Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 697. (Read 118623 times)

U don't expect Ronaldo to bring Al Nasr to the top position of the Saudi Arabia senior league just art arrival. It would have been possible if there were also good potential mind capable of doing 60% of what Ronaldo can give to the team but yet,  there is non. Ronaldo in Europe league had good players who operated with the same mindset as his and this he lacks in Saudi Arabia. This same thing will affect Karim Benzema and other top players in Europe who are planning a move to Saudi Arabic league.

Even though he hasn't been able to provide a trophy for Al-Nassr, Ronaldo has been successful enough to prove that he is still productive in scoring goals. In 16 matches with Al-Nassr, Ronaldo managed to become #2 as the top scorer of the clubs under Talisca. he success with 14 goals, while Talisca with 20 goals. So, it is not impossible that next season with a full playing schedule, Ronaldo can give his first trophy for Al-Nassr. So far there has been no disciplinary action reported. This means that he has no regrets about his decision to play at Al-Nassr.

Maybe yes, because everything we say is an assumption. included, as you said. and even we agree, that the reason that is closest to reality is a fantastic salary. in theory, at the end of his career, Benzema will not earn as much as he would with his new club Al Ittihad. the fact is, that money is the real trigger. it's just that, we also can not rule out other supporting factors. apart from his age and the money factor in return for accepting the offer, cultural factors were also one of the factors that made Benzema willing to leave Real Madrid. at least, it makes more sense if we refer to multiple approaches from various factors regardless of the salary offered. because, there are many considerations for European stars to refuse to play in the competition. one of them, the issue of sharia law which is not as free as in Europe. not to mention, cultural and language issues. I'm pretty sure Messi has also previously considered it from all aspects until he chose MLS.

I think the money is the only reason and nothing else. I mean this dude won't be making this much in his life, for a few more seasons as player and nothing else after that, this dude will not make this much money ever, he was offered money he wouldn't earn ever again.

That is why he didn't turn it down, there aren't that many players that would be worth 100 million euro as a transfer fee let alone as salary, famously the biggest one is 60 million and mbappe if I am not wrong, with the loyalty bonus (signing fee) that becomes a bit closer to 100 but still not there. This dude is making 100+ million a year easily, that's just unheard of, and he is almost at retirement age as well. I am pretty sure that there aren't that many players who would reject that, only like handful of players who would and they are mostly young (and apparently Messi as well).

I don't know a man who is going to get the amount of money which Cristiano Ronaldo is getting as a retirement plan and still be sad. Cristiano Ronaldo did the right thing. He understood that his form is dropping. So he chose the right decision. He was not going to play very well in a big club whatever he was going to go. He probably would have rotted on the substitute bench.

So it is better that he gets the huge amount of money that he is being offered. I don't know about Neymar but I believe Lionel Messi should also take that route. Because like Neymar, Lionel Messi has achieved almost everything there is to achieve in football.

Even though he hasn't been able to provide a trophy for Al-Nassr, Ronaldo has been successful enough to prove that he is still productive in scoring goals. In 16 matches with Al-Nassr, Ronaldo managed to become #2 as the top scorer of the clubs under Talisca. he success with 14 goals, while Talisca with 20 goals. So, it is not impossible that next season with a full playing schedule, Ronaldo can give his first trophy for Al-Nassr. So far there has been no disciplinary action reported. This means that he has no regrets about his decision to play at Al-Nassr.

I think it's very natural that Ronaldo failed to bring Al nassr to become champions in his first season with Al Nassr, because as we know he went to Al nassr to be precise in the second half of the season which made him not have much time to help the club win the title in  this season. But another thing that is special is that he was able to make many big contributions to al nassr in other words he became the second top scorer on the al nassr team, which indicates that Ronaldo is still very aggressive in front of the opponent's goal.

Well next season I think Al nassr will be more difficult to provide resistance to al ittihad because Al ittihad surprisingly they managed to bring in Benzema to strengthen their squad in defending the title next season.

Ronaldo joining Al Nassr was a big mistakes as they'll be regretting not signing Messi which was their first choice. Ronaldo joined the club yet they couldn't win anything, they got knockout from cup competition and missed out of the league. Next season Ronaldo better helps the club in winning the league or he'll be cancelled meanwhile Messi will be celebrated and probably been made the ambassador of the 2026 world cup since he's now the most popular football player that's in the country. Already the club he signed for are getting positive returns from this deal as ticket for the full season are sold out at expensive prices.

I think it's very natural that Ronaldo failed to bring Al nassr to become champions in his first season with Al Nassr, because as we know he went to Al nassr to be precise in the second half of the season which made him not have much time to help the club win the title in  this season. But another thing that is special is that he was able to make many big contributions to al nassr in other words he became the second top scorer on the al nassr team, which indicates that Ronaldo is still very aggressive in front of the opponent's goal.

Well next season I think Al nassr will be more difficult to provide resistance to al ittihad because Al ittihad surprisingly they managed to bring in Benzema to strengthen their squad in defending the title for next season.

Even though he hasn't been able to provide a trophy for Al-Nassr, Ronaldo has been successful enough to prove that he is still productive in scoring goals. In 16 matches with Al-Nassr, Ronaldo managed to become #2 as the top scorer of the clubs under Talisca. he success with 14 goals, while Talisca with 20 goals. So, it is not impossible that next season with a full playing schedule, Ronaldo can give his first trophy for Al-Nassr. So far there has been no disciplinary action reported. This means that he has no regrets about his decision to play at Al-Nassr.

Ronaldo is happy in Al Naasr, and I don't think that the club is angry towards his performance this season because he brought firm and the world to Saudi Arabia. When he first joined Al Naasr,that night the club had almost 2M followers and I don't think that is a bad contribution to the club. Al Naasr is happy to have a superstar like Ronaldo in their club and I believe that Ronaldo will retire in the club.
Messi in Miami is a good news because I could remember that most old players do go to US league and retire there,living like a king because US football clubs love old superstars. Messi will draw a lot of attention to US,which was the main purpose why they bought him to bring the world to US league. It is a good strategy and a good move they did.

The signing of big players into the Saudi Arabian League is getting very much interested. I could remember when Ronaldo was newly signed into the league many people thoughts that will be the end of his career but it is still getting interesting and making other players to take the same steps,  has also made the league to become more popular.

Surely they are looking at it as a promotional event for their league so that it is more popular and known in many countries. Like when Al Nassr succeeded in bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo, for example, they were fighting for the broadcasting rights of the Arab League and that was clearly the advantage they got. And I'm sure most of the people discussing here were initially not interested in the Arab League, and I can't deny that it was one of them.
Star players have their own charm, especially if they have a very large fan base in a foreign country, and when they come to a place the fans will go there.

I don't think Ronaldo has ever regretted joining Al Nassr they had enough good intentions so it was their choice, I know Ronaldo still failed this season because he couldn't bring any trophies and this club failed in all competitions but that doesn't mean Ronaldo has regrets because that and of course he has made a lot of contributions including to the team and also the fans are glancing at this SPL league.

About Messi it has been his choice to Inter Miami but I have never heard that he will be the ambassador for the 2026 world cup later even though it is very close to him, the real thing that Messi earns more money is that there are several clauses from other sponsors who are part of Messi.
Yeah Inter Miami has been selling tickets more expensive than usual but look at Al Nassr has sold a lot more jerseys including the broadcasting rights of the SPL league now it's even more extraordinary because of Ronaldo's popularity.

Ronaldo is almost always surprising at the start of his debut with his new team and with Al-Nassr he can still score so many goals, I think this GOAT has been thirsty for goals since leaving Manchester United. The first trophy for Ronaldo with Al-Nassr will still be open and it looks like he will keep trying until he gets it. In one of his interviews, Ronaldo said that he would still be playing football in the next 2 to 3 years and that did not rule out the possibility that after staying for several seasons with Al-Nassr he would simultaneously retire there.

There is a strategy behind their approach and I think for now it is most likely about drawing attention to the league, to increase the popularity of the league and to make the Saudfi Professional league more attractive as a commercial market. But they do need to increase the global authentic audience. People who follow the league not only because of one single star player, but because of growing interesting competition. Whether that can be achieved this way is hard to tell, but their next step will be to bring in younger players as well who actually become central figures to the league. They don't only want the old Ronaldo. They would rather want the young Ronaldo develop in their league and simultaneously grow a fanbase that pertains primarily to the Saudi soccer league .

Even though he hasn't been able to provide a trophy for Al-Nassr, Ronaldo has been successful enough to prove that he is still productive in scoring goals. In 16 matches with Al-Nassr, Ronaldo managed to become #2 as the top scorer of the clubs under Talisca. he success with 14 goals, while Talisca with 20 goals. So, it is not impossible that next season with a full playing schedule, Ronaldo can give his first trophy for Al-Nassr. So far there has been no disciplinary action reported. This means that he has no regrets about his decision to play at Al-Nassr.

Messi made the best choice for football to continue getting entertaining, if he had joined Saudi Arabia then all attention would had shifted to Saudi Arabia league but now the attention gets distributed between the Americans and The Saudi Arabians. 2026 world cup is coming to America so the Americans really needed the attention Messi is going to bring to their country. By Messi going to one of the worst team, he's putting himself in a good position Incase the team doesn't win anything next season. The small achievement the club would achieved will all be credited to messi and that's why Messi has always had a better career than Cristiano Ronaldo because he makes good decisions for his career.

Ronaldo joining Al Nassr was a big mistakes as they'll be regretting not signing Messi which was their first choice. Ronaldo joined the club yet they couldn't win anything, they got knockout from cup competition and missed out of the league. Next season Ronaldo better helps the club in winning the league or he'll be cancelled meanwhile Messi will be celebrated and probably been made the ambassador of the 2026 world cup since he's now the most popular football player that's in the country. Already the club he signed for are getting positive returns from this deal as ticket for the full season are sold out at expensive prices.

I don't think Ronaldo has ever regretted joining Al Nassr they had enough good intentions so it was their choice, I know Ronaldo still failed this season because he couldn't bring any trophies and this club failed in all competitions but that doesn't mean Ronaldo has regrets because that and of course he has made a lot of contributions including to the team and also the fans are glancing at this SPL league.
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This is a field of money and when they are already very difficult for big clubs in Europe, there is really nothing wrong with moving to a place where at least even though the competition is still minimal, there is no doubt about salaries and facilities.
On the other hand, even if it's like that, the Saudi Professional League seems to have its own targets for this and indeed it is proven that by bringing in some big players like Cristiano and now there is Benzema, Kante and even the news about Zaha who will be attending this will obviously make them more able to impact in terms of popularity because regardless of anything this is also quite important for them.