Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 685. (Read 126688 times)

It doesn't feel like there are already enough names of European players registered for the Saudi league team and the number will probably continue to grow with the high interest from the Saudi league team later. I think this is as outlined to raise the popularity of the saudi league with the arrival of star players and with the belief that they are able to bring everyone to be able to enjoy this league. Fabinho is indeed getting closer to Al-Ittihad and that will also add to the list of new players apart from Benzema, Kante and Jota. The saudi league really brought football to the peak of existence and I hope local players there can learn a lot from these great players.

Yes it's true with what you said, I agree that FIFA will not tolerate players who are racist in any form and regardless of the status of the player or club. In fact it's not just the players who will be penalized including the club. If racism occurs, players, spectators and clubs are professionally responsible for creating peace.

We can see that in big clubs like Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City and others there are many players who are given a special place to practice their respective religions. There is nothing racist that they create, I see them showing a high tolerance towards others.

This assumption is too much in my opinion, they are professional players even though they only play in the Arab League. Professionalism that is already attached to them will not play the drama as you think. FIFA is at the forefront of fighting racism and other discrimination that attacks the fundamental human rights of individuals, FIFA does not hesitate to punish individuals who are proven to have committed acts of racism.

The arrival of world class star players to the Arab League has a positive side for local young players, they can apply directly from them to improve quality and performance. The challenges faced provide encouragement and motivation for the young players who are there to train stronger in order to get a chance to play.

It is still a personal agreement. Even if Mahrez agrees to move to Al-Ahli, Guardiola still considers to keep him on the squad. The reason is clear, Mahrez is the only pure right winger in Man City squad. Another player who can fill that position is Bernardo Silva but he is rumored to leave as well. If Bernardo Silva leaves Man City, I am sure Guardiola will keep Mahrez.

The motivation should be the bigger salary. I believe he will get more money in Al-Ahli. However, he will play in a lower league, SPL isn't as competitive as EPL. It is not the right place if he still wants to achieve prestigious trophies.

Yep. Even Al Nassr is already banned to sign new players. Saudi clubs spend too much money to sign new players from European leagues. But it is the only way to ensure the European players to come to SPL. If there is no huge money in Saudi, I believe the European players have no intention to play in Saudi Pro League.

My guess if mahrez has another reason why he was agreed in moving from manchester city to go to the saudi club like al ahli. His salary was not so big but that's good enough for him to receive it since his age is not young anymore. Saudi was not seeing him as one a player that must have received huge salary like benzema or cristiano ronaldo. Mahrez knows what was his reason in accepting ahli's offer. We can only speculate it but i do believe if money has also become one of main reason that drives him to go to the al ahli.
He gonna be playing with some players like firmino too. It's not a bad movement for him.

Mahrez will try to complete his movement to the al ahli as soon as possible. The fact that if everything looks fine for him right now. He is not willing to play in city even longer.
I remember pep wants him to stay but he refuses it by accepting al ahli's offer.

I think there will be a lot of signings of European players that will be carried out by the league Saudi Arabian team. For example, Manchester City star Mahrez, who is being persuaded by the Al-Ahli team and also Al-Nassr, is making an approach with Sadio Mane. I think day by day the Team from the saudi arabia league will take a stronger approach to the european stars.

I would like to see a team from the SPL be able to recruit quality stickers in Europe like Osimhen, Goncalo Ramos so that this will make their League an attraction for young players to join their team. But yes this cycle will occur because they have stronger finances for now.

it would be impossible for china to have managed to do this because china is a dictatorship worse than in saudi arabia, the chinese who are in power want to control everything and for that reason foreigners are not well regarded in china, and chinese culture would be more difficult famous players get used to it and the Chinese government would never give up to reduce or withdraw certain rules and customs just to make foreign players more comfortable in china, it is very different from saudi arabia where rich people can go there spend holidays and enjoy

and the government of saudi arabia is making some changes to accommodate foreign players, this clearly shows that the saudi government is very fond of soccer and they are thinking very big, that is, it is a long-term project, I noticed that they have been making contracts up to 3 years at the most, can anyone tell me if there are any players who came after ronaldo who signed a contract for more than 3 years? because I'm curious to know why all recent players have the same 3 year contract period?

I think after this big rush of transfer and making a really big spend on this transfer window, Saudi teams or emirates teams now can play one really strong and wild card in their favour. And this card its RELIGION, yes a lot of players are muslim, so they can put that in their favour.

Also Al-Hilal has officially added 3 European player. Ruben Diogo da Silva Neves from Wolves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic from Lazio, Kalidou Koulibaly from Chelsea. So the Saudi Pro League has officially added 9 European players for awhile, and yes it will increase because now there are other rumours Ittihad are interested in recruiting Fabinho from The Reds. It seems like Saudi League will continue to recruit European players in this transfer window, considering there is still a lot of time before the transfer window closed.

Previously, there were rumors that Al Ahli wanted to bring in Sadio Mane and recently a new issue emerged that Al Nassr is also interested in Sadio Mane. Indeed, there has been speculation that Sadio Mane future is under threat in the Bundesliga after Bayern Munich focused enough on signing Harry Kane so that rumors emerged that Bayern Munich would be ready to let go of Sadio Mane if they managed to land Harry Kane.

I think Sadio Mane is a pretty good quality player and he has a pretty strong physique in terms of his body which is quite stocky. Well I think he will realize pretty quickly that his place in the bayern munich squad will be quite under threat for now. I hope he agrees to the offer to join Al Nassr and become a good enough partner for Ronaldo next season.

There are rumors that Al-Nassr are interested in Alex Telles. I remember, Alex Telles and Ronaldo played together at Manchester United. So, these two football players know each other. Also, I had watched Alex Telles live while playing under the Galatasaray jersey before. He is a high-quality left-back with technical capability. I have no doubt that he will contribute positively to the team if he is transferred to Al-Nassr. He could leave a good mark on the SPL. Last season, Al-Nassr thought that they could only become champions by signing Cristiano Ronaldo, but they were wrong about this. This season, they are transferring other good football players alongside Ronaldo and they are making an effort to enter the season more assertively. I think they're doing the right thing and if they keep their job tight, they can reach the championship this season.

With the progress that Saudi Arabian League has made so far in popularising their league to the global football audience, it's safe to say that the league will definitely be competing with European leagues in terms of quality and publicization in 10 years from now.
For now players are lured to come over to the SPL with huge financial rewards but in no distant time many players will be going to the league because they really fancy the league and wants to participate in the league

Saudi League is surely not doing any expensive mistake and is not dependent just because they have a good back up resources in case their plan will fail, instead, they are doing everything they can, strategically, to make the league in par with the European League by bringing in players like Ronaldo and some of the impressive players in the younger generation.

For now, they are still doing some risks, but I will not be surprised if they will soon catch up to the Western world because this strategy will indeed pay off to make the name of their league more known throughout the world and that they can be more competitive to the most known clubs in the West. By that time, players will start recognize them and come to them without chasing them to sign.

As cited by Romano, Al-Ahli pushed to finalize the Riyad Mahrez deal. talks have advanced on the player's side since June - as he is ready to accept Al-Ahli offer. however, Man City are still waiting to get official proposals and paperwork, a key step ahead of medical bookings. it seems, this week will soon be discussed.
related to Mahrez's intention to move, it seems that he has considered it beforehand. apart from Pep often rotating his players, Mahrez's age has entered 30+. most likely, if he is more inclined to be a reserve player rather than being the main starter. plus, it seems that Al-Ahli offers a fantastic salary. so, it is only natural that the winger accepts an offer from a Saudi club. Besides that, he is very familiar with Saudi Arabian culture.

So, it seems that Mahrez will not take long to adapt if he finally joins this club. well, if Mahrez does join Al Ahli, he will forge a tantalizing attacking partnership with Liverpool legend Roberto Firmino. the prospect of seeing the combination of Mahrez and Firmino would be tantalizing considering how important both of them have been at their respective clubs. reportedly, Mahrez had said yes to Al Ahli after a verbal agreement agreeing to personal terms. so, let's just wait for the player's move to Al Ahli.

I think it's early too, however it's hardly about the money. The amount of the deal rumoured is not that big, around $20 million, maybe even $35 million, plus the wages aren't as stunning as other players either. Maybe that's because he's not as big a player as the Saudis seem to think he is

I learnt Mahrez is interested in the Saudi Arabia move, but I don't know if he's money driven or if it's as a result of less playing time at Manchester City. I'm not a City fan but I watched a couple of their games last season and Pep Gardiola prefers Bernado Silver to Mahrez in the number 7 position. I wish he could actually stay and fight for his place in the team or seek for playing time in another premiership club or european club side, I feel it is just too early to leave the big stage.

It's not about having a big football fanbase, it's about making it global. You think Saudi league is profiting thanks to Saudis alone? The whole world is getting in on that. Like for example when Ronaldo went to Al-Nassr, you think only Arabic people bought his jersey?

This is Ronaldo we are talking about, all people around the world ended up buying his jersey without a doubt, I remember clearly when United offered Ronaldo the biggest salary of the club, and made like 4x more thanks to just jersey sales. Maybe Kante type of players won't be like that, but that also allows you to be viewed all around the world more, and then Saudi tv rights becomes more expensive and then teams make less loss every year. That's the aim, and China could have done that.

Yes indeed, it also seems that only Al Nassr or the clubs that play in the Saudi Professional League are willing to pay Mane handsomely. So, if I consider the existing European clubs, then it seems that European clubs are not ready to pay Mane such high fees. Thus, the scenario of selling Mane to bring in Kane seems like a very plausible scenario, and maybe it will actually happen. But if Al Nassr changes his plans and cancels signing Mane, then of course Mane will still play at Bayern Munich.

Its seems interested with many players have good career in Europe will play for Saudi Pro League teams, amazing with transformation from Saudi Pro League teams because not only recruitment with top Europe players but also success sign with some Europe manager. Steven Gerrard make Saudi Pro League teams completed after signing Al-Ettifaq and he has planning to sign some Europe player like Coutinho.

Mahrez has loss position as regular player with Manchester City last season, great opportunity planning with Saudi  Pro League teams and actually fantastic salary offer is reason why he want leave Citizen next season and joining with Al Ahli. Almost all Saudi Pro League teams have top Europe player there and looks until window transfer not close yet will get many done deal later for joining with Saudi Pro League teams.

I wasn't fully updated on the transfers that Al Ahli has done so far, but this sounds like a strategy when actually the average of the players they sign is going down over time. It certainly helps convincing other young players who are very talented to also decide to go their way into this league. Mahrez and Firmino aren't even that old themselves. They are not those 35 years old guys who are frequently injured. They could still play a few years on a very high level and they bring in fanbases as well, which is also part of the strategy to make the league more attractive.