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August 18, 2023, 08:30:20 AM
Al-Nassr vs Al-Taawon

Al Nassr has gets dissapoint result last week against Al Ettifaq and now they want to return to winning ways and attempts to beat Al Taawon today and it is confirmed Ronaldo will be available today and he has good condition to starting this match besides that all of Al Nassr key players such as Alex Telles, Fofana, Al Khaibari, Brozović, and Talisca will be played today too but probably Sadio Mane will starting the match from the bench

Al Nasser's last match against Al Ittifaq was lost 2-1 with Ronaldo absent despite having Sadio Mane in the squad and a goal from him narrowing the gap but the match was lost despite a good performance. But the match between Al Nasser and Al Taawoun will be played tomorrow although statistically Al Nasser won four matches and Al Taawoun won one match in the last five matches. One thing must say if Cristiano Ronaldo is included in the squad for tomorrow's match then I am 100% sure that Al Nasser will win tomorrow's match.
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August 18, 2023, 08:17:32 AM
Suauly whenever a player joins the Saudi teams they will join this league just for more money they can get in this league and now Yassine Bounou is the other player he joined Al Hilal, Yassine Bounou was playing for Sevilla and he got the Europe League title with his team. Also since he was the first goalkeeper in Sevilla there was not any reason for him to leave Europe anytime soon but Yassine Bounou left Sevilla for Al Hilal and in the said he joined Al Hilal to experience a new challenge with this team but we all know the main reason is money.  


Al Hilal after bringing in Neymar, Al-Hilal only spent 21 million euros to bring in new goalkeeper Yassine Bounou from Seville. And the 32-year-old goalkeeper earns up to 12 million euros a year from Al-Hilal and that is an absolutely fantastic salary and obviously it is because of the money.
I think the reason for wanting a new challenge is just an excuse, and all the top players in the Europa League move to the Arab League because of money. And if the reason is just wanting new experiences or challenges, what can they get there because football players who want new challenges or experiences are only in the Eropa League-League.
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August 18, 2023, 07:51:39 AM
Suauly whenever a player joins the Saudi teams they will join this league just for more money they can get in this league and now Yassine Bounou is the other player he joined Al Hilal, Yassine Bounou was playing for Sevilla and he got the Europe League title with his team. Also since he was the first goalkeeper in Sevilla there was not any reason for him to leave Europe anytime soon but Yassine Bounou left Sevilla for Al Hilal and in the said he joined Al Hilal to experience a new challenge with this team but we all know the main reason is money.  

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August 18, 2023, 07:38:57 AM
So true. Because after all the legendary European players like CR7, Benzema and Neymar they must have realized that age cannot lie to them.
Not all players can fight against ageing forever. They can have very long career like Paolo Maldini, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Gigi Buffon, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema but they will all have to stop if they don't want to play at lower level leagues like Kazu Miura. The Japanese player played till his 50s but surely he was not able to play at highest levels or as same as he was younger decades ago.

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And competition in Europe is clearly tougher and more difficult because young stars continue to appear in the world of football. Like for example Haaland, Mbappe, Osimhen and many more. So these legendary players will certainly choose to play in a league that still really needs them and still values ​​them. So it's not just about money. But there are many other reasons
Big leagues in Europe are dream and favorite destinations of young players globally because they can learn more and improve themselves there. Players who have ages from 25 will consider to join Saudi Professional League if they see they will not be able to grow up more in Europe. Players who have ages from 30s to 35s will surely consider the league as their favorite destinations when their careers won't last too long and they know that they will receive very good salary in Saudi Arabia.
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August 18, 2023, 07:33:43 AM
Al-Nassr vs Al-Taawon

Al Nassr has gets dissapoint result last week against Al Ettifaq and now they want to return to winning ways and attempts to beat Al Taawon today and it is confirmed Ronaldo will be available today and he has good condition to starting this match besides that all of Al Nassr key players such as Alex Telles, Fofana, Al Khaibari, Brozović, and Talisca will be played today too but probably Sadio Mane will starting the match from the bench

Odds for Al Nassr was only @1.30 and this is not the best odds which we got but considering Al Nassr is the favourite so the bookie will provide low odds for them and besides that in the last 5 meetings Al Nassr can able to overcomes Al-Taawon 4 times so it is proven Al-Taawon is not strong opponent for Al Nassr especially today most of Al Nassr main players will be played so i am confident Al Nassr will be able to win the match
Both clubs had disappointing results, with Al Nassr losing to Al Ettifaq and Al Taawon drawing with Al Fateh. I am hoping that Al Nassr will be looking forward to their first triumph of the season. Mrsool Park hosts Al Nassr vs. Al Taawon. It has been confirmed that certain important individuals will be present in the game. The Knights of Najd have a greater probability of defeating their visitors, but only if they refrain from giving up in matches. The presence of Cristiano Ronaldo and some important players would boost the performance of the club, it's clear facts.
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August 18, 2023, 07:18:50 AM
Today in Saudi Professional League Al-Khaleej vs Al-Ahli Saudi in the match of these two teams, Al-Ahli Saudi won the match by scoring 3 goals. The game did very well from the beginning to the end. R.  Ibañez scored the first goal in the 9th minute.R.  Mahrez scored the 2nd goal at 45+1 minutes.S.  Al-Nabit scored the 3rd goal at 90+11 minutes to win the match. Enjoyed a very nice game between the two teams. But Al-Khaleej team players played very poorly. Al-Khaleej only scored 1 goal in this match.
Al ahli has indeed dominated the game since the first half, because it was clear in terms of ball control and the opportunities that could be created by his players. Despite the many opportunities, but only two opportunities that managed to become a goal. But what really surprised me was seeing the goals scored by Al ahli players. To be honest, in my opinion, these goals were very spectacular and beautiful, especially the first goal.
So with the second victory from al ahli, it means that so far the players from al ahli have always been consistent and compact with the performance shown on the field. Even though Firmino didn't play in the match, other players from Al-ahli could still prove that they were great too. So with the victory this time, Al ahli is at the top of the standings for a while, and is followed by Al Riyad in second place and Al Ittihad in third place.

Apart from that, the players from Al Khaleej too, I don't think the game is bad either. Because with a final score of 3-1, I think Al Khaleej can be said to be quite strong, because he can withstand attacks by top players from al ahli. And plus the players from Al khaleej also managed to land one goal against Al ahli.
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August 18, 2023, 05:25:37 AM
And actually what made CR7 and other senior players choose to play in the Arab League was because in Europe no one would pay them high salaries at their current age. But in the Arab League their age is not an issue. And they are still highly valued in the Arab League. Plus the competition in the Arab League is not as difficult as in Europe. So for every player who will soon reach retirement age, of course going to the Arab League is the most appropriate choice. So that the most players who join Arab clubs are players who are not young anymore. And now the competition in the Arab League is even more interesting after several Arab clubs have their own European star players.
Many thinks that the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo joined the Saudi Arabian League because of the huge financial rewards that comes with the offers they do table but I think it's not all about the amount of money involved in the deal.
Most of the big players that joined the Saudi League since Ronaldo joined, did that because of the fact that they ain't gonna get enough playing time if they remain in Europe hence the decision to go to league where the expectations from fans won't be too high
So true. Because after all the legendary European players like CR7, Benzema and Neymar they must have realized that age cannot lie to them. And competition in Europe is clearly tougher and more difficult because young stars continue to appear in the world of football. Like for example Haaland, Mbappe, Osimhen and many more. So these legendary players will certainly choose to play in a league that still really needs them and still values ​​them. So it's not just about money. But there are many other reasons.
And actually what made CR7 and other senior players choose to play in the Arab League was because in Europe no one would pay them high salaries at their current age. But in the Arab League their age is not an issue. And they are still highly valued in the Arab League. Plus the competition in the Arab League is not as difficult as in Europe. So for every player who will soon reach retirement age, of course going to the Arab League is the most appropriate choice. So that the most players who join Arab clubs are players who are not young anymore. And now the competition in the Arab League is even more interesting after several Arab clubs have their own European star players.

At first, yes, they were transferring old players, but if you look at the last transfers, they started to bring players aged 26-27 to the Arabian league. The Saudi Arabian League became a great league after Cristiano Ronaldo. Players from every country will enter into a great competition there this year with the power of money.
Well it's only a matter of time until more young European players come to the Arab League. My estimate is that next season there will be more young European players coming to the Arab league. I'm glad that now there are more and more interesting leagues.
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August 18, 2023, 05:01:19 AM
Al-Nassr vs Al-Taawon

Al Nassr has gets dissapoint result last week against Al Ettifaq and now they want to return to winning ways and attempts to beat Al Taawon today and it is confirmed Ronaldo will be available today and he has good condition to starting this match besides that all of Al Nassr key players such as Alex Telles, Fofana, Al Khaibari, Brozović, and Talisca will be played today too but probably Sadio Mane will starting the match from the bench

Odds for Al Nassr was only @1.30 and this is not the best odds which we got but considering Al Nassr is the favourite so the bookie will provide low odds for them and besides that in the last 5 meetings Al Nassr can able to overcomes Al-Taawon 4 times so it is proven Al-Taawon is not strong opponent for Al Nassr especially today most of Al Nassr main players will be played so i am confident Al Nassr will be able to win the match
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August 18, 2023, 03:29:32 AM
Today in Saudi Professional League Al-Khaleej vs Al-Ahli Saudi in the match of these two teams, Al-Ahli Saudi won the match by scoring 3 goals. The game did very well from the beginning to the end. R.  Ibañez scored the first goal in the 9th minute.R.  Mahrez scored the 2nd goal at 45+1 minutes.S.  Al-Nabit scored the 3rd goal at 90+11 minutes to win the match. Enjoyed a very nice game between the two teams. But Al-Khaleej team players played very poorly. Al-Khaleej only scored 1 goal in this match.
Obviously this is an easy victory for Al-Ahli, especially with the European players they have. The former AS Roma defender opened the scoring for Al-Ahli and heading into halftime, Riyad Mahrez grabbed the second with his right foot. I didn't see Roberto Firmino starting this game and not even on the bench. If he had been available in last night's match, Al-Ahli would have scored more than 3 goals for sure. Well, at least this is a good result to continue to dominate the Saudi league and Al-Ahli currently leads the top of the standings with a total of 6 points from two winning matches.
In the starting line up Al Ahli fielded more than 50% foreign players compared to their local players and also they only faced Al Khaleej who last season almost got relegated so it is not a problem for Al Ahli to get 3 points you are right Roberto Firmino is not even on the list reserve players, and maybe it's just a strategy because they understand that this match is not so difficult to win so that Roberto Firmino can rest for more difficult matches later, because getting 3 points is certainly far more important than scoring many goals even though they can rest their important importance for the match others are not tired and help the club get 3 points consistently.
Al Nassr will face Al Taawon in the second week's match, and winning is a must for them because they lost the first week's match, if they lose or only draw it is certainly not a pleasant thing.
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Today in Saudi Professional League Al-Khaleej vs Al-Ahli Saudi in the match of these two teams, Al-Ahli Saudi won the match by scoring 3 goals. The game did very well from the beginning to the end. R.  Ibañez scored the first goal in the 9th minute.R.  Mahrez scored the 2nd goal at 45+1 minutes.S.  Al-Nabit scored the 3rd goal at 90+11 minutes to win the match. Enjoyed a very nice game between the two teams. But Al-Khaleej team players played very poorly. Al-Khaleej only scored 1 goal in this match.
Obviously this is an easy victory for Al-Ahli, especially with the European players they have. The former AS Roma defender opened the scoring for Al-Ahli and heading into halftime, Riyad Mahrez grabbed the second with his right foot. I didn't see Roberto Firmino starting this game and not even on the bench. If he had been available in last night's match, Al-Ahli would have scored more than 3 goals for sure. Well, at least this is a good result to continue to dominate the Saudi league and Al-Ahli currently leads the top of the standings with a total of 6 points from two winning matches.
Al-Ahli made it an easy win converting the opportunities into goal. From the beginning Al-Ahli was in lead and this made them play without much of pressure. After hard fight Al-Khaleej made a goal in the 58th minute. Al-Ahli was in lead, based on the statistics of the match both the teams were equally strong and are similar in performance. Al-Ahli converted the chances into goal where Al-Khaleej was wasn't able to do it. With the win Al-Ahli stands on the top, and more to go. So, daily we can experience changes on the top order of points table.
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August 18, 2023, 02:58:35 AM
Today in Saudi Professional League Al-Khaleej vs Al-Ahli Saudi in the match of these two teams, Al-Ahli Saudi won the match by scoring 3 goals. The game did very well from the beginning to the end. R.  Ibañez scored the first goal in the 9th minute.R.  Mahrez scored the 2nd goal at 45+1 minutes.S.  Al-Nabit scored the 3rd goal at 90+11 minutes to win the match. Enjoyed a very nice game between the two teams. But Al-Khaleej team players played very poorly. Al-Khaleej only scored 1 goal in this match.
Obviously this is an easy victory for Al-Ahli, especially with the European players they have. The former AS Roma defender opened the scoring for Al-Ahli and heading into halftime, Riyad Mahrez grabbed the second with his right foot. I didn't see Roberto Firmino starting this game and not even on the bench. If he had been available in last night's match, Al-Ahli would have scored more than 3 goals for sure. Well, at least this is a good result to continue to dominate the Saudi league and Al-Ahli currently leads the top of the standings with a total of 6 points from two winning matches.
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Today in Saudi Professional League Al-Khaleej vs Al-Ahli Saudi in the match of these two teams, Al-Ahli Saudi won the match by scoring 3 goals. The game did very well from the beginning to the end. R.  Ibañez scored the first goal in the 9th minute.R.  Mahrez scored the 2nd goal at 45+1 minutes.S.  Al-Nabit scored the 3rd goal at 90+11 minutes to win the match. Enjoyed a very nice game between the two teams. But Al-Khaleej team players played very poorly. Al-Khaleej only scored 1 goal in this match.
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August 18, 2023, 02:07:07 AM
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We should accept that European clubs are abandoning them, and they come to Saudi Arabia for the money. They will lower the salary commensurate with current work performance if not for the money. There may still be a few clubs keeping an eye on them. They were visionaries, and they left Europe before the clubs abandoned them. I take the example here: Real Madrid spent up to 115 million euros to buy Hazard from Chelsea. However, the injury has severely damaged Hazard's career. He has been unemployed for two months after terminating his contract with Real Madrid. And no European clubs are keeping an eye on him at the moment. I believe that if there is an offer from Saudi Arabia with a good salary, he will gladly accept it.
in other words the team from the SPL appreciates every achievement of a European player who has had a good career in Europe so even though they are old or injured the SPL team has the courage to offer a bigger salary because it is indeed what players like Ronaldo deserve and on the one hand European players who are in the SPL I do not think have ever disappointed the top brass of the team.
In my opinion, for now it is natural for the Saudi Arabian League team to adopt them on European top players even though with conditions that are not like their heyday, because they are eyeing marketing and world attention, however star players are always the concern of people, even though they are It's old and has been injured, and also made to motivate its own citizens in increasing interest in the soccer sports industry.

we all know where Benzema is right now, even though the SPL is busy talking about Ronaldo. on the one hand, a reliable player will come to Al Hilal to become a competitor of Ronaldo, and here we will see how the performance of these two top player will compete to defend their respective teams and quite challenging to bet on every match of the Al Nassr or Al Hilal teams. we all see later when these two top team will compete against europe top players which will take place in month 11, this will be very interesting to watch.
Increasingly SPL is increasingly interesting because the strategy to pair rivals among this strong team that has top players will shake the media, I am very waiting for him, how they compete in the Arab League to find who is better.
I am very much waiting for how this top team match against the European team, maybe this shows how strong the Arab League team is now, if they win against the European team, this will have an impact on the popularity of the League prestige which is very strong for the Saudi Arabian League.
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August 18, 2023, 12:37:44 AM
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We should accept that European clubs are abandoning them, and they come to Saudi Arabia for the money. They will lower the salary commensurate with current work performance if not for the money. There may still be a few clubs keeping an eye on them. They were visionaries, and they left Europe before the clubs abandoned them. I take the example here: Real Madrid spent up to 115 million euros to buy Hazard from Chelsea. However, the injury has severely damaged Hazard's career. He has been unemployed for two months after terminating his contract with Real Madrid. And no European clubs are keeping an eye on him at the moment. I believe that if there is an offer from Saudi Arabia with a good salary, he will gladly accept it.
in other words the team from the SPL appreciates every achievement of a European player who has had a good career in Europe so even though they are old or injured the SPL team has the courage to offer a bigger salary because it is indeed what players like Ronaldo deserve and on the one hand European players who are in the SPL I do not think have ever disappointed the top brass of the team.

we all know where Benzema is right now, even though the SPL is busy talking about Ronaldo. on the one hand, a reliable player will come to Al Hilal to become a competitor of Ronaldo, and here we will see how the performance of these two top player will compete to defend their respective teams and quite challenging to bet on every match of the Al Nassr or Al Hilal teams. we all see later when these two top team will compete against europe top players which will take place in month 11, this will be very interesting to watch.
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August 18, 2023, 12:07:04 AM
When Cristiano Ronaldo left Europe and went to Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo had nothing left to achieve in Europe and the last time he did not perform well at Manchester United, no other club in Europe showed interest in him, which is why he originally moved to Saudi Arabia. After Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Sadio Mané, Roberto Firmino, Fabinho and many other stars have already joined Saudi Arabia but I don't think they came to Saudi Arabia because their European careers ended. A number of European league stars have moved to Saudi Arabia due to the promotion and huge money offers. After the stars mentioned above, Neymar has recently left for Saudi Arabia, what do you say about Neymar, is Neymar's career in Europe over? If Neymar wanted to, he could have performed well in Europe for a few more seasons, but he came to Saudi Arabia, maybe with a different plan.
Neymar's career is almost over, and he only has a contract with PSG. PSG was very upset at that time and wanted to sell him as soon as possible to avoid heavy losses. The target PSG wants to keep Mbappe and simultaneously wants to bring Neymar to another club. Neymar is disgruntled with the mayhem inside PSG. His priority is to return to Barcelona, but they are hesitant to release his contract. And other clubs do not dare to spend such a large amount of money to bring in Neymar, who continues to suffer injuries and has to sit on the bench. He has talent, but damage has brought his career down. No European club will be stupid and have enough money to buy him because of his popularity.

Neymar's performance must be good because he is a superstar of the Brazilian team. Using his strategy and intelligence, he is ahead of the times. And after joining Al Hilal this season, of course I think the club is lucky to have a great player like him and all the other players can learn a lot from Neymar. I like the fact that he joins the Saudi club because he will be well respected here, and he has been injured most of his time at the PSG club. And everyone was fed up with Neymar and both the big money offers and honors would outshine him in life. He can make the rest of the Al Hilal players well experienced and Al Hilal club is blessed to have Neymar.

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August 17, 2023, 11:47:46 PM
We should accept that European clubs are abandoning them, and they come to Saudi Arabia for the money. They will lower the salary commensurate with current work performance if not for the money. There may still be a few clubs keeping an eye on them. They were visionaries, and they left Europe before the clubs abandoned them. I take the example here: Real Madrid spent up to 115 million euros to buy Hazard from Chelsea. However, the injury has severely damaged Hazard's career. He has been unemployed for two months after terminating his contract with Real Madrid. And no European clubs are keeping an eye on him at the moment. I believe that if there is an offer from Saudi Arabia with a good salary, he will gladly accept it.
Both Inter Miami and Al Nassr are interested to sign him, so it depends on his choice to pick which one to join.

I think many players are prefer to come Saudi Arabia because they offered higher salary and there have been many players from Europa, unlike MLS where it's only Messi and Busquets.

Saudi Arabia is more safe and low criminal rate compare to America.
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August 17, 2023, 11:39:33 PM
At first, yes, they were transferring old players, but if you look at the last transfers, they started to bring players aged 26-27 to the Arabian league. The Saudi Arabian League became a great league after Cristiano Ronaldo. Players from every country will enter into a great competition there this year with the power of money.
Yes, new players are constantly joining the Saudi Pro League because the Saudi Pro League is recruiting players by offering huge salaries. But one thing is true that the amount of money that Saudi Arabia will pay a player as a salary in one year is not paid to the players of the best clubs in the world even in three years. Some players have not done badly by joining Saudi clubs at the end of their careers but have collected enough funds to back them up in later life. However, recently some young players are finding themselves in the Saudi Pro League mainly to get extra money and they are leaving the popular clubs and flocking to Saudi Arabia.
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August 17, 2023, 11:14:20 PM
european players who have successfully transferred to the Saudi Arabian team are usually old and have decreased performance so that in european teams it is probably very unlikely that anyone wants to buy old players at high prices except for teams from the SPL who value the careers of European players. like Ronaldo with a very large salary offer.
and regarding future careers such as Neymar, Ronaldo etc. it seems we will not know what their future will be but what I think is that they are old enough and its only natural that they want to get a bigger salary for their retirement, they have got big savings and if one day there is European teams trying to get players like Neymar again with only cheap offers are likely to be turned down because they need a lot of money for their old age.

Ronaldo, Benzema, Neymar etc. move to Saudi Arabia not because of coercion or just not because of money but they think about the long term after retirement to have a lot of money with their family.
We should accept that European clubs are abandoning them, and they come to Saudi Arabia for the money. They will lower the salary commensurate with current work performance if not for the money. There may still be a few clubs keeping an eye on them. They were visionaries, and they left Europe before the clubs abandoned them. I take the example here: Real Madrid spent up to 115 million euros to buy Hazard from Chelsea. However, the injury has severely damaged Hazard's career. He has been unemployed for two months after terminating his contract with Real Madrid. And no European clubs are keeping an eye on him at the moment. I believe that if there is an offer from Saudi Arabia with a good salary, he will gladly accept it.
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August 17, 2023, 11:13:10 PM
For me it was indeed the best choice for Cristiano Ronaldo when there was no big offer and at that time an Arab club made a big offer, of course he would choose to go to Saudi Arabia because Ronaldo realized that he had won so many titles in Europe so maybe he needs another challenge from the saudi arabia league and definitely with a bigger salary.
I also understand that all of this is being done by the Arab club because it is to boost the Saudi Arabian club so that it is known in all parts of the world by taking quality players from Europe and we are all now a little surprised after Neymar also flew to the Saudi Arabian league to compete with Ronaldo.
It a little more interesting now that there are lots of European players here. I bet more often on Al-Hilal and also Al-Nassr, although it very rare but it very profitable to bet on those clubs.
And actually what made CR7 and other senior players choose to play in the Arab League was because in Europe no one would pay them high salaries at their current age. But in the Arab League their age is not an issue. And they are still highly valued in the Arab League. Plus the competition in the Arab League is not as difficult as in Europe. So for every player who will soon reach retirement age, of course going to the Arab League is the most appropriate choice. So that the most players who join Arab clubs are players who are not young anymore. And now the competition in the Arab League is even more interesting after several Arab clubs have their own European star players.

At first, yes, they were transferring old players, but if you look at the last transfers, they started to bring players aged 26-27 to the Arabian league. The Saudi Arabian League became a great league after Cristiano Ronaldo. Players from every country will enter into a great competition there this year with the power of money.
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August 17, 2023, 09:41:11 PM
LOL.. Steven Gerrard got the bets start possible in Saudi Professional League. His team (Al-Ettifaq) managed to defeat Al Nassr by a margin of 2-1. Al Nassr was without many of the top players including Ronaldo, but still a win against them puts Gerrard in the limelight. During the press conference after the match, he seemed to be bitter with the European clubs. Leicester City and Leeds United had rejected his application to become the manager. Anyway, he did the right thing by signing up for Al-Ettifaq and moving to Saudi Arabia.
Steven Gerrard deserves all of the compliment that he's receiving because he earned it by defeating Al Nassr in the first round of the SPL. He shouldn't compare the Saudi Professional League to European leagues because the Saudi Professional League is still in its early stages. Steven Gerrard has never been a successful manager of an English Premier League side; instead, his record as a manager has been abysmal. Nevertheless, Al Nassr's loss was due to the absence of most of their key players, which is not a reason for complaint because Sadio Mane was the first to net a goal to put Al Nassr ahead, but things changed along the line when the visitors' backlines became the weaknesses and the home team completely focused on that point to get the required results they seek.
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