Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 620. (Read 119459 times)

I think that last minutes really matter a lot when we are talking about a good team vs not a good team. The main reason for that is the fact that we are talking about a good team having natural instincts that make you play well, whereas not so good team may have physical attributes that makes them better than they look.

Ronaldo for example, he is not as physically good as he used to be, he keeps making mistakes, his body is not as good as his mind as you might imagine, he is not 25 years old anymore. But with that gained experience, he knows where to stand better, look at the defender when Ronaldo scored, Ronaldo knew exactly where to be, and none of the other defenders did. That's how you win at the late stages of the game.

After Saint-Maximin transfer from Newcastle to Al-Ahli, Fabinho moved to Ettihad club from Liverpool for €46.7m and Sadio Mane joined Al-Nassr coming from Bayern Munich for €30m. Not a big loss for Bayern and a new start for Mane, who will join Cristiano Ronaldo in the attack line!
Saudi league are getting more and more interesting these days

Al-Nassr coach Luís Castro has already noticed that the two attackers who are from Saudi Arabia, I mean Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Khalid Al-Ghannam, have not been performing very well, especially when it comes to assists, so ronaldo he does not score goals because the balls do not reach him in good condition, so with the entry of mane in the team that could change but it would not be the definitive solution because he would still remain an arabian player, either Khalid Al-Ghannam will stay or the Abdulrahman Ghareeb was in the starting 11 with talisca, ronaldo, mane and one side of the team would still be unbalanced

I see that Al-Nassr, in addition to mane, will need another striker, only in this way would they have a much stronger attack, now the question is who else can they bring, their opponents managed to make good signings and they were already strong, with that if became stronger, so Al-Nassr will have difficulties to win the league this season in my opinion, the question now and if after years mane will be able to play again in a big team in europe, that will be valid for all 30-year-old players who go to the arabic league

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in two days Al-Nassr will have to play against zamalek from egypt, i remember that when i was younger zamalek was a team that caused fear in other african teams, being that they were strong, but today things have changed and with their current squad I think that Al-Nassr has a good chance of winning the game, in 2 games zamalek had only 1 victory and 1 loss and managed to score 4 goals and concede 1 goal, has the same number of goals with Al-Nassr but the difference is that Al-Nassr didn't lose in the 2 games they played. I see Al-Nassr winning

This will get better with the arrival of world soccer stars to the Arab League in particular and Asian leagues in general. Saudi Arabia league become more competitive because great players come to the Arab league. With the arrival of Sadio Mane to Al Nasr, Al Nasr's target is to win the Suadi Arab League this season.

In my opinion, the presence of several new Al Nassr players must use a 4-3-3 formation because they have become monsters on all front lines with the Al Nasr Trio Sadio Mane as LW, Cristiano Ronaldo ST, and assessing Ziyech RW (if he can still be recruited) this will better, but I hope they can sign a star player who plays in the middle. Last season Talisca was selfish, I felt she was not suitable to play with Cristiano Ronaldo.

The European teams didn't just invest money in their football and their success is not just because of the money they spent but that's because of the long time they grow younger talents for the teams in fact instead of spending too much money on their teams they were trying to focus on growing up their younger players.
I think that's that Saudi Arabia needs to improve themselves and reach the goals they want but spending money for the top players in the bough can be a more expensive method.

Fabrizio Romano reports that Mane has completed his medical tests for Al-Nassr, and the contract finalization is imminent. Ronaldo will now have a strong partner on the pitch. The upcoming season will be crucial for both players, with Ronaldo set to play a full season and Mane's arrival expected to prove beneficial for Al-Nassr. The club's decision to bring in Mane as Ronaldo tandem on the field appears to be a wise move.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1686173201284427777

Comparing Bundesliga and Ligue 1 is good because both leagues are dominated by two biggest clubs, Bayern Munich and PSG.
Comparing those leagues with La Liga is not too correct as La Liga is not dominated by a single club.

They must aim at building up a stronger league that will help them to have a stronger national team. Because by playing with more star players from Europe, Saudi Arabian players will learn lot of lessons, sharpen their skills and strengthen their mentality. It will help them to play better in future World Cup tournaments

The success of European leagues was not built in a day. It will take some time for these Saudi clubs to come to the level of some clubs in Europe. The league would have to gain a lot of experience from other top leagues in the world for it to become one of the best in the world. For the clubs to excel, they also need some level of autonomy from the government. If the government controls the management of these clubs they might not make viable decisions that will make the league develop.

It will take more than money and good players to make Saudi League successful. Most players that rejected the Saudi league are not just concerned about the quality of the league but the society. Many players prefer to come to the English league because the country society is free and democratic. The Saudi government should be willing to uphold the fundamental human right of the people. The killing of Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi is still free in my memory about how the Saudi government can be inhuman.

Just like Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, PSG in Ligue 1 and perhaps, like in La Liga where there are only three teams that are regulars in the top three positions in the standings they are Rel Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico. So yes, if the Saudi Professional League only has four big teams then it's basically not a problem either. Because after all, in the big leagues in Europe not all teams have big finances either, right. So, it does not mean that this development requires all teams playing in the SPL to have a lot of money with star players too, it doesn't seem so.

But I'm trying to think about the long-term impact that has arisen regarding the SPL league transfer policy. Whether the unfunded clubs other than Al Nassr, Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Ahli will get support from their State. Because if not, it will make the SPL uncompetitive. This means that even though the SPL will be attractive with the presence of star players at the four clubs, it means nothing if the other clubs cannot provide significant resistance, because they do not have comparable players.

Overall only four clubs have a lot of money because they are funded by the Public Investment Fund (PIF). I think this is a part that the management of the Saudi Arabian pro league needs to pay attention to for the development of their sport.

They are trying hard to hire superstar players from all over the world to improve and develop football in their country, in this transfer win Saudi Arabia spent a huge amount of money and hire many top players from Europe but the fact that this country is they have to invest more in younger player and try to grow talents in their country from their people instead of spending huge amounts of money for other players.
However, I think It's not just about football, and the other purpose they have by spending money is to invest and have another income source in the future.

Saudi Arabia pro league management have a good plan for the development of sport in the country, focusing on those four is good, because in every league there are two or three dominate clubs. And people can only watch or invest in such league depends on the number of high quality players that are there.

The players listed, are just not the only target they had in mind, they could be short time plan players.
They had already bid for mbappe and Osimhen and they all rejected the offers. Regardless they will still bring in big players before the end of Transfer season.

There is an article in footballtransfers.com, regarding 4 major targets for the Saudi clubs ahead of the 2024/25 season. According to this website, the four Saudi clubs (Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr, Al Ahli and Al-Ittihad) who are sponsored by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) want to purchase these players in order to convert SPL to one of the most popular leagues in the world. The players we are talking about are: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Neymar Júnior (Paris Saint-Germain) and Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City). There is no guarantee that their attempt will be successful, but it is going to be fun!

This time was very different that Luis Castro was played Ronaldo since the beginning match and besides that some of new players such as Fofana, Brozović and Alex Telles also into Al Nassr starting lineup and the result is Al Nassr playing more better than their previous match that they can able to control the game but indeed Monastir defense was not easy to penetrate because they were displayed solid defense in the first half

In the second half apparently Monastir lost to focus and this was utilized by Al Nassr to playing more aggressive and only in 16 minutes Al Nassr can able to scores 3 goals which make they win with huge scores 4-1 and Ronaldo was scored 1 goal however this is their first win after passed 5 matches without the winning result but this is not impressive result for me because Monastir is not categorized as strong team

I seem to have missed the news of this successful transfer and it doesn't feel like the process of recruiting Fabinho from Liverpool has also been fairly quick for Al-Ittihad. Fabinho's experience coupled with Kante's experience in midfield will make it easier for Al-Ittihad to win every game. Moreover, it looks like Benzema will be very spoiled by the sweet passes from these two midfielders.

In addition, it is true that Benzema is still very productive in matters of scoring goals and that is why it is likely that Al-Ittihad will be able to win the Saudi league title again next season. I'm still quite curious whether there will be a new wing as Benzema's duet partner later like what we often see when Benzema often does it with Vini at Real Madrid.

Finally added another European star player to follow in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Fabinho did quite well at Liverpool for lia years. Of course, this will make Al Ittihad even tougher in defense by partnering with Kante. The top four positions in the SPL will be even more competitive.

Before the transfer window closes, it is predicted that there will be more players who will join, it will be interesting to wait for the next transfer surprise.

Al nassr is far superior compared with monastir. that's why al nassr can win against monastir easily. The gap is too big between both. Ronaldo was very happy caused by he was contributing a beautiful goal for monatsir. Nassr just need to build a better chemistry between the new players and club.

Brozovic, ronaldo, S fofana and then mane will make nassr gonna be stronger. That's very sad that if nassr was not able winning saudi pro league last season. I expect the different result for upcoming season.

It's caused by ronaldo must compete with its friend benzema to get saudi pro league next season. There will be so many things gonna happen very soon. Al nassr gonna face zamalek which is not a strong opponent.

I think that al nassr will be able to beat zamalek easily. Shabab was able beating zamalek and i think nassr can do that easily without a tough game against zamalek. I hope ronaldo will give us another goal against zamalek very soon.

I'm confident the club will go a long way this season. The Arab club champions cup will be decisive by the club with the highest points on the table, with Al-Nassr having a passive approach to the grand trip this season. Al Nassr defeated Monastir 4-1 in a spectacular victory; it was an easy game with complete control by Al-Nassr in the both halves. Cristiano Ronaldo scores his first goal of the season, assisting Al-Nassr to their first winning of the season. It's a long way down, but the club's actions would be competent and consistent, because they added quite quality player in the squad.

Another star player from Europe joined their league which is continuing to grow last few months since World Cup 2022 ending.

Fabinho and Kante will provide very good defensive power for Al Itihad as they are very good defensive midfielders. Fabinho can play as a central defender if the club has emergent need for that position, he can play temporarily at that position like he did many times in Liverpool.

They are the champions of the league and will protect the title in a new season. With their finished transfers so far, Benzema, Kante, Fabinho, they are going ahead of Al Nassr. With Kante and Fabinho, Al Itihad have better balance than Al Nassr that seems to focus too much on attacking with Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane. Anyway, these clubs will still be strongest candidates for the trophy in a coming season in Saudi Arabia.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1686103734923804672


Fabinho officially become ittihad's player starting from now. Im very glad to see him decide to join in al ittihad instead of stay in liverpool. He has been picking the right choice by leaving from liverpool to join al ittihad. Fabinho gonna be in the same team with kante and benzema.
Benzema just makes all of ittihad fans are feeling amazed caused by he has been making a beautiful goal for al ittihad. It's good to see that ittihad has a powerful vision to add more and more great player to the club.

Fabinho gonna be playing in the same team with world-class player like kante and benzema. Im so happy to see him there. He can use all of his experience to help the club to win saudi pro league next season.
Ittihad has been winning SPL last season, it's now the time for this club to dominate the league for the upcoming seasons. Kante and benzema will become good team mates for him. I think fabinho gonna adapt easily in ittihad.