Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 632. (Read 118843 times)

Is not it just a transfer between the club that being owned by the same company? I meant newcastle and al ahli under PIF. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65813662
I would not be surprised to see that if this transfer is going very smoothly caused by allant saint maximin can come back anytime to the EPL. A bit surprised to see that if he has picked by the club to be sent to the PIF's saudi club.

That's pretty much the same as the transfer between chelsea and strasbourg. Chelsea has also owned a lot of shares from strasbourg.

Well, everything has its own start and I'm confident enough to say that Saudi League will make its own name in the future and maybe they can expand if they are already successful until we can somehow say that they are competitive enough to play against the top teams in EuroLeague.

Time will tell until they are already ready for that kind of matches because right now, they are still way behind from the clubs in Europe.

Although there are many European stars currently playing in the Saudi Professional League but for me, their quality cannot be compared to the competition in the big European leagues. So yes, the European league still has the main attraction in the world of soccer, and will not be replaced by the Saudi Professional League. Also, at the moment they are still lucky that superstar Ronaldo is still playing there, so the appeal is still great. I just can't imagine if Ronaldo will retire, whether the Saudi Professional League will still be attractive or not.

5 years contract with total salary 200 millions this is fantastic offers from Al-Nassr and maybe those who thinking about money will accept this offer but apparently Ousmane Dembele was not interested to moved to Al-Nassr because he want to stay at Barcelona for much longer and Ousmane Dembele is a good player and i have been notice everytime he was playing since the beginning of match Barcelona almost gets the positive results even Xavi always be considering his talent and everytime Dembele in the good fitness Xavi always be putting him into Barcelona starting lineup

Just like i said before that Ousmane Dembele is injured prone and since he joined to Barcelona Dembele could not play full for 1 season due to injury problems moreover he has 1 year remaining contract until season 2024 over and negotiations for a contract extension are also still no progress and Al-Nassr also are willing to pay according to Dembele release clause which is the price is not too high 50 millions but this is still not final decision for Dembele because possibly he will change his mind

Some time ago there were rumors for the Saudi league that there would be another European player and now Al-Ahli has reached a verbal agreement with Newcastle to sign Allan Saint-Maximin. The 26-year-old player seems very interested in the offer made by Al-Ahli and must be willing to end his prime faster from the EPL to the Saudi league. He plays as a left winger and that means it will be a dangerous trio from Al-Ahli with Firmino, Mahrez and Allan Saint-Maximin for next season. His contract runs until 2026 and now it's just a matter of waiting for an official announcement from Al-Ahli for this great transfer.

Source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1683192317207887875

I still see the potential that this could backfire in the future against the SPL when they are trying to maintain or even further raise the quality of the teams. Players get spoiled and they correct their former requirements to play in the SPL. Since everyone now knows that the Arab clubs are willing to pay hundreds of millions in salaries, it will be harder and harder for them to sign players in the future for less. They got a snowball rolling here. Now with the most recent news about Mbappe and the 700 million offering, what are they going to do to convince above average players to go there in the future? I know this is not my problem, but I am trying to build a solid opinion on that as they might have started with their offers to European players that were already too high.

Naturally, they have good finances. That made them start building a club filled with former world players. Although they are in retirement age, their orientation is not only achievement. It seems that they have a good understanding of the football industry. The arrival of European players certainly increases jersey sales figures. So they are in the period of starting. Maybe it won't take long, the quality of the league will be the same as the European level. This is already a lot of Asian players who are in big European clubs.

Yes, everything takes time and the long or fast process to reach a point of success depends on the hard work and effort put in by the Saudi clubs and football associations there.
But nothing is impossible and Saudi could really compete with Europe for football in the future.

To make a big event like the European Cup also seems to have the option to build it because so far the Saudis have many qualified supporting factors.
But this is just a thought and there is not really a bright spot about it.

Terrible results, but in fairness it should be said that these are not the weakest clubs in Europe (especially Benfica), although more could have been expected in the duel with Celta. I can assume that given the close ties between PSG and Saudi Arabia, the score in this friendly game will be more decent. Something like 3-4 in favor of PSG or even 3-3.

Ousmane Dembélé has turned down a proposal from Al-Nassr. I just think he believes that the timing isn't right for such a move. Players who are genuinely focused on their careers wouldn't choose to go there. He feels that he is still too young to make a move like that and it would be more sensible for him to continue playing for Barcelona.

You are right and it seems this hunger is not going to be over yet because they are still trying to hire superstar players from the top European teams for more money than they can offer them, I think if they continue, we are going to see much better performance in the Saudi teams soon.




Dembele is an important player for Xavi and his team, even if in Saudi Arabian they pay him much more money still I think there is much more chance for him to play for Barcelona in the next season, Dembele is still 26y old and he is in the good from and there is no reason for him to leave Europa yet.




I know Ronaldo said the news about him and some players are wrong, but I think one reason for some players to join Al Nasr is Ronaldo, he disappointed from some players in the last season because of their bad performance, and now in this season, Ronaldo is one big reason for many payers to join this team.

Indeed, the Saudi league team is very hungry to be able to bring in European players this summer and they compete with each other to be able to get the best. We know the Saudi league team is very strong from a financial point of view and that's what makes European players choose to join the Saudi league team even though it can be said that they can still be productive in Europe.

Other than that, I think all of them will continue to do their jobs until the desired targets are met. About Ousmane Dembele, I don't think he will leave Barcelona because he is an important player for Xavi's project and even though he rarely gets minutes due to frequent injuries, I don't think he will rush to go to the saudi league.

Dembele will not leave from barcelona. He has been confirmed it. Al nassr needs to find a new target to replace him. Demebele happy to stay in barcelona even longer. Saudi club shall not need to pursue him anymore caused by he will stay for the next season.
Al nassr is now trying to search for another talent to replace dembele. As far as i know that if chelsea is not trying to give up in offering ziyech for nassr. I remember that ziyech was failed to go to the SPL due to the fees.
I think that's gonna be a good news for al nassr to get ziyech from chelsea. Al nassr is also targeting eric bailly as the next one. He was a defender.

I wonder who will be recruited by nassr to replace dembele as an old target by the club. Al nassr will be facing some strong clubs like PSG in upcoming match. Ronaldo is trying to make sure his club will be in the best condition when nassr gonna face PSG.

That proves that their attacking department hasn't worked as well as it should have since they were unable to break through their opponents' defenses in pre-season matches, although that can't be completely used as a benchmark, because later in the league, Al Nassr will face a different club from the club that made them lose these two times


Maybe that will be another question, will Mbappe's absence in the pre-season squad greatly reduce the Paris club's performance? so that it will be easily beaten by Al Nassr, because I doubt enough just by bringing in players from Europe then Al Nassr's game will immediately be able to compete with clubs from Europe, even though this is just a friendly match that might not go very seriously but Luiz Enrique will certainly try to convince many parties that his presence there is not something wrong and he will prove he can keep PSG strong in Ligue 1, one of which is by not failing in pre-season matches from any club.


Yeah, we see that Arab clubs haven't finished in the transfer market, including at Al Nassr, maybe before the transfer season closes there will be another name confirmed to be at this club to play with Ronaldo and several other players, and Al Nassr's target is of course to become the Saudi Pro League champion, only they will face the same club incessantly in the transfer market this time.

We have not heard any further information regarding FIFA ban on Al Nassr however based on local media reports Al Nassr only had to pay Leicester City 390k in additional fees which I think is not a problem I mean they have a lot of money so it's not a problem you know that's equivalent to 12 hours of Ronaldo salary. This deal happened in 2018 Al Nassr brought in Ahmed Musa from Leicester with a transfer fee of €16 million + additional fees with the conditions that apply, Al Nassr must have a reason why they didn't complete the payment however FIFA has decided that Al Nassr must pay for it, if not, then they cannot bring in new players from outside or local players and other sanctions are ready to wait.

We know Al Nassr are planning to sign Sadio Mane which means the problem with Leicester City must be resolved first this is an indication that the problem may be resolved in the near future or even resolved. On this Monday we should hear further news because the two parties had previously held a meeting but somehow they haven't announced it yet even though Munich did not want to hinder his move, it's no secret that Sadio Mane is not included in Thomas Tuchel's plans for next season so there should be no reason to stay in Munich.

They are very rich and don't have to think too much about money spending if it matches with their national strategies for developments of sports, economics and other aspects in their nation. So far looks like Saudi Professional League has such great support from their government and they will look around Europe to buy as best players as they can with their budgets.

You are right about the bottom line, which I wrote above too. Latest changes in Saudi Professional League have potential to change a lot of things in Saudi Arabia and I really believe that it was shed a green light from Saudi Arabian government too.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema are first two biggest bricks to help the league becomes more exciting and get more attraction from Europe. The league matches already are broadcasted on many European television channels and it is beginning. After this summer, the league will get more contracts with Television, communication companies from Europe.

Saudi teams won't hesitate to signed players who are ready tk exits european football. They are pursuing any player they believe is valuable in European football. Al Nassr is the leading team in terms of player signings this season, having spent massive sums on players this summer and still intending to spend more. Ousmane Dembele is a top-tier frontline player for the blaugrana, and losing him this summer would be devastating. Xavi Hernandez has included the Frenchman in his plans for next season, and despite his severe injuries, I believe he will recover, as he usually does.

Dembele has turned down a lucrative offer from saudi club. The goal has been also reported it

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/no-cristiano-ronaldo-barcelona-winger-ousmane-dembele-turns-down-200m-offer-al-nassr/blt0a7cc5f380f03359

Dembele was still becoming the main choice for xavi. I see no chance for him to go to the saudi club even when he gets a lucrative offer from saudi club. Demble is still wanna playing together with barcelona. he has been also become the main choice by xavi as a winger.
No reason for dembele to leave from barcelona to play for al nassr. Dembele was just showing his loyallity to the barcelona despite a very big offer from saudi club.

The same thing also happened with other player of barcelona. Saudi tried so hard to bring them to the saudi pro league but it's all failed.

Failure was triggered in Ziyech transfer as he failed media tests due to a knee injury which was found. After that happened, Al Nassr failed to sign him. For now it looks like Ziyech is still an attraction for a team from League saudi arabia to sign him in this transfer window but it's likely that the club will not be Al Nassr.

Yes, seeing how active Al Nassr is in this transfer window, it is very likely that they will bring in more players in the transfer market. For now Al Nassr is often associated with Sadio Mane because Sadio Mane has agreed to go to another club after Sadio Mane is no longer Tuchel priority for next season. It looks like Sadio Mane transfer to Al Nassr will be successful because Sadio Mane has sent a signal that he agrees to join Al Nassr. We just have to wait for the latest news on this progress where Al nassr will hold talks with Bayern munich on the release price of Sadio Mane.

There are rumors that Al-Nassr wants to sign Ousmane Dembele. Ousmane Dembele's contract has a release clause of 50 million euros. Ousmane Dembele has often been the target of criticism due to some injury problems. His career at Barcelona also fell short of expectations. However, despite this, he rejected Al-Nassr's offer and said he wanted to stay at Barcelona.

In recent days, we have seen that Arab teams take action to transfer young football players instead of stars who are nearing the end of their careers such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and N'Golo Kante.