Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 63. (Read 118885 times)

Sure, he is still a football player now but it will be difficult to continue his career if he can't deal with his injury. Neymar got too many injury problems, I personally doubt if he still can play in the next 2-3 years. He also looks not really focusing on the recovery anymore, he is busy with playing games and streaming. He may prepare a new career if he decides to retire from football. I assume he may decide to retire when his contract with Al Hilal is over and he fails to recover. Even he can recover, it is very possible to get injury again in short time. So, I never imagine he will return to Santos, Santos won't consider to sign him with the prone of injury problems.

Neymar's injuries



Source: https://www.transfermarkt.com/neymar/verletzungen/spieler/68290

Ronaldo is a great player to me and I see him as the best even if Messi is the best currently because he has added the world cup to his achievements which Ronaldo hasn't. Sometimes these achievements are luck or being given to vompensate the player for his outstanding performance in football.

Ronaldo still has his own record where everyone respects him on that and Messi cannot outsmart him in that aspect which is the highest goal scorer in all competitions in football. This alone will be a record that might take decades to break.

The media knows that by mentioning Ronaldo their news will trend, especially if they corner him and compare the Portuguese star reputation with Messi. I believe that every player has an ego and personal ambition, that's what drives them to be more advanced in every match. However, Ronaldo has proven to be able to control his personal ego for a long period of time, which has led him to become a footballer who is able to set record after record. Likewise with Messi, the media understands very well how to attract readers interest, they will get a big advantage from mentioning them both. The two players will continue to be a public discussion wherever and whenever, because both have quite a large fan base. As for who is better, it really depends on who is looking at it.

He was made the villains so Messi can be the most liked among everybody but still they couldn't defeat Ronaldo as he still get love from his fans. Ronaldo started with nothing and wasn't given an easy path as Messi was. Messi is a Barcelona product and he got protected from the beginning and given anything that he wants. The moment he left Barcelona, he started struggling until they have to decide to give him the world cup so they can crown him the greatest of all time yet Ronaldo is still the one that the street loves. Ronaldo carrying himself is because nobody agreed to carry him, his clubs keep betraying him after everything that he does for them. It started from Real Madrid to Manchester united.

The way he sometimes responds to journalists really gives them a reason to think he is arrogant. And it doesn't matter whether he was trying to show that side of himself or not, the job of a journalist is to find a reason for an article and it is common for them to interpret words differently or take them out of context. That's why he is often subjected to such arguments. However, sometimes he did behave strangely when he showed different gestures to the fans. He won't prove anything to his haters, it's useless, if a person believes in something it's hard to dissuade him from it

Al Ahli is going to have hard games soon. They are going to play in the AFC Champions League against Persepolis and this can be a hard match for them, also since Al Ahli wants so to achieve the title of this tournament, this can be an important game for them that's why they should get ready for it.
But this won't be that simple for Al Ahli because before playing against Persepolis, they have to play against Al Nassr in the Saudi League and this can be a hard match for them to stand against Ronaldo and his team, after that they will have only three days to recover for Persepolis and this situation can make Al Ahli to lose points in the second game.

Recruiting Neymar is like Al Hillal just burning money at the moment, after they spent a lot of money to buy him from PSG previously, now Al Hillal has to bear Neymar very high salary although he has no contribution to Al Hillal at the moment, I think for now Mitrovic is the one who deserves a bigger salary because his contribution to Al Hillal is also very large compared to Neymar.
Star status  of course is a factor that makes Al Hillal must to big pay Neymar salary but if he doesn't contribute at all to the club, of course there are policies that might reduce salaries or even terminate the neymar contract.

Keeping Neymar will clearly be a big loss for them at this time, especially if we look at Al Hillal's performance and consistency so far which is quite stable even without Neymar  then should there is no reason for Al Hillal to continue to keep Neymar in the squad.
I think the attraction European players to play in the Saudi Arabian league are not because of individual players like Ronaldo or Neymar so far but because of the fantastic salaries offer so it will be difficult for every player to refuse offers coming from Al Hillal, Al Nassr or other Arab clubs at this time.

It was a disastrous mistake by Al Hilal and the biggest gift they could give to Neymar. This guy ruined his promising career for many years in a row and I never understood why he was pursuing the money so much obsession. He would have been a multimillionaire, if not a billionaire if he pursued his career with all his talent and passion. He would have built the Neymar brand either way. Kids around the planet admired him, he was making millions and millions per year and yet he decided to go to PSG and leave Barcelona when Messi and Suarez were still there and then he went one step further and signed a contract in Saudi Arabia. The last step I understand as his career was already down the toilet. Al Hilal should have known better. But if he tried to become the best player in the world, I think he would have made hundreds and hundreds of millions anyway in his career. Now he is disappearing into obscurity. Given what status he once had in Brazil, nothing of it is left at this point. What a waste.

That is just insane man, look at that and make a ratio of salary/contribution to the team. Is gonna look even worse for Neymar, absolute trash in this numbers. But we also ahve to say he was a magnet and without him a lot of the players that come to the team after his arrival are not gonna move if he was not there.

They have luck because Arabs doesnt seems to care so much about the money trey put in this sport.

I started watching Cristiano Ronaldo when he was newly signed by Manchester United,  I was able to see him grow to become the global star he's today and that's why I'm always perplexed when people mistake his self-confidence for ego. Cristiano Ronaldo have always exhibited the life of humility as a footballer but one thing you can't take away from him is his ability to always defend himself as well as letting people know of his true worth.

Cristiano Ronaldo have played under different legendary football managers ranging from Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti and so many others and none of them have ever described him as an "arrogant" footballer. I think some of these media outlets are responsible in  making him look like footballer with so much ego in their bid to make his biggest rival Lionel Messi look like a better footballer

The saddest thing about all this is that when the Arabs signed Neymar, they knew he was injured and didn't play well for PSG. After he arrived in Saudi Arabia, he kept traveling to Brazil even though he was injured. So he didn't help Al Hilal's marketing at all, because Al Hilal became champions and gained more attention. I would say that the only player who really helped promote the image of the Saudi league was Cristiano Ronaldo. Unfortunately, Al Hilal wanted to copy Al Nassr because they brought Ronaldo. First, they wanted to bring Messi, but since Messi refused, they brought Neymar instead. A terrible decision.

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Tomorrow there is a game

Al-Nassr - Al-Ahli

the biggest problems of the international break is that when the league games resume, the players are either injured or underperforming. Ivan Toney will probably be able to play tomorrow and perhaps he can improve Al-Ahli's attack, which in 2 games has only managed to score 2 goals and is coming off a defeat for this game. Both teams do not have very important players injured, so I assume that the Al Nassr coach will put his best attackers (Talisca, Ronaldo, Abdulrahman Ghareeb and Sadio Mane) right from the start of the game.

Al-Nassr possible starting lineup:
Bento; Al Ghanam, Alawjami, Laporte, Telles; Brozovic, Al-Khaibari; Talisca, Mane; Ronaldo

Al-Ahli possible starting lineup:
Mendy; Majrashi, Demiral, Ibanez, Alhurayji; Aljohani, Kessie; Mahrez, Firmino, Viega; Darisi

My Prediction

looking at the history involving these two teams when they play each other



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Al Nassr can do better and looking at the performance of the 2 teams currently, I see Al Nassr with better performance, so I believe that Al Nassr will win the game

I'm not sure what I mean by ego here, but that's the conclusion I can draw, he's a good player even at his old age, but that's absolutely not enough to lift Al-Nassr to the next level, they're still overshadowed by Al-Hilal there. Regarding ego, maybe you can judge that when he was still at Manchester United before going to Al-Nassr, he left Manchester United in a bad way, with all his bad words regarding the coach & the atmosphere there.

People think paying Neymar this large amount of money is painful for Al Hilal since he is injured but we can't forget that they are getting benefits from having this player in the team even if he's not paying for them but thanks to Neymar they could make some other players to join this team.
Also Al Hilal is not under pressure at all and they are still in a good financial situation to hire more superstars and expensive players for their team, Neymar is not a player to say he can even help Neymar in the next games considering the current situation he has.
  

Her hard work since she first made her professional debut has been recognized by several coaches who have coached her at several different clubs. And from her teammates who have also said the same thing about her although all this we know from the media reports we read.
Only with Erik ten Hag did she have a dispute and for me that is positive. Regarding ego, it is fair to say that she is too egotistical although for me that is the stance of a great player who has been recognized.

There will be several matches tomorrow, but only Al Nassr and Damac matches are easy to predict. Al Nassr are playing at home and on the one hand Ronaldo wants to score more this season. So it's easy to beat Al Ahli who are looking a little inconsistent at the moment.
And Damac has a chance to get 3 points after consecutive defeats.
Al-Okhdood should not put any pressure because this match will take place at Damac home ground.
But the only one that is difficult to predict is the Al Taawon vs Al Khaleej match. Both teams have the same performance. However, Al Taawon has a little chance when playing at home. BTTS is the best choice in this match.

Neymar is currently in the recovery stage after a long injury and maybe in the near future he will return to playing with Al Hillal, but in my opinion, Al Hillal doesn't need to have too much hope for Neymar in the future because after a long injury it will be difficult for a footballer to be able to show his  the best performance, I think Al Hillal should take a firm stance regarding Neymar future at Al Hillal at this time, apart from that I also think that if they continue to keep Neymar in the team it will only make them continue to spend money in vain to pay Neymar salary although he dont have contributed to the team so far, Neymar will indeed recover soon, but Al Hillal should remember that Neymar injury history is too serious and long, so it is very likely that he will suffer another injury if play and obviously that will make Al Hillal must to pay for Neymar medical costs again , firing Neymar is actually the right solution especially without Neymar, Al Hillal is still very strong and able to compete in the league so far.

I don't think Neymar will ruin the team if he joins because he is actually a good player if he joins the Al Hilal squad and the combination with Alexander Mitrovic will create good cooperation, in fact for me this is unfair to Neymar because he has not felt playing with Al Hilal for a long time but he was replaced by another player he must also feel bad for the club that pays him besides he also received a lot of criticism due to the misfortune he suffered even though this was not his fault. Although currently Al Hilal is fine but we don't know what will happen in the future, maybe one of their players is injured and Neymar can be a second substitute for Al Hilal and this will be an advantage for the team besides Al Hilal also has many matches the coach can also rotate players and Neymar can enter the squad so that Al Hilal's performance remains stable until the end.

There will always be debate when talking about Ronaldo's ego, I will not talk about that now, but I will talk about Ronaldo's performance with Al Nassr since he first joined. Overall he played well, but it was not supported by a very solid team game, because inevitably the overall team game will determine their performance. Now Al Nassr is very good at the front line, but when their defense is shaky, it will also be a weakness that can be exploited by the opponent. So in football we cannot see from one point of view only, but we must see from all aspects that affect the game. We also cannot just blame one player, but that is the weakness of a team as a whole.

How you come to the conclusion of the ego aspect of Cristiano is what still baffles me because what you call ego is actually self confidence to me. Cristiano is one of the most humble and committed player I have seen. To confirm this, tell me if you have ever seen Cristiana have problem with any of his coach both in league and national team. He has always been submissive and committed, facing the business of football with passion and dedication without sentiments. I believe he will fit into any team.

You are right. At that time he was also recovering from his injury. So he was not played at the beginning of his arrival at Al-Hilal. Because I remember the reason Al-hilal didn't play him at that time was because they wanted Neymar to be in his best condition. But unfortunately, when the international break was over, Neymar went to the Brazilian national team and competed there. Well, at first he was fine. And he even returned to Al-Hilal and was able to play well with Al-Hilal in several matches. but in the next international break he went back to the national team and he received a serious injury and has been absent until now.

Al-hilal didn't get many opportunities to play Neymar at that time. But indeed the attention of the football world is focused on Al-Hilal and the SPL. And actually we can see that Al-Hilal without Neymar is fine. but the problem is that Al-hilal wants to attract more people's attention to the SPL like Al-nassr did by bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo. The difference here is that we see Al-nassr actually becoming quite dependent on the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo. Because when Cristiano Ronaldo is absent, it turns out that Al-nassr always experiences a fairly clear decline in performance.