Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 647. (Read 118802 times)

Yes i have seen it and read it carefully, the Government of Saudi Arabia is trying to make changes in the long term to avoid dependence on their energy resources, namely oil. Football is an important element in their efforts to carry out these reforms, so the move by the Government to fund Clubs in the SPL is part of their long term project. Henceforth, if the SPL League is more advanced and developing (competitive), there will be many outside sponsors who will bring benefits to the club, and the government will no longer need to fund it as it is at present.

It's true that many football observers see that the policy they are taking is a step that is extraordinarily genius. Because football (SPL) will bring more benefits to the State of Saudi Arabia than other sectors. I think the SPL will develop over time and will become a competitive league signing European stars.

The experience from the Chinese League is enough to prove that using corporate/private party funds is not able to finance club expenses even they were unable to achieve a good profit things are different in the Saudi Professional League they get funding from the government obviously the club can afford all the expenses. The question is, why does the government want to finance the clubs in this league? I suspect this is related to the government's mega project which is called Saudi Vision 2030 you can check it on the official website.

It's true that the saudi league did that and I don't think it's a problem because they signed a former European star player who already has great experience in various competitions. Moreover, even though most of them are former European star players, the exposure resulting from their big names is clearly felt for the popularity of the Saudi league and therefore this is like a mutually beneficial collaboration. I think other leagues that have large investment funds need to imitate the Saudi league way of starting to introduce their league so that it can be better known by outsiders.

Luring young people to join by recruiting so many skilled players into the league. It's an excellent strategy being used by SPL. I noticed that certain Saudi pro leagues are tempting young players with massive salaries.
Zaniolo can become the next young player gonna be recruited by SPL club. Saudi clubs went into the crazy mode. They were intervening any transfers that happened in the european competitions. Money is the main aim by professional football.

I gonna waiting for young player to join in the club soon. We will see a lot of changes gonna happen in the various clubs next season. SPL gonna be one of considerable league now.

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The opening match gonna be gerrard's club against ronaldo's club (ettifaq vs nassr).

That's gonna be very interesting match.

With approaches from Middle East nations, they aim at long term and they shown it with their approaches for education, economics and now I believe they are doing this with football. They have a longer plan and more sustainable strategies for Saudi Professional League. I really believe that they are executing it with a plan like for 10 or 20 years to change their leagues and local player quality completely.

Japan and J-league are good case studies for Saudi Arabia to believe that they will successfully upgrade their league like J-league after a few decades.

Big clubs need money from transfers to rebuild their squads and it's nothing better than selling old players at very good transfer prices to Saudi Arabian clubs and use that transfer income to buy new players.

From player side, when they are old and already got some achievements in Europe, they have nothing to lose by moving to Saudi Professional League just to play a very last seasons in their career.

Saudi clubs have gained a lot of popularity since Ronaldo and Benzema joined the SPL from the European League. These two legendary players have other players to join the SPL who are thinking of joining the Saudi club. Bayern Munich legendary player Sadio Mane Al Nassr is likely to be signed. Reports have revealed that representatives of the former Liverpool star have met with Al Nassr club officials. If the deal is completed, Sadio Mane could be seen at the Saudi club in the Middle Eastern country. The SPL are offering huge sums of money to sign good stars which are attracting players to come to Saudi clubs.

They will be so difficult in finding a place that can give them huge salary like saudi clubs. that's why they were always accepting a contract from saudi clubs. The different thing with some people like messi which was accepting offer from intermiami and reject saudi club's offer. I don't even think if all of the young players gonna reject it. The chance for saudi's offer to be rejected will be very high but it doesn't mean all of them will reject it. As long as saudi club gonna offer very big salary and it may be enough to make them feel interesting to join in the saudi club. I think if all of players are still trying to calculate whether they will be accepting huge offer from saudi or not. It sounds non sense if the young player don't consider and calculate it.

I agree with you; also i believe that the Saudi League teams are also strategic in their attempts; they have gone after players who still have couple of years to play and also mixed the signings with young players such as Mendy and Neves. With Mahrez reportedly being tempted to move from Manchester city and Henderson + Fabinho touted to join as well. The league is building its reputation well.

In a few years; they will have quality young gems coming out of their leagues.

Yes, along with the current developments in the SPL where the Teams from the Saudi Arabian league are still very active in recruiting many players in this transfer window. It's true that ronaldo was the first player to go there in last season's transfer window which could be followed by other players looking to continue their career in the SPL. For this reason, I think there will be more concrete steps taken by Al Ahli in this transfer window because the Al Ahli management is still quite active in making approaches with European players.

Mahrez is a player who has been widely reported to be joining Al Ahli. In fact Al Ahli progress in signing Mahrez is close to a unanimous agreement with Manchester city. I think if Mahrez is successful in getting to Al-Ahli, then the strength of the Saudi Arabian league team will be very competitive in the competition next season.

Juventus will offers nothing for him. Zaniolo shall never try to pass an opportunity to get a lot of money rather than playing in juventus which is facing financial problem at this moment. He is a good player. that's why saudi club was targeting him as next super star to be recruited by the club.
Zaniolo is very young too. He can come back to the european league after he will be finishing his career before. it's very hard choice for zaniolo at this moment. His age becomes the main reason why arabian club priced him very high.
It's unlikely zaniolo gonna play for juventus rather than saudi club. Saudi's offer is far bigger compared with juventus's offer at this moment. Zaniolo must think about playing in a club that potentially get another sanction is a huge gambling.
IF he played professional football caused by money and he must try to take a look at such opportunity to earn a lot of money in a short time against arabian club.

Teams will never mind to pay good sum of money to the popular ones. It is all through them big business gets rolled. I don't have stats, but I'm sure that the business before the involvement of Ronaldo into Saudi Arabia Pro League and after his participation have very big difference. When more popular players make their participation this gonna make big business. Everything have got a calculation and based on the same will be the amount spent on players.

Yeah, Ronaldo was the first player that attracted the other European players to have that mindset on playing in SPL. Benzema did a sharp move and I know that he will bring more people to stay more focus on SPL. Ronaldo and Benzema are two world great players that have won good amount of trophies,this will even attract more professional players to see SPL and a league that will be a honour for them to play in. One beautiful thing is that they will appreciate your quality with a huge sum of money that most players will be tempted of.

Obviously the SPL will be a more competitive league next season because it's not just one team that has managed to get European players, several teams have even done this so there will be more interesting competition for us to see next season. So, in my opinion, Ronaldo and Benzeman are two players who have quite a big influence on the progress of the SPL next season.

In fact i think ronaldo and benzema will probably attract a large number of companies to join the SPL to do promotions as these two players are quite influential for now. Besides that, big profits will definitely come to them where they get it in terms of ticket sales or the broadcasting rights they get. Al-Ittihad is one of the most favored teams for next season and Al-Nassr is a pretty strong competitor for Al-Ittihad Club in the race for the trophy next season.

Undoubtedly, the factual truth is that majority of the European based players who's reached agreements to sign for these Saudi Arabian clubs are players that are above the age of 30 which in football is regarded as ending part of a footballers career.
That been said, I think there are still European based players who are in their 20s and was signed to the Saudi clubs. The management of the Saudi League knows what they really want and publicization of the league to World Football audience of one the their reasons which they're are achieving

For now you are describing the status quo and the younger high potential talents will try to stay and find their role within a top European club, but what if the Saudi Professional League keeps expanding their top player portfolio, is even willing to spend more money than they already are and in a next step try to establish their own kind of Champions League and subsidize it to a level that no other international competition can compete with? We are not there yet, but I wouldn't vouch for such a scenario being unrealistic. I think it is possible and it only needs some broadcasters who like the idea and show the league on the most prominent channels around the world. That is when the dominant role of European soccer will be at risk.

Well, as a young athlete who excels in this sport, you can surely expect that they will prioritize to pay in major clubs that can give them experience to become a much greater player that will excel more than the others and at that point, money will not be a priority as if fame will be with you, money will always follow. And that is also one of the reasons why most of the younger generations now are in Europe playing in the midst of their prime because that particular place is their ground to grow more.

And if you will become older, it is expected that they will start to resort something that will benefit them as a player and as a family fan. Joining Saudi League has been one of the opportunities for Ronaldo because he can still play with decent minutes, having a much bigger salary, and having a lot more time to his family at the same time.

At least, you should look for various news and information related to this discussion. I will explain a little, Al Nassr, Al Ittihad, Al Hilal, and Al Ahli, have been acquired by the PIF "Public Investment Fund" company which is under the auspices of the prince of Saudi Arabia, namely Mohammed bin Salman. This acquisition was carried out with a vision to advance and simultaneously improve football in Saudi Arabia.
PIF has a 75% stake in each of its clubs, this acquisition is part of the club's privatization and investment projects in Saudi Arabia.  PIF confirms that it will fully cooperate with the government of Saudi Arabia in this acquisition. they made sure, no rules were violated regarding club ownership.

In Europe's top leagues, there are rules that prohibit one person or party from having more than one club fighting in the same competition. The Premier League implements this, as well as the European Champions League. however, in Saudi Arabia, apparently this is not enforced. As a result, PIF can become the owner of the majority of shares in four big Saudi Arabian clubs at once. let's briefly review PIF, which also owns 80 percent of Newcastle shares, correct me if I'm wrong. PIF is a consortium of investors chaired by Mohammed bin Salman who is a Saudi Arabian prince and also the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition, PIF is the engine of Saudi Arabia's economic transformation which has a vision to become a global investor that has a significant impact on the global economy.

Well, now we come back to this discussion. it's very natural isn't it, if these clubs bring in a lot of top European players with the money they have. then, roughly, what is their purpose other than to promote football in their country. at least, you can assume with a little picture of where the project undertaken by the PIF and the Saudi kingdom is headed. and for sure, they will not be short on money to sign top players. in fact, this league has become a concern in the eyes of the world.

I would rather say the Saudi league are bringing in former best players who were at a time the best players to have played in Europe league. They’re not bringing in current best players who are still at their prime now, maybe they won’t want to join since they’re still valued at their teams and in Europe.

Even the addition of this past great players have added value to their league, I just imagine how many popularity and recognition the league will get more when young and talented players at their peak level joins the league.

Haha easy to guess almost all of them would agree to move to this league when their career had finished in the Europa League and almost retired at the same time there was an offer to move with a high salary of course they can't refuse it, it is the right choice. but if the offer that can be made to a young european player is clear they reject it they prefer career over money, not only players even top coaches also refused to join. We'll see in the next 2 seasons whether the Saudi League continues to do this.

Yes, reportedly so but if so far these clubs are still safe, then of course they also do not violate financial fair play which is certainly a success for them. Indeed, I also previously thought that maybe only Ronaldo was willing to play in the Saudi Professional League and maybe, it would not make other clubs do crazy things like Al Nassr. But in the end, other clubs also have the same power to be able to bring in top European players and at least it is clear that the changes they make are not only done for popularity, but the changes made by these clubs are clearly to improve the quality of their football.