Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 607. (Read 118912 times)

Very interesting if we discuss Luis Carlo pattern in that match, Sadio Mane and Brozovic are in the right position. Meanwhile Talisca is currently only able to help Ronaldo, but I hope Luis Carlo tactics can be further developed next. I mean Talisca is not only can assist, but he also has to be able to make a goals. So that later in the new season we will see Al Nassr have a stronger power attack, Sadio Mane still hasn't got good chemistry at there, but I still believe he can show a good game next.

By the way if we look at Al Hilal formation in that match vs Ittihad, it's really good Sir. I mean Malcom is usually play as a winger, but Jorge Jesus put that player as a pure striker. Their coach seems have found a good pattern against Ittihad, they didn't get a pure Europa top striker, but they managed to concoct a good formula. It seems final Al Nassr vs Al Hilal will look more interesting, but I would probably favorite Al Nassr in final. Although Al Hilal defense looks strong but Al Nassr attacker also can not be underestimated.

They will definitely require some time though, looking at the current situation it's not easy to predict if they will be any good at all right now or not, probably won't be and they will suck a lot this season compared to all those teams who got amazingly good players.

I am guessing that if we are going to see them do better, that will be next season like you said but that's one year down the line and we can't really know if they are going to be good or not one year later, that is a way too much time for football terms. Right now I still think Al-Nassr is doing alright, got some good players and that could be the story this season, we are going to see how it goes and I bet that there will be a lot more viewers.

No doubt European clubs will still get the highest views and attract more investors but we can't dispute the fact that the Saudi league is growing. They might not be able to compete with European leagues but gradually the SPL league will take some market share of top leagues. Before watching a match in Saudi Arabia was not an option but now one can always view the league to watch some top stars. If the management of SPL continues with this drive of bringing quality players, the league might end up attracting top sponsors, wide media coverage, and an increased fan base.

Benzema didn't have a good game. His impact was not felt throughout the game and he also missed a penalty that would have given Al Ittihad the hope of closing the goal margin. I am beginning to see that what makes these players extraordinary is teamwork. In Europe, Benzema and Kante partner with some of the best players in the world and these partnerships help them to put up good performances. But these Saudi teams have limited players that can make these players play quality football. From what I have seen I don't think most of these European-based players that moved to the SPL will enjoy their stay in terms of quality football.

I'm more interested in the pattern applied by Luis Carlo, and as I suspected before. previously, I suspected that Talisca would become a playmeker or attacking midfielder. but I also have other thoughts, if Brozovic will be played as an attacking midfielder. and yes, my guess is exactly right. considering Brozovic's role when playing with Inter Milan, it's not surprising that he will be played as an attacking midfielder. while Mane and Talisca, became wingers. it's a shame, in this match Mane's performance couldn't perform well. maybe, since it's his major debut. on the other hand, Seko Fatona and the other players also played quite well. as a result, Raja Club Athletic must recognize the toughness of the Al Nassr team squad.

In another match, Al Hilal was a team that remained strong even though they didn't bring in top European players who had big names. even as far as I know, they have only brought in 2 midfielders and one defender. every top European player they are after, always fails, especially those who play as strikers. but in this match, Al Hilal continued to dominate the victory when these two teams met. even referring to statistics, Al Hilal is much better than the Saudi Pro League champion. most likely, if Al Hilal and Al Nassr will meet in the final later. these two rivals, will try each other to be the best.

No need to be hasty about the results because they are still on the process of developing their league while making it known, either way, the Saudi League is going down to that path which is why as of now they are recruiting known players from European clubs to attract people as they are frequently making some headlines in the sports industry and soon players will get in line just to get a contract, that is just the start. Future football stars will start to flock to their league because not only they can provide competitive contracts, but they can also provide an experience just like what the European league can provide them.

Now if you talk about it that way, I can accept it more, because I understand and I think what you're thinking is right in my mind right now. Maybe we can roughly say that we doubt our contribution to Al Nassr, especially in Ronaldo's side just like you. Because lately he's been on the decline and I think it's very much to do with his age. But on the other hand sometimes he is a savior for his club.
I can't confirm this for sure, because other possibilities will still be very likely. All we can do is make sure by looking at him.
There's going to be good and bad, and that's something we often see with clubs, and now is no exception.

Of course there is a long-term plan with regarding the project with the help of PIF. Emapt the club that made this transfer became a club with quite fantastic value. With the arrival of current star players An Nassr, Al-Hillal, Al Ittihad became a top three club while one club that had fantastic value Al Shabab was not owned by PIF. Not wrong but indeed the contract value might make the players interested in joining the participants of the Saudi Arabian League.

It seems we are going to see another transfer from Europa to the Saudi teams and this time from Barcelona, Franck Kessié got an offer from Al Ahli, and he is very close sign a contract with this team while he is under contract with Barcelona until 2026 but the money they will get from this deal is surely high enough.



Romano Fabrizio the famous Italian journalist also twisted about this contract and we are going to see Kessié playing in Saudi Leageue in the next season.

Currently Al-Nassr is leading very well against Raja Casablanca, and Ronaldo opened the first goal for Al Nassr. It seems like Al Nassr will qualify for the semifinals of the Arab club Champions Cup, based on the statistics also they are in good performance. Meanwhile Ittihad was thwarted by Al Hilal, it's too bad for Benzema couldn't bring his team to qualify.

Indeed it's interesting, but I think it will be more interesting if a team with a star squad plays against a team that also has a star squad. But, if a team that has a star squad plays against a mediocre team that doesn't have star players, then it seems like it will only be a big chance for the team with the star squad to get full points. But indeed, at this moment the Saudi Pro League will also be very interesting because they have and continue to bring in European star players. Examples like Benzema and also Mane for example, they were previously the top two in the Ballon d'Or and next season, they will play in the Saudi Pro League.

Jordan Henderson doesn't have to worry about anything related his career if you know he is a player who is 33 years old meaning he had entered the final period of his career and no need to think about the future, there is a possibility that after this Saudi League he will retire so there's nothing wrong with him preferring money instead I think it's the best choice. By the way, I just found out that Al-Ettifaq is also hunting for European players before that I knew there were only 4 clubs meaning that what the previous 4 clubs have done has motivated other clubs.

I searched for information about Al-Ettifaq but it turns out that this club is not part of the Public Investment Fund controlled by the government family who owns 4 other clubs in the Saudi League.

Al-Ahli has again heated up the transfer of European players in the Saudi league and this time they have made an official offer to bring in one of Napoli's important players, Piotr Zielinski. Al-Ahli wants to continue to even out the depth of his squad of European players and after getting players in the positions of striker and goalkeeper they are now trying to get midfielders.

As a midfielder, Piotr Zielinski has proven to be quite good last season with Napoli by contributing 9 assists and his ability will certainly be a support for Al-Ahli's dangerous trio, Roberto Firmino, Saint Maximin and Riyad Mahrez. Currently still in the hold of negotiations and considering that Piotr Zielinski's contract will end next year this is an opportunity for Napoli to sell his players in order to make a lot of money. It is worth waiting for the development of this transfer further.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1688114253352329216

So that's what I mean and what I'm worried about is when Jordan Henderson moves to Al-Ettifaq because a big salary actually makes his career decline because Al-Ettifaq itself is not a club that dominates the Saudi League so that it is included in the top 4 clubs in the League.
But let's just see how Al-Ettifaq develops over the next season, whether by adding several star players from Europe and also under Gerrard's coaching they can compete with the top clubs as you mentioned.

If this season they succeed in growing rapidly at least finishing in the top 4 of the League, it is very likely that for the following season Al-Ettifaq will really have the chance to fight for the championship trophy.

it is true, as some people have said here, that the SPL wants to increase on par with European teams to increase the popularity of each team and each player by recruiting star players from Europe to increase SPL competition and also familiarize players with the playing patterns of European players such as Ronaldo and Mane. this goal is very clear and we can easily understand that once popularity increases all the teams in SPL will try to recruit young players and develop these players to have talent so that they can be sold to European teams or other teams at very high prices.
maybe in the long term the team in SPL will soon follow a strategy like Al Nassr to recruit players from europe to increase the popularity of the team.

As a result of the recent important transfers, we can say that the Saudi Arabian league is now becoming interesting.We can say that the Arab teams, which have added star players to their squads one by one, are doing their best to watch the league.The quarterfinal matches are being played in the Arab Club Championship, which is currently underway. Yesterday Al-Hilal, under the management of Jorge Jesus, beat Al Ittihad 3-1 to reach the semi-finals.If we look at the players in the squads of the two teams, we see that Ittihad has names like Karim benzema, Jota and N'Golo Kante.The other team Al-Hilal has players like Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves, Milinkovic-Savic and Malcom.Al-Hilal's squad is obviously better than its rival.

Al Nassr will fight against Raja Club Athletic today that this is quarterfinal match for Arab Club Champions Cup and Raja Club Athletic as the champion of Group D and Al Nassr as runner up of group C and in the term of composition squad obviously Al Nassr is more better because they have Ronaldo, Brozović and Fofana at their squad but in the term of recent performance Raja Club Athletic was slightly better than Al Nassr because Raja Club Athletic can able to gets 9 points from 3 matches on this competition

According to the odds Al Nassr is the favourite with odds @1.64 and Raja Club Athletic as underdog with odds @4.20 but i don't think Raja Club Athletic will be easily to beat especially Al Nassr under new manager still unable to displayed stable performance even at Arab Club Champions Cup they only can able to gets 1 wins from 3 matches but luckly they can qualified to quarterfinal match however pick Al Nassr win as my bets seems very risky and i am thinking to find other option just like both teams to scores or probably draw for this match

Saudi clubs have developed perfectly compared to their previous budgets. Perhaps their goal is crystal clear, they want their domestic league to be on the same level as the European competition which they're working entirely to achieved by signing European players over, placing hugh offers for them. What they failed to understand is, they can't just keep signing players that are no longer effective for European clubs, if they actually keen of improving their popularity in the world of football, there primary aim should working towards the supporters, grabbing the big names and important players from Europe, checking at the previous signings, more like average and aged players that are brought over.

I think they are trying to increase the brand quality of the Saudi Arabian league. After the Saudi Arabian league reaches an important place in the world, they can start to care about infrastructure and the future of Saudi players. They're spending crazy money and I hope they can do that by bringing in new stars to world football. There is no Saudi Arabian football player that comes to my mind right away. That's why I hope they develop a system similar to the teams that can at least produce important players such as Morocco and Algeria.

That's right, everything that the Saudi Pro League has done so far, will not produce big results very quickly. Because all of that must be gradual and will not be able to immediately explode and succeed. So you could say this is the initial stage for the Saudi pro league to advance its football world. Maybe at this time the Saudi Pro League is raising the name of their football club. So after this stage, then entering into the training process for local players who are still young will definitely be intensified. So basically the journey for the pro Arab league to increase its quality and degree is still very long.

It is true that at this time the top European leagues seem to be in danger of their popularity if the names of players who are quite influential finally join the Saudi league team and even the coaches of the top European teams are also starting to worry. Actually, Franck Kessie has a sense of loyalty to Barcelona, but there is quite disappointing news that he has not received a salary several times. Maybe that's what underlies his decision to leave Barcelona and choose to join the Saudi league, especially since he was brought in from Milan last season he has always been a bench warmer at Barcelona. He is still quite young at 26 years but he has no desire to be in the European team to win various titles.

Al-Ahli can immediately equalize squad depth with other strong Saudi league teams such as Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal, and Al-ittihad because Al-Ahli also receives financial support from PIF like the several teams I mentioned above. So don't be surprised if this promoted team will enliven the competition in next season's standings board.