiro go, because their finances will definitely be stable.

Regarding rumors of Casemiro move to Al Nassr, I don't think there will be any obstacles if the player is willing to move, because Al Nassr will probably build a squad that matches Ronaldo hopes. However, several other European clubs are also interested in signing him, but I personally believe that Casemiro will choose Al Nassr, not only because of Ronaldo, the main reason remains the salary he will receive, which is no less than what he got at United.