Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 666. (Read 126828 times)

Signing a Liverpool legend and an England international to the Saudi Arabian League if you ask me is one of the strangest signings of this summer transfer window.
Al-Ettifaq must be very proud of what they were able to do. Jordan Henderson despite being in his 30s is a quality player that'll bring value to the club. The Saudi Arabian League gets even more interesting as the days goes by

It is only a matter of time before Kylian Mbappé is ousted and no longer among the world's elite talents. His current age and fitness will not allow him to join the Saudi team right now, but it does not imply he will not join in the future, even though he is currently in form. Mbappe's refusal of Al-Hilal's offer demonstrates that he is more interested in trophies that will render him an iconic figure in Europe and football history. I appreciate his decision, and no one is to blame for a person's decision or the road they choose for themselves and their career path.

I think is good for him Sir, Jordan Henderson has also won many achievements at Europa. Considering that he is already 33 years old, I think he has do the right choice by joining to Al Ettifaq, because the salary Ettifaq offers is also quite high for him. According to the news that I heard he will be paid 700 thousand/weeks, this offer is very fantastic for him Sir.
Yes, before when Ettifaq played people rarely watched, because we only know Ronaldo at Al-Nassr. Maybe most of the viewers only watch Al Nassr match, but now there are many other star players in different clubs, it will increase viewing rates for the new season of course.

I think the transfer is pretty good and Al-Ettifaq did a pretty good job this summer signing Liverpool legends. We know after 12 years at Liverpool, Jordan Henderson has won everything with Liverpool so even if there were offers from other European teams he would not be that interested. But if there is an offer from the Saudi league team it is a much more interesting thing about how to get big money at an age that is getting old. Currently there are only a few teams that dominate European player transfers and maybe this is just the beginning of the Saudi league to be able to convince the audience to start believing in this league in the future.

Jordan Henderson has signed to Al Ettifaq. What do you think about this transfer? Henderson became another great football player who went to Saudi Arabia after playing for Liverpool for years. The 33-year-old could actually find a place in a good team in the big leagues if he wanted to, but Al Ettifaq must have offered a good contract. Henderson, who has a 3-season contract, will probably end his career here.

It's important to distribute the star football players to the teams in a balanced way in terms of the promotion of the league. Not a single super team has been created, there are many competitive teams. This will definitely increase the viewing rates.

PSG shouldn't be the one to tell Mbappe the club that he will go to. At least Mbappe is a man enough to make his decisions to which club he love to play with. Why is PSG complicating things for themselves and Mbappe by wanting him to join the Saudi clubs when he doesn't have the interest,all because the want to make profit. Was it Mbappe that told PSG to add to his funds after the world cup ?

I think Mbappe will regret ever playing in PSG with this nonsense that they are doing to him. He loves to play in Real Madrid and PSG is making it look difficult for him to play for his dream club just because they have the power to deprive him from moving. All these their decision on his life will end by next season when his contract will expire. Now I see why Messi left PSG without looking back,I see it that PSG are making fool of themselves because a player is to decide on the club he will love to play in and not the club that will choose for him.

No, I am afraid that you misunderstood The news reports were that Al-Hilal offered $331.9 million to PSG as the transfer fee and then they also offered

"a one-year contract worth up to 700 million euros, comprising a 200 million euro annual salary along with major commercial arrangements and image rights."

This is still all quite in the dark and I haven't found an official source that verified this one-year contract offer.

But since the Public Investment Fund from Saudi Arabia is involved and since they bought a majority stake also in the club Al-Hilal, there is no reason to believe that this is fake or has wrongly been spread by the media.

But I admit that I thought it is 700 million euro annual salary and any commercial arrangements are extra. This sounds more realistic now as it is not said for how long any of those commercial arrangements are supposed to run, but only that he has to play for the club for only one year. The 200 million euro salary are the new normal then I guess as that is roughly what Ronaldo and Benzema get as well.

For me, it would be wrong if Al hilal brought in Mbappe at a fantastic price. if only, Mbappe was willing to join Al Hilal, it would not necessarily make Al Hilal stronger and win trophies in various competitions. ideally, Al Hilal could sign 3/4 of Europe's other top players with the funds they provide for efforts to sign Mbappe. or it could be, this is just a scenario that Al Hilal is doing to get the attention of football lovers. plus, they encourage other top players to be interested in joining the Saudi Pro League, in particular joining Al Hilal.

If so, a sound strategy I guess. because I'm pretty sure, Al Hilal and PSG are well aware that Mbappe only wants to be willing to join Real Madrid. let alone the rumours, PSG say that Mbappe has agreed a pre-secret deal as reported by Romano. Mbappe's transfer saga, however, has become increasingly erratic and has only added to complications for both the club and Mbappe himself. but there are other rumors quoted by Romano, Al Hilal agreed terms with Verratti, as disclosed - talks with PSG. at least, Verratti could show his skills when he joined Al Hilal. even then, if there is a concrete agreement. well, let's just wait because there are still several names of top European players who are the targets of Saudi clubs.

A 3-year contract agreement has indeed taken place between Al-Hilal and Marco Verratti. The two of them had reached an agreement without any problems. It's just that right now the decision is indeed in the hands of the PSG president, namely Nasser Al Khelaifi, who doesn't look like he will let go of Marco Verratti for £ 30 million. But Al-Hilal seems to be also prepared for this and will increase the bid amount.

I like the aggressiveness of Al-Hilal who doesn't want to leave empty-handed after failing to persuade Mbappe. As we know Al-Hilal has made a very high offer to bring in Mbappe. PSG even allowed Mbappe to open further conversations with Al-Hilal. But Mbappe seems to have shown a negative response to Al-Hilal. So Mbappe has indirectly rejected Al-Hilal's offer. But Al-Hilal, who has gone to PSG but failed to get Mbappe, certainly doesn't want to go home empty-handed. So now they are really serious about bringing Marco Verratti even though they have to increase their offer. but to be honest, I also feel that the 30 million offer is good enough for Marco Verratti. But, PSG doesn't want to let Marco Verratti go cheap.

PSG are just trying to make money and get as much money from the Saudi as they can get since they have shown that they have enough money to spend. Al Hilal have brought Rúben Neves, Koulibaly, Milinković-Savić and Malcom for 55M, 25M, 40M and 60M respectively, they can pay higher than the 30M that they have offered for him, maybe not up to the exact amount that PSG are asking for, but an offer better than what they have brought. Marco Verratti has already agreed to the move, PSG just need some more incentive to let him go. Al-Hilal can pay.

It's very good that the story with Henderson ended well and the transfer took place. Liverpool of course took their 12 million, but let Henderson go.
With him we can say a whole era has gone, because he seemed almost 500 matches for Liverpool, 492 to be exact, scored 33 goals and made 66 assists, which for a player of his role is just great.
With Liverpool Henderson won almost everything and the Champions League, the English Cup, the English Premier League and not in 2016 in the final only could not beat Sevilla to win the Europa League.

In general a great player, useful for Liverpool, captain and the mark in the history of the club he left a good. Now he can enjoy life on the money of Saudi clubs, because 700 thousand a week hardly anyone else could pay him.

They are in business, of course they will not miss the opportunity when there are offers coming from Arab clubs, they will definitely set a high price for this player. I also like you that the price that Paris Sian Germain wants is too high for the player, but when looking at business of course the price is a very profitable price for this Paris team. But the question is, whether Al Hilal is willing at the price Paris Saint Germain wants, if they are me, then I will not understand it, because I might be able to buy a player with the same price but different abilities, and most importantly with a young age.

Verratti will be significantly lower in salary than Mbappe of course, but also lower than some of the transfers that the Saudi clubs made. But an offer from Liverpool could benefit Verratti a lot since the clubs from Saudi Arabia would have serious competition and they would know that they need to raise their price and salary significantly or otherwise a player like Verratte may prefer to stay in Europe because it is not worth to leave the top leagues. He is still at a good age to have a couple more seasons to play and that will ultimately determine his total price.

I assume if Verratti is released this summer it could be that Luis Enrique doesn't have him as a priority in PSG squad next season. Al Hilal took advantage of this moment amidst PSG fans criticism of Veratti, and Liverpool are reportedly also interested in recruiting him. Enrique presence as PSG coach brought new tactics to the squad formation, perhaps this was a factor for the senior PSG player to explore an offer from Al Hilal.

After offering Mbappe at an exorbitant price, now it's Verratti turn to receive an offer from them. It seems like all the star players who want to leave their club, Al Hilal has always been linked. On the other hand, at least the media through their reporting will mention Al Hilal name in every player transfer market.

With the many titles Verratti has while playing at PSG, but PSG fans actually want Verratti to leave. Funny I guess, maybe it's a bad attitude because it can't respect a player who has long been part of PSG's main squad. Also, the fact that Verratti still has a contract until 2026 and thus, the 30 million offer for me is too low. Even though Verratti is 30 years old, it doesn't mean that Verratti has become bad because 30 years is still a productive age too. So, in this case I don't think it's because of age, but the fact that Verratti still has good quality and is also still under a contract that is still quite long. So it is natural that PSG rejected Al Hilal's offer because it could only pay 30 million, obviously it was too low an offer.

PSG demanding £80M for Marco Verratti is quite ludicrous. I am a big fan of Verratti and he's had such an amazing career at PSG, he has 9 ligue 1 tittles, 9 French super cups, 6 French league cups and 6 French cups all to his name and maybe it's time to move on for a fresh challenge but the fee is just too much. Fo me, I think the £30M offered by Al Hilal is more than enough as Verratti is already 30 years old and might not have more years left to play at his peak. I don't think personal terms is going to be an issue because the Saudis are already known for handing over huge contract to European players.

You don't need to worry because Mbappe is not interested in playing in the Saudi Arabian league and even in some media he has said he will not respond to Al-Hilal's wishes. If it's true that the scenario goes like that and is allowed to leave after one season being there, but what if Al-Hilal wants Mbappe long term and won't just let Mbappe go. The decision made by Mbappe must benefit his career and if he wants to play at Real Madrid, he must have careful consideration so that his plans don't disintegrate next season.

That's just a rumor that I read in some media and it's not necessarily true, Mbappe's arrival to the team will affect several players in the same position and in the previous season Real Madrid had also prepared a contract for him, but Mbappe decided to stay and extended the contract with PSG. Of course anything is still possible happen and I'm sure he will stay at PSG until his contract ended.

The offer that Al-Hilal has made is much lower than PSG's expectation. PSG's expectations might be reasonable, because Arabian clubs often offer high salaries to players. PSG looking for a good deal here and maximize their earnings most likely. However, I'm not convinced that Verratti is worth 100 million as a midfielder at this stage. Despite having enough money, they might face difficulties in recruitment top-quality players. If a senior player like Marco Verratti expresses a desire to leave, it's always a challenging situation for the club to handle.

I'm not sure PSG will let him go for 30 million because the market value is 40 million just compare it with Malcom, who just bought in Al Hilal at a price of 60 million while the market value is 30 million I suspect at least PSG want 50-60 million as a release fee, Marco Verratti is a senior player there who joined since 2012 he is also the second captain. Another reason is PSG is not a club in need of money on the contrary they have enough funds that there is no reason to let players go at low prices IMO, unless Marco Verratti himself wants to move on.

Marco Verrati has been a very important member of Paris Saint Germaine club over the years which is why I don't understand the reason behind his fallout with the fans of the club.
That being said, I think it'll be good for the the Italian player's career if he leaves the club now and go to Saudi Arabia where it is guaranteed that he'll surely get juicy financial packages while enjoying football in his last years as a professional footballer