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Well things like this they should also pay attention to, of course recruiting top European players is a part of business, and that's not wrong. I am a person who believes that football and business cannot be separated from each other, they must be able to go hand in hand, because one of the factors that will make the club develop and progress is because they have money.
But when they forget one of those two things then something bad will happen to them, like what happened in the SPL. We can't equate the SPL and EPL for example, because the EPL has become one of the parameters of world football. So they have to nurture the young players they have so that they can compete so as not to kill their young generation.

Al Nassr only needs to recruit defenders to keep Al Nassr's defense stronger on the front line. Al Nassr is already good. The only drawback is in the back line.
If Al Nassr recruits defenders from Europe, I think that is a good thing and Al Nassr management must immediately take quick action. In my opinion, if Al Nassr's back line is strong, I'm sure Al Nassr will have almost the same strength as Al Hilal and Al Nassr can fight this season to win the title even though the point difference is quite large with Al Hilal. At least Al Nassr remains consistent in winning in various the match until Al Hilal slipped to and get closer to Al Hilal.
So far, Al Hilal has not experienced a defeat, but I am sure that as time goes by, Al Hilal will definitely experience its first defeat. I think it is impossible for a club to win consistently because there are still many matches in the SPL this season.

The positive thing is that Luis Castro has realized Al-Nassr's weaknesses. And I hope they also act quickly in this regard in the January transfer market. Because I hope Al-Nassr will become a solid squad in the second half of this season. And I don't think it's certain that next season Al-Nassr will be as good as this season in building attacks. Because next season Cristiano Ronaldo will also get older. And a true age can never be lied to. Even though Cristiano Ronaldo always tries to maintain his body fitness, it will still be difficult to maintain his stamina at the age of 39 to 40 next season. And now we also realize that every time Cristiano Ronaldo is absent, Al-Nassr sometimes loses motivation to win and often the match results end with less than optimal results. Talisca and Mane can be expected in the long term but still somehow at the moment the Al-Nassr squad always seems to be more enthusiastic when Cristiano Ronaldo is also on the pitch.

Without a doubt, Ronaldo has had an amazing effect on Al-Nassr! Not only does he score goals, but hes also a sports legend, as you said. Its amazing how often he can find the back of the net. Really, 49 goals already? Thats really crazy! Putting himself in the right place and scoring goals is second nature to him. Also, dont forget that he's doing this at a time when most of his friends have given up.

What if he scored 60 or even 70 goals by the end of the season? That blows my mind. But if you know Ronaldo, its more than likely to happen. To him, being a "veteran" player means something new. And getting past Al-Nassr's record of 100 goals? I'd bet on him. He's not only getting goals; he's also making examples that people will want to follow.

The problem that makes Al Nassr has experienced three defeats this season and two of them occurred at the start of the season and one when facing Al Hilal, and this makes it seem difficult for them to catch up with Al Hilal who are already ahead with 7 points, and if Al Nassr brings in a defender in the middle this season I think it won't be able to make them overtake Al Hilal because they need their competitors to experience several defeats which doesn't seem like it will happen soon or even until the end of the season because Al Hilal is a very complete team this season so any team would have difficulty beating them, what is possible is to try to take one point when facing Al Hilal.

When it comes to signings, especially impressive and high biddings, I give it to SPL clubs because they have the money and will consider using for in the markets, they have targets to meet up, planning to upgrade the system, one of the reasons they're not relenting insteady keep striving harder in auctions evolved. We're going to witnessed another signing spree from Saudi Arabia clubs in upcoming January transfer window. They're 100% focused on European players and this will give more chances for SPL clubs to become very active and create a path for European players.

Of course, we are all also surprised and amazed by Ronaldo performance which is increasing quite significantly day by day. Most players as they get older will experience decline in performance and quality of play, but none of that applies to Ronaldo, he has actually performed better and created more goals for Al Nassr so far Ronaldo is also considered star in the SPL and he is also the only player who is old enough to be the best striker in the SPL.
Yes, for Talisca, he is also the best player that Al Nassr has besides Ronaldo and of course he has very important role because he is midfielder who helps the front line in attack and the back line in defense.
Talisca previously played in Europe, then went to Asia for team from Turkey and then after that played for Chinese team for several seasons and most recently remained with Al Nassr until now.
When the two players Ronaldo and Talisca work together to carry out attacks, they become threat and are very dangerous for their opponents.
That is why these two players are said to be two important components for Al Nassr victory.

Honestly, I hope Al-Nassr doesn't wait until Mario Hermoso's contract ends next summer. Although it seems like there has been an agreement between them. But waiting until the summer transfer market will only make Al-Nassr's current defense worse. I think all Al-Nassr fans will also hope that Al-Nassr will bring in a top European defender in the current winter transfer market. Unless Al-Nassr is not aiming to win this season. Weaknesses in the defense sector really need to be addressed immediately this season and not wait for next season. But maybe only Mario Hermoso will be brought in in the summer transfer market. And it could be that in the winter transfer market now Al-Nassr will bring in others first. I hope so.

Well now things are pretty good for CR7, I think he is in the best moment of his life, so when we don't look at who we are watching an Al Nassr game, the one we always focus on is him, of course this is What they can mostly focus on, in another order of ideas things can also go in favor of showing more of Mane, because he is a very controversial Player , in part I like this league more than the MLS itself because if we make a direct comparison, The Saudi League has a higher level than the MLS itself and the whole world is watching the MLS more because it was with Messi, and recently Messi himself said that he went to a very low level league, so he has not achieved anything, On the other hand, CR7 yes, many say that Messi has already achieved a World Cup, but to someone who is given everything, it is much easier, it is a Fact that even the Ballon d'Or itself has been given away by FIFA in an impressive way with impudence and all, that is something that disappoints, the Ballon d'Or was for Haaland this year , but it is only FIFA's designs that leave us all baffled.

When you have a lot of help from such a large organization it is difficult to Compete against that, I have FIFA, referees, it is something that we See with great imprecision, and it is angry that things now look so corrupt, and I consider that it still continues. There being a lot of corruption, now in the Saudi League, they should heed the request they make to establish a UCL with them, I don't Understand what the fear is that Europa has with the other leagues, but only they understand each other, For these things, we can Intuit that there will always be illegal things, the case of the Saudi League seems interesting to me, it is a shame that Al Hilal is not Counting on Neymar due to his Serious injury , but it is something they have there, no I know if they Already got out of it, but it's a shame.

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Al Nassr good plan, if it really is true, will be to prioritize defenders from europe because as I said a few days ago, Al Hilal and Al Nassr actually have equal performance from each line, but it is very different because Al Nassr defense is a little weak compared to Al Hilal and if this is true there will be a massive recruitment of Al Nassr defenders it might be good news for the fans and the plan to get Mario Hermoso is a good choice even though he is only a defender but he has the talent to help score goals and I will full support if this can become a reality.

This means, they already know their weaknesses, and they are currently waiting until the transfer window opens to recruit top defenders from Eurupa. That's good, I hope Al Nassr plan can be implemented as it should. Yes, previously I heard too. There were rumors about Al Nassr, which are want to recruit Mario Hermoso, the Atletico Madrid defender. But I heard they want to recruit him without transfer fees, because Mario Hermoso contract will end in June 2024.

The popularity of Al-Nassr have increased with the participation of Ronaldo, so is the expectation from the team. Al-Hilal is potential team and winning against them isn't an easy thing. Al-Hilal hadn't lost a match in the series whereas Al-Nassr have lost three matches. It is really hard to make a comeback as Al-Hilal at no cost will degrade it's performance. Upcoming match days gonna be interesting as Al-Nassr to face Al-Ettifaq against whom they lost in the opening match of the series.

Saudi Pro League competition is here, you're making bold steps to watch this season matches here, it's tough match. Al Hilal have served a tremendous heartbreak to the Knights of Najd when they presently face them.  A whole lot of things yet to be say unsaid because everyone tend to be attending golden opportunities of grab three points and aiming for more good heights in matches. Al Nassr losing to Al Hilal really weaken their spirit coming steaming this season, they don't have any excuses to give this other than acknowledge their mistakes and think of bouncing back to winning important matches.

If Al Nassr won against Al Hilal in the previous match (matchday 15), they actually will have a better competition for the SPL trophy. Unfortunately, they got a big defeat, the missed the chance to shorten the point gap. So, it becomes more difficult for Al Nassr to compete for the title. However, I think AL Nassr still has the chance to be the champion if they can keep winning until the end of the competition. They must avoid to get a draw or more losses, the chance becomes smaller if AL Nassr experience bad results again.

Al Hilal is unbetable, they also look stronger. It is difficult to expect that they will miss points in the near future. They still has a high motivation to win, in this matter they will have bigger chance to keep winning in the next few matches.

I don't think it has to do with the interest in winning the title. I am sure that it is not a lack of interest, but maybe wrong and too high expectations from someone like Ronaldo. The bosses thought that they bring in Ronaldo and everything else works automatically in their favor,  but at the end of the day he is just one player on the pitch who sometimes can make the difference, and sometimes not.

Whether Ronaldo himself still feels maximum motivation to win that title in the Saudi league, I don't really know. I assume he doesn't care that much. He wants to be the best striker like always, make a few hundred million dollars and then leave as a billionaire.

Experience is the key to consistent performance for Cristiano Ronaldo and even though the Saudi league seems easy for him, other European players will still offer similar competition to him. Here it may be true that he will clearly get the individual title, but for the team title in winning the Saudi league there will be a bit of a problem because there are teams that are stronger than them and that is why Al-Hilal is A-Nassr's toughest competitor in winning this title. But indeed, if Cristiano Ronaldo continues to score goals, Al-Nassr's defense must be improved again so that a certain victory does not result in further conceding.

Considering the kind of players the top clubs in Saudi Arabia receive, all previous records will soon be broken. This is fine. By the way, if I'm not mistaken, Ronaldo is now the leader in the goalscoring race with 16 goals, and in my opinion this is a rather modest figure. If we assume that the performance in Saudi Arabia should be at the level of La Liga (I think the difference between the top teams and the bottom of the standings is something like this) then the numbers for the season should be 30+ and sometimes above 40. I think in the coming years new strikers will raise this the bar to such values.

So far, Al Hilal can prove us that they are the best team in Saudi League this season. They can beat Al Nassr with 3 goals, without conceded a single goal. And they are also still unbeatable until now, they only got 2 draws. These are enough to prove that Al Hilal is the strongest team, no team in SPL can beat them.

Sure, Al Hilal deserves to win SPL trophy, they have a good squad. Al Hilal even has a super star (Neymar), sadly he got injury and must take a rest for a long time. But Al Hilal has enough quality players to win all the matches in Saudi League this season. What makes them stronger is they can play solidly, they don't rely on their top players only.

Indeed, with the current point gap, Al Hilal is superior to win the trophy. It will be difficult for any team to overtake them, specifically if they will keep the record of "unbeatable".

Al Hilal vs Al Taawoun.


Tomorrow, these two teams will meet in the King's Cup competition. The match will be held at King Fahd Stadium, Al Hilal's home ground. This match looks like it will be an exciting match. because the match will last only one leg. and this match is the Quarterfinals. which means, Al Taawoun will not just give up even though their opponent is a strong team plus the top of the standings in the Saudi Pro League. Likewise with Al Hilal, even though they are on fire, they cannot underestimate the opposing team.

Referring to Al Hilal's predicted line-up, Jorge Jesus seems to be playing his full core of players to win the match. However, it looks like Michael will not be used as a starter in this match. However, Al Hilal should still be able to win this match. because referring to the odds provided by the bookies, there is a quite significant gap. Al Hilal with odds @1.30, while Al Taawoun with @7.80. However, there is something a little strange if I refer to the predictions I got. I'm not sure if Al Hilal will use a 4-5-1 pattern, while the opposing team will use a 4-2-3-1 pattern.
but, if this prediction is correct and close to accurate. at least it can be my reference for the Saudi Pro League.
By the way, I'm sure Al Hilal will be able to defeat the opposing team in tomorrow's match in the King's Cup.

The Saudi Arabia football authority is taking one developmental step at a time in their quest to make football in the country to become one of the best in the world and their recent moves has already paid off as football fans all over the world is now attracted to the league football in the country because of the football superstars that's been signed to the Saudi Pro League.
They want to develop the country's national team as well so the  they can be competitive enough to to face any team when the host the 2030 FIFA World Cup but that's actually a long term project but the country's government is very open in bringing more people that edition of the world cup to become one of the best ever.