Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 604. (Read 118927 times)

Many football lovers will watched Saudi pro league. Saudi Arabia clubs are favorites to make their league more popular. But they should asked themselves this question, if they continue to sign players, ofcourse there salary expenditure will decrease as the year passes by. These elite clubs that are fortunate to benefits from the Public Investment Fund. These clubs are the leading teams in signing players from European clubs, and they offered gigantic offers for both average and top players. We have top players that will be able to compete in elite competitions.

I would say if the league gonna be dominated by the teams that's owned by PIF. PIF was not only expanding it on saudi pro league but this public investment was also expanding its business to the UK as well. Newcastle is now owned by PIF and there are speculations that they are associated with Chelsea as well. I think that PIF is gonna be ended like EPL which has been dominating by some richest club in the league.
We must remember how manchester city has been dominating EPL three seasons in a row and i think this record will still continue caused by pep is slowly building its greatest squad again.
The lose against arsenal in community shield was nothing. Al Shabab is a lesser-known club that tried to recruit European players. However, they only had enough money to attract medium-tier players from European clubs..

Cristiano Ronaldo faced with a very difficult season in Manchester United, a half of season and after World Cup 2022, he had no choice rather than moving to Saudi Arabia because all of his attempts and his representative attempts to join a big club in Europe failed. They all did not want to pay very high salary for an old player who has been witnessing a very serious downside in his career. They also did not believe that Ronaldo will be able to recover his performance after some terrible months in Manchester United and poor World Cup 2022 performance with Portugal.

Sadio Mane had a similar situation like Cristiano Ronaldo but he at least is younger than Cristiano. He has less effects from ageing and consequently has better chance to play well again after some bad months in Bayern Munich.

Sadio Mane is a captain of Senegal and also is their legendary player so his position in Senegal is very solid. In addition, so far no player is better than Mane in Senegal and no threat to his position in the national team.

I think Mohamed Salah is still in Jurgen Klopp's plans for next season and it looks like Al-Ittihad's offer will soon be rejected by Mohamed Salah. We know his colleagues at Liverpool have already gone to the Saudi league this summer but Mohamed Salah still seems to want to wear the Liverpool shirt even though he is well aware that he will not play in the Champions League next season.

At least Mohamed Salah's loyalty to Liverpool will be tested with so much money from Al-Ittihad. He is a Muslim, this should make it easier for him to perform his prayers and continue his football career. Well, whatever decision Mohamed Salah makes before the summer ends, at least it will show that his desire to play in Europe is still there or has disappeared.

True this news can be confirmed and Roger Ibanez will soon undergo medical tests, I wonder why Roma let this young player go even though its performance continues to increase including its market value, maybe the main reason is because Roma needs fresh money? as I said before, Roma continues to seek income by releasing several players while they haven't spent even $1. This is their 5th recruit by the way, you forget that Riyad Mahrez is already a part of Al Ahli this player was brought in with 35 million or Al Ahli most expensive player so far.

I think it was a great change for Sadio Mane. Anyone with a little football interest now knew that he was not happy at Bayern. A new struggle for Mane has begun. He is ready to give his best in this league. I think Mane is one of the best players in SPL and I'm sure he will play at the top level in this league.

Ronaldo to Saudi Pro Liga not only because of money but also because no club in Europe made an offer to him after his contract ended at Man United based on a mutual decision, somehow I'm pretty sure he would still be in Europe if a club made an offer, unfortunately, news like Chelsea, Real Madrid or Manchester City who reportedly want him are just rumors because apparently, these clubs have never made an official offer, this is understandable because of course the salary will be high while he is no longer young, so Ronaldo to the SPL is not entirely because of money but there are other factors.

Likewise, Sadio Mane going to this league because he can still compete well in Europe, unfortunately, the last club is not a comfortable place for him to continue his career, but Mane going to the SPL will not affect his national team's career because he is not from a country like Brazil where there are many talented players so it will be not easy to replace Mane positions in Senegal, he will remain a mainstay of Senegal and his career in the SPL will probably grow even more because Ronaldo only has one season left at Al Nassr and I predict that will be Ronaldo's last season as a player, and Mane will be able to switch roles to become the main striker.

Ibañez isn't a rumour that this is officially and today Roma and Al Ahli has been reach an agreement to gets this player that Al Ahli will spend 28 millions to gets Ibañez and he will receive 4 years contract duration with Al Ahli but it wasn't mentioned how much Al Ahli will pay his salary but i am sure the salary will be much higher than when he playing with Roma and even at his personal instagram Mourinho has been confirmed Ibañez will not part of Roma anymore and Mourinho say thank and farewell to Ibanez however so far this is 4th recruitment for Al Ahli because before they get Ibanez they had buy Edouard Mendy, Roberto Firmino and Allan Saint-Maximin

How that is going to work? Currently the four teams with direct sponsorship from the Public Investment Fund are splurging money on purchasing players. These clubs are Al-Ittihad, Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr. There are 12 other clubs in the Saudi Professional League who doesn't have this luxury. And this means that the matches between top-4 teams and the remaining teams are likely to be one-sided. And now you are suggesting that the Saudis should just concentrate on just one club. That will be bad for the health of the league, I am afraid.

That is why Saudis ended up getting players distributed to the teams instead of finding one good team and just build on that. The idea would be to build a competition, so that there is something to watch, if you end up putting great players in different teams then you have two even three good teams and they would all go for champions title and that should be the important difference.

I believe that we could probably do something that would be entertaining that way. I am not sure how it will move on, but as long as it is going like this then there is nothing to worry about neither. I know that it will take a while before we could see this change, but at the end of  the day we are talking about a great return of their investment.

Saudi clubs not backing out, they're very competition just like the European clubs. I believe Al-Nassr will outperform last season because they have a fantastic eye for the ball and trophy. The arrival of fresh players will propel the team into uncharted territory. Sadio Mane and Cristiano Ronaldo do the SIU goal celebration together, which is a terrific method for him to establish good chemistry with his teammates. Al-Nassr are the favorites to win this league; they have a strong roster with excellent talent waiting to be unleashed this season; we will hear more triumphant cheers from both supporters and players.

Sadio Mané missed Qatar 2022 as a result of injury. His stint at Bayern Munich was also marred with multiple injury issues. The leg injury that he suffered while playing for Bayern kept him out of field for a few months. He had to undergo surgery on right fibula and tendon to fix the issue. Mané is no longer young. He is 31 years old and if the injury issue appears again, then it will create issues for the Al Nassr team management. BTW, Thomas Tuchel (head coach of Bayern Munich) recently came out with a statement that he is partly to blame for Mané's lack of success at the German club.

After Ronaldo, Mane is the next best signing for the club, Mane is an African and a hustler, he'll definitely want to make a name for himself and that'll make him give the club his best. Sadio mane has always been known to give in his 100% on the field and this started from when he was playing for Southampton (scoring goals and breaking hat tricks records). Sadio mane at Liverpool was a manifestation of the qualities of mane so there's no debate that Sadio mane will be adding quality to the Al Nassr team and they might win the Arabic champions league trophy. This could be the first trophy Ronaldo will win at Al Nassr and it mightn't be upto 1 year he has played for the club.


At Bayern Munich, Sadio mane was just like another star there (so obviously nobody will give him attention and respect) unlike how he was at Liverpool (which he was the one of the best duo of the club after Mo Salah). At Al Nassr he's going to be another superstar and if things goes well for him then he'll be one of the best duo there as well as Cristiano Ronaldo pairs with him to dominate the league. Al Nassr this season looks very strong and connected than last season. They'll be winning something with this square they have at the moment and Sadio mane will be a big part of the teams victory this season.

Ronaldo and mane were doing SIU together. It's very good to see how mane has a very good chemistry to the ronaldo at this moment. it was also increasing the opportunity for al nassr to win arab club champion league.
The toughest opponent gonna be al hilal which has become the main rival by al nassr in the saudi pro league as well. Will we see arab version of el classico to come soon?
I can imagine how big the hype if messi was accepting an offer from saudi club. It will become another el classico that was attracting so many eyes to come.

Obviously, Mane has really helped the team in the attacking force, he is a player that can score and make good assist. In Bayern Munich he contributed so much to their goals last season. In Liverpool he has been one time top scorer. He's a player with a lot of experience, he has stamina and dribbling ability too.

Ronaldo has been doing his usual wonder in the club, next season I'm sure be will be top scorer and probably win the league for Alnassr.

In the Arabic Champions league, Alnassr is favourite to lift it this season, they have the players that will help them achieve it.

I think it was because he performed worse than other players. I was surprised about that transfer as I didn't really think he fits well into that Bayern team. But everyone saying that he shouldn't have any problems to adapt to the SPL, of course not or otherwise it is really him who is having problems. The competition was quite strong for his position in the Bayern team unless he was supposed to play as a center forward, but I don't see him to be best positioned in the center. But he should be ok as there is less competition going on in the Al-Nassr team.

I'm not sure that Sadio Mané failed to adapt well with Bayern Munich last season, but I think he just didn't get the support he deserved in the Bundesliga from his team-mates. Sadio Mané is a good player if his team-mates understand him and support him, but I think he just failed to do that at Bayern Munich.

Sadio Mané seems to be adapting well to his new team and team-mates in the Saudi Pro League, it's great and of course as expected. Sadio Mané and Ronaldo will really help Al Nassr's plans to win the competition, but I hope Mane doesn't have a recurring injury that keeps him out.

We shouldn’t blame players for doing that, how will you see such a great offer which Saudi pro league are offering to players and you think they are going to reject, just few player’s will be able to reject that kind of juicy offer. Players also need money, and if they can see club that will pay them well, then they will move to it, why do you want them to stay in clubs that will be using them and they will end up not paying them well, it’s better they go to where they will be paid well.

Even Ronaldo that’s having enough money still went to Saudi league because he still want more money, so why do you think other player’s that don’t even have much money yet should reject Saudi league, no matter how wealthy you are, you can never be satisfied with money, even if players are trying to build their career, they also need money, so if they have a club that’s going to pay them well, then they will move their.

The Saudi Professional League already has a plan in place and it was said here before that they have funding already to keep the shopping tour going.

You say "low income", but frankly I wouldn't call their income low when they play for one of the big clubs. In relative terms you could call it low when somebody makes 10 million a year and can then make 100 million a year, but this also shows how weird these numbers are becoming.

I think it is interesting to have a closer look at their approach and who they try to sign. The most popular players also bring with them a lot of fans and if one day there will be a new international league similar to the Champions League, there would be lots of support for such a project from the fans as well. Now everyone is still mostly following the European leagues. But it could change.

We just cannot expect every player to stay in top level competition with low income when they are being offered big salary in Saudi league. They are professional players. And money is going to have a big say in everything they do. I actually like the fact that the players are currently thinking about money.

Not all the players are Messi or Ronaldo who will be able to earn as much money as they want wherever they go. For a normal player, it is going to make more sense to go to a league that is going to be him in a lot instead of staying at the top of the competition. The Saudi league has realised that and also acting accordingly. In two years, my prediction is that the Saudi league is going to be twice as big as it is now. But that does also mean they will have to keep giving the players huge amount of money.