Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 610. (Read 118912 times)

Sadio Mane joins the Al Nassor club, so I think Ronaldo is a great danger. Because I think in all respects Sadio means more than the young Ronaldo. So in the game I think Sadio Mane will start scoring great, even more than Cristiano Ronaldo.

I don't think we can deny that, many players can play better after a season that doesn't really make them shine, but it's also not uncommon for players to not be able to find their lost game even until the end of their career. I don't doubt Sadio Mane at all, it's just that I'm looking objectively here. As I said before, Sadio Mane could have played better in the SPL, or Mane could have shown what he experienced at Bayern Munich.
Football does force us to think that way, not just about the good possibilities, but the worst possibilities too.

Anderson Talisca at Al Nassr is very developed, he became the main striker before Ronaldo arrived, and Ronaldo's presence made him have to play by being an assist provider for their main striker Ronaldo
Talisca is only one goal different from top scorer 2022-2023 Hamdallah from Al Ittihad, so actually Talisca would still be able to play her position as a second striker and score goals there well if coach Al Nassr did not fully implement the assist strategy for Ronaldo, and if Sadio Mane was present later also just to play the same thing then there will be a second striker in Al Nassr who was knocked out of position.
Sadio Mane is very likely to become the main striker there apart from being a feeder for Ronaldo because he has proven himself as a reliable striker too at Liverpool only at Bayern Munich his career did not go well.

I hope so but sadio will be able to making its debut once al nassr gonna face Raja CA in the quarterfinal of saudi club champion league. I think that just because mane was coming from european league and it doesn't mean if mane can make as many goal as possible. He needs to spend more times to build chemistry with another player in the club. We can only expect him to perform as well as possible. I don't wanna blame him if mane will not able to perform perfectly during his debut.
he can help al nassr to win the first leg against Raja CA. It will be very helpful if he will make a lot of goals to make the club will able to go to the semifinal of saudi champion league.
I hope he will be starting his debut soon. Many people are waiting his performance to play in al nassr. Ronaldo will also feel satisfied with his joining in the club..

We even know that Gerd Muller is a legend as well as the father of the veteran Bayern Munich player, Thomas Muller. If we look at Ronaldo and Thomas Muller, they are in the same generation, but Ronaldo managed to break the record previously held by his father. I don't think Ronaldo is ever tired of always setting records from legends before and I think before retiring he will continue to do so.

For the world cup it is every footballer's dream and with Ronaldo's age it is obviously impossible to win the title with his Portuguese squad. But if Ronaldo can't win the title, he's still one of the greatest of all time because even Johan Cruyff has never won the world cup during his career defending the Netherlands.

Al Nassr's performance in the club has improved significantly, which is not surprising given the club's efforts to improve things. Cristiano Ronaldo is currently one of the most valuable players in Al Nassr; he is the team's leader and a big name, therefore teammates respect upwards at him when he performs on the field. Sadio Mane will make a significant impression in the club, working effectively with his new teammates and ensuring he achieves the reasons he was signed, according to Al Nassr and other key players in the squad. Sadio Mane's adaptation would be easier for the Senegalese because the Saudi pro league is not as challenging as the European.

I don't really understand the tactic from the Saudi Arabians. There are a total of 16 teams in the Saudi Professional League. However, only 4 teams are majority owned by the Public Investment Fund and have access to almost unlimited funds to purchase players. What about the other 12 teams? I thought that it would have been better to distribute funds among all the 16 teams. Else, in the next season there will be a lot of one-sided matches, between the top-4 teams (which will be dominated by overseas players) and the remaining 12. 

Cristiano is already an old player but he still has very strong body and is very skillful so if his team mates can support him, the coach uses him appropriately, Cristiano will be able to score goals for Al Nassr. It's certainly that he is no longer a player who can score goals in all matches and won't be able to bring Al Nassr to winnings by his goals in most of matches.

If it is simply about contribution for the club, he is useful for Al Nassr.

Liverpool is a club that brought Sadio Mane to a new level and he got biggest achievements in his club career with Liverpool. Since his departure from Liverpool to Bayern Munich and now left Europe to join Al Nassr in Saudi Professional League, it is impossible for Mane to return to Europe and achieve bigger success in future.

He will be able to score goals for them but I believe Al Nassr expect more tactical contributions, key passes from Sadio Mane than goals from him. They already have Talisca and Cristiano who are goal machines for them in the last two seasons.

Ronaldo is a key player for Al Nassr, yes of course Al Nassr still dependent him besides being the strongest in team he is also a good striker. But actually there is still Talisca in that team, somehow he couldn't score in match against Zamalek.
Indeed Mane should be able to strengthen game if he can give many assists to Ronaldo, but this is still new for Sadio Mane, after all he still doesn't have chemistry with Ronaldo. I mean Mane has never played in a team with Ronaldo, if I'm not mistaken.

It was because he couldn't play regularly in Bayern Munich. He also sometimes played as a striker, it is not his ideal position. He may get a difficulty when he played in another position. We know Mane is a winger, he probably can optimize his ability if he played regularly as a winger. Now, he seems to play again as a left winger in Al Nassr. Or he can switch to the right winger if it is needed. I see Al Nassr has a lack of right wingers but they have 4 left wingers. I believe Mane can fit whether playing as a left or a right winger.

He was good in Liverpool because Liverpool has Salah who can support him. So, Liverpool has 2 strong wingers, the opponents are difficult to defend the attacking from both sides of Liverpool's wings. Liverpool also have great midfielders who can give good assists to Mane and Salah. It is different when he played in Bayern Munich, he seems not enough support from other players.

Sadio Mane at Liverpool was crazy because many praised him when he moved to Bayern Munich he failed in his first season and no season was maintained by Bayern Munich so he was sold at a fairly high value.

Now that Sadio Mane is at Al Nassr many think he will score goals but it's not a sure thing or a top scorer because the competition in the Saudi Professional League is now getting tougher with Benzema also in this league, but I would like to see the competition become even more competitive, but at least a duet between Ronaldo and Sadio Mane would be more impressive.

 Why many top European club are complaining that the Saudi Pro League is causing an inflation and rise of price for players, more players are still on the verge of moving into the league and the match against Al Nassr and Zamalek in the Arab club champions Cup has shown that shown that the introduction of top European players into the league would help most club to build a stronger team and have a better performance than others and when it acquiring new signings Al Nassr have been very busy in strengthening various areas of the club right from last summer when they brought Cristiano Ronaldo into their squad as well buying about 5-6 European players in different areas this season including introducing a new coach, if you noticed the European players played a better role in helping Al Nassr qualify from the group stage into the round of 16 and Ronaldo would be the most grateful person to have Sadio Mane playing along side him in Al Nassr and they'll both likely have a successful season together with Ronaldo hopefull of having good assists from him.

Ronaldo has about 830+ goals, give or take 840 if I am not wrong, not 160, even young stars have more goals than 160 goals, don't know where that number came from.

However, of course he is scoring, he is much better than this level and yes he had trouble and he will keep having trouble in the future as well, dry spells are normal part of football and happens to everyone, plus considering he is getting closer to 40 by the day, his body may not be doing what he wants to do, which makes him not score the way he wants to score like he used to. But that doesn't change the fact that he is still above this level and his team is getting better as well, needs better defense for sure but aside from that midfield and wings are much better this season.

The fact that Sadio Mane didn't have a good season in his first season with Bayern Munich shouldn't make people think that the Senegalese star doesn't have all it takes to shine in his first season at Al Nassr.
Sadio Mane is a player who I think will have a great spell I'm Saudi Arabia because of his how strong of a footballer that he is

There are many articles on this topic, for example here:

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230802-liverpool-manager-jurgen-klopp-urges-fifa-to-intervene-against-saudi-pro-league/

It is clear that the question is not at all in the timing of transfer windows, but in the financial competition that Saudi clubs easily win at the expense of money.
By the way, the statistics you provided are interesting, but they do not at all reflect the real pressure from the Saudi clubs, because they do not take into account the signing of free agents. By signing free agents for bigger salaries (and big bonuses), Saudi clubs are forcing English clubs to spend more - but that pressure doesn't make it into this statistic.

There are many factors that make why Sadio Mane did not sell well in this summer's transfer window, I mean for European clubs. although he had been linked with several Premier League clubs, the fact was that no one was serious about signing him, and at the same time his former club, namely Liverpool, was not interested in bringing him back to Anfield.
maybe, the performance that Mane showed last season was a record for clubs interested in his services. Alternatively, incidents of fights between players put his behavior on a bit of a bad note. also, Mane has been injured for quite a long time and at the same time he is 31 years old. ideally big clubs especially the Premier League are interested in young talent. these points might be a separate note for several clubs who were initially interested in using his services.

Which in the end, Mane accepted an offer from the Saudi giants, namely Al Nassr. As you said, we agreed and Mane should be back in shape in this competition. after all, you can be sure if he has no competitors to replace him as the main starter. and after all, Mane is an established and mature player. and he has a track record in Europa League competition. so, he usually uses the skills and talents he has to help Al Nassr win the Saidi Pro League trophy in the 2023/2024 season. his role in this team, will be very important both for Ronaldo and Al Nassr itself. So, it's only natural that Al Nassr is a solid team. though, we're saying that for now just in theory.

For now it turns out that Ronadlo is pulling the whole team and if he suddenly doesn't score, such as the recent goalless streak of 5 matches, Al Nassr usually loses or draws.
Al Nassr is extremely dependent on Ronaldo and it is understandable because he is the strongest player in the team.

I think Mane can strengthen the game a lot if he assists Ronaldo like he did at Liverpool when he assisted Firmino and Salah. However, Mane can score himself, but so far we can see that Al Nassr builds the game around Ronaldo and now they will not rebuild it, there are away games ahead, so there is no time to rebuild, they will play those options that were before.

Better to move to the SPL and get a big salary than to be a substitute player at Barcelona. It makes perfect sense why Franck Kessie would prefer to join Al-Ahli than Tottenham or Juventus. The salary factor is the main motivation.

However, armed with the experience of playing in his last two clubs AC Milan and Barcelona, of course Kessie can help Al Expert in the hunt for trophies next season. the presence of Fermino, Mahrez, Mendy, Allan Saint and Kissie changed the image of Al Ahli as a European club.

I wouldn't be too quick to say that, saying that Sadio Mane will quickly find good chemistry at Al Nassr. I'm sure he's a great player, but reflecting on his previous club, he didn't find his best form, while he joined a full season, obviously it's not expected. But I wouldn't rule out the possibility that he'll quickly find his rhythm and contribute fully to his new club.
We'll see in the future, whether he'll struggle to adapt again, or whether he can be a predator again at his new club. Nothing is impossible, and Munich may regret selling him.

Sadio Mane is a real actor. He is a great forward and I am sure he will take his place in the team in the coming days. After ensuring the harmony in the team, he can give a great performance. For Sadio Mane, the Saudi Arabian league may be a very simple league. I'm sure he will score a lot of goals.