They’ve gotten new fans now watching them play and the publicity is likely to get even better as they continue to make new and better improvements. It would probably be a long time before they could equal the EPL but they’ll likely get there some day.
After the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo now we have very long list of quality players those are here for their game and money, but now they need to develop academies and also having few other changes as well which help them for having better results in long run.
I think you are actually underestimating the money that people in Saudi have. They are not the average people of America who does not have much money to spend and somehow lives their life and even if the people in America does start making good money, they marry a girl which ends up, divorcing them, and taking half of that asset they own.
In Saudi does not have the degeneracies that the West has. Society actually functions in Saudi. The average income of Saudi people is way higher. And remember there are not any organizations that has to disclose their earning to anyone. They are privately owned companies. So even without the help of the government, they can do things that people cannot even fathom. I think if the investment of money is great, which it is right now in the Saudi pro league, they will definitely be a very competitive league. But I do agree that it is going to take time.