Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 708. (Read 129284 times)

Al Ettifaq indeed isn't too popular compared to Al Ahli, Al Ittihad or Al Nassr and people know them because recently they had just hire Steven Gerrard as the new manager but from financial condition i am sure most of Arabian teams has health conditions so money isn't problem for them and even so with Al Ettifaq that one of the reason why Gerrard are willing to accept their offers because they promising huge money to bought the players this summer and Gerrard can pick which players he want

About Henderson i think Al-Ettifaq have to dissapoint because he doesn't interested to playing at Arab Pro League although Gerrard personally asking him to moved but for now Henderson target is he want to help Liverpool to reach their top performance again besides that Henderson was fear if he moved to Al-Ettifaq he will lost his place at England National team but indeed this is still not his final decision especially Liverpool already bought some of midfielder such as Szoboszlai and Mac Allister and maybe if Liverpool cannot guarantee one place into starting lineup probably he will thinking the offers from Al-Ettifaq

Yes I believe the same thing as you that Paul Pogba will not leave Juventus Club next season. After being directly denied by those closest to Paul Pogba about the news of his move to the Saudi Pro League, this gives us accurate information. Pogba's presence in Arab for now is not to talk about his contract with any club, he left for personal gain. I also think Pogba will stay at Juventus until his contract expires in Turin, after that maybe the SPL could be one of the right options for him.

Even though they are being hit by injuries Juventus will still maintain their star for next season, yes at least Pogba can get his performance next season so that it will have an impact on Juventus. However, it is also not impossible that Pogba will go to the SPL sooner considering that the clubs there are crazy about building a squad by recruiting star players from Europe. If Juventus get an official offer with the amount they want, of course Pogba will be released with pleasure.

Pogba took a salary cut back in 2022, so that he can move back to Juventus. He was getting around £15,000,000 per year with Manchester United, but was not happy with the club and wanted to move. Given this, I don't think that he will be swayed by the offer of €100,000,000 (£85.6m) offered by Al-Ittihad (around €33 million per year). Also, as many of the users pointed out, injury has been a big concern for Pogba. BTW, his current salary with Juve is £6.8 million. But tax is factored in, and Juventus ends up paying a total of £8.9 million in salary per year.

Pogba has very bad injury record and he becomes older each season. With more injury intensity since his time in Manchester United till a first season in Juventus, together with his ageing, I believe that he will not be able to play too many matches like about 5 years ago and it will also affect his powerful distant shots. With his position at center of midfield, he will have join many physical battles and if he won't have a good body and fitness, his performance will become worse.

Pogba is ambitious and he will not want to leave Europe at the moment. I believe he will try to return and enjoy last two big tournaments with France, if he can be called for their squad, in Euro 2024 and World Cup 2026. Next 3 years, we can return to discuss about Pogba in Saudi Arabia.

It's true that we don't have any concrete information that Pogba wants to go to SPL but since he visited the mentioned club I guess there is an atom of truth about him going to Saudi Arabia. If really that Pogba was offerer €100 million by the Saudis,then it is possible that he will leave Juventus because that money is a life changer for a low class like me. If you say that Juve will win the next Seria A,they should fight for it.

The Arabs are using huge amount of money to buy the players mind over to their league,I don't know if a young star will be able to move his football career to Saudi Arabia, if he is offer a huge amount of money to play in SPL. Change is a constant thing in life.

There's no direct talks with Paul's agent linking him out to the Arabian Premier League. The speculations came up immediately a video of him was seen visiting Saudi Arabia. I don't really think he has plans leaving Juventus right now.
Also, he's currently Injury prone player, how many games would he be possible to play for Juventus? I think it's best if he stays with Juventus, my bet is in Juventus to win the Seria A next season. Juventus management have really invested well and also backed the manager just the way they should. I hope to see him winning the league.

Everyone seems to be talking about Pogba now that a €100 million contract is on the line. Who among us wouldnt be enticed by such a generous proposal? In my opinion, its a fantastic chance for him to make a name for himself and get paid for his abilities. Some have speculated that Pogba, considering his past there and his recent comeback from injury, could want to remain at Juventus. Its true that since leaving Manchester United, he hasnt yet found his rhythm with his new team. Who's to say, though, that a fresh start in a new place wouldnt reignite the flame? I believe it is time for Pogba to really contemplate a contract in Saudi Arabia. Think its funny that a life-changing professional choice is on the line here?

With the amount of money Saudi clubs are spending on European players, then am sure their league will also be more competitive, and they will be getting the attention which they need already, lots of people have being talking about the players which most of those clubs are buying, some people don’t even know that Saudi league before but since they are spending on players, then they are getting attention already. Some people start watching matches in Saudi league just because of Ronaldo that went there, so with the quality players Saudi league is getting, they will also get people’s attention.

Am sure the local players will also try their possible best to improve their performance, they won’t want foreign players to take their position, they will feel bad if they are benched and replaced by foreign players so they will also want to improve their performance so that they will be in game also.

Steven Gerrard going to SPL is the best decision for him and Frank Lampard should join him too, they should use the league to strengthen their managerial careers because the two of them were becoming a joke in Europe. They hurried into coming into the spotlight as they weren't matured to be managers of top clubs in the premier league. At SPL they'll have freedom to experiment their coaching tactics without been scared of getting attacked by the media. The SPL has less quality players therefore it'll suit their managerial capabilities. When they're done developing their managerial skills, they can move to higher league but still not the premier league because they need to gather experienced.

SPL signing Steven Gerrard was a smart move, he can now join in convincing europe players to join the league and help build it into a competitive league and at the same time getting payed big salary. SPL needs to start going after the average European young players. Many average players that are not in the levels of Haaland, Mbappe and Victor Osimhen will be willing to leave Europe to go play in Saudi Arabia and that's because of what they'll be offering them. This players know that they can't get those salary playing in Europe even until they finish their career so they won't want to pass on such opportunity.

Although the money to get Mane is not a problem if he agrees to leave Bayern Munich. But the main issue is that Mane is unwilling to move to the Saudi League. He might want to spend another season in Germany under Thomas Tuchel, maybe he might add some prestigious trophies to his name. Mane is still a world class player that still has more to offer in Europe.

The Saudi League is just developing so information about most of clubs are scanty. Also, most of these clubs are financed by the government. The vision of the Saudi league seems to be integrated with the national goal. The reason for this transformation of the league is to showcase Saudi Arabia as an investment hub and to secure the 2030 World Cup bid. So the nation is willing to sponsor any team to get more players. They are projecting to attract at least fifty-star players. So I concur the finance will not limit Al-Ettifaq from signing Henderson.

They should be paying a decent money for him, he would be a good player for them, I am not saying 100 million, but about a 10-20 million per year would be very fair for a talent like him plus he would be famous for their level as well, they have like maybe 5 players that are more famous than him, so it would make sense too.

I am fine with them not agreeing to send him to Ronaldo, if they dislike each other then they dislike each other there is no reason to keep him there, but at the end of the day we are talking about other teams here and other teams shouldn't decline to get him just because Ronaldo didn't want him, instead they should want him even more just to spite Ronaldo since he is their rival at this stage for sure.

I don't really understand Al-Ettifaq's financial condition, I tried to find several articles related to their finances, but I couldn't find them, because the majority of the media that showing in my search results pages were from local media. However, imo, maybe money is not a problem for Al-Ettifaq to sign Henderson if Gerrard has made him a target. But it seems that the problem is the quality of the league that Henderson doesn't want. Maybe he will accept the offer after another 2-3 years.

It seems that there are two clubs that are currently interested in signing Paul Pogba, namely Al-Ahli and Al-ittihad. the two clubs also seem to have made offers to Juventus. And actually Juventus will benefit if Paul Pogba accepts one of the offers from the Arab club. Because last season Juventus got Pogba on a free transfer. And actually Paul Pogba's career did not go smoothly at Juventus last season. because Pogba often suffers from injuries that make him play less. But Arab clubs still seem to have high interest. And I think Pogba's visit to Jeddah and to the club's Al-Ittihad facilities could be signs that Pogba is thinking about choosing Al-Ittihad.

That is a big offer for Paul Pogba for a 3 year contract and when else could he make so much money if not now. But again, it looks like Paul Pogba will not accept the offer and prefer to stay at Juventus at least until next season because since he was brought in from Manchester United since last season he has not contributed anything. Maybe Paul Pogba doesn't want to embarrass himself in front of all his colleagues and coaches, and he is very sure that this time he will pay for it all with his best performance after recovering from injury.

It's likely saudi club can also increase its number. €100 million was the opening for this offer, but it can increase as per the request from the player. Pogba is still trying to consider such offer. I kinda feel it's quite hard for him to reject it as it's a big amount of money.
He will not be able to get it even if he will be playing for a good club in european competition. I think that pogba has a bigger chance to join in the club.



I think that pogba will accept it even though he is not able determining his choice. The fact that if pogba is not as good as before. he must consider his capability to compete with another club in the juventus.
It's a great offer for him.

Ronaldo just try to tell the club about the thing that will be happening with the club. I don't even think ronaldo was getting a special place in al nassr but his suggestion meant a lot for the club as ronaldo has been fully experiencing with european football.
Ronaldo knows that the characteristic from cuadrado caused by ronaldo has ever played in the same club. Just becuase ronaldo was saying no for him and you generalize him to get a special place in the club.
The fact that if this is ever happening with napoli once osimhen told napoli's president not to sign galtier as a new coach. The experience owner by the players meant a lot in this case.
It's not wrong to tell the club about how bad or good he was. I don't even agree with you if ronaldo is more than a player in the club. Al nassr's player has the right to give suggestion to the club.
It's not something wrong.

To be honest, i'm personally very happy to hear that Gerrard will be the coach of Al-Ettifaq next season and also, it looks like Gerrard is expected to be at Al-Ettifaq until 2025. Because, after all, Gerrard does need to gain more experience to become a successful coach in the English Premier League in the future. So, with Gerrard set to become the head coach at Al-Ettifaq basically, the Suadi Professional League now has many star players but for Al-Ettifaq itself, there are not so many star players in the squad. Thus, it can be a proof for Gerrard to be able to provide good results and performance for Al-Ettifaq even though Al-Ettifaq does not have a star squad like Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad.

Until now, the Saudis continue to bring in top European players. they didn't hesitate, they kept trying to recruit some players who had big names. now, not only the big clubs are keen to bring European players to the Saudi Pro League. Some mediocre clubs also don't want to be outdone in the competition to get the services of top European players, although they are dominated by players who are aged 30+.

A few days ago, I was surprised to hear rumors that Buffon also received an offer from one of the clubs. but so far, there is no continuation regarding the news.
Now, rumor has it, Pogba is rumored to be following other top European colleagues to join a club in the Saudi League. well, previously it was reported that Al Itthad offered the midfielder a 3-year contract worth 100 million euros and a bonus. however according to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the player has actually received an offer from another Saudi club, Al Ahly, before Al Ittihad, reported by Transfermark. and if I refer to the tweet from Romano, he reports that it has been denied by several sources close to Pogba. well, we don't know if the rumor is Pogba has received offers from some Saudi club. but it seems likely that Pogba will stay in Serie A if I refer to the tweet from Fabrio Romano.

Al-Ittihad has reportedly made a significant offer of €100 million for a three-year contract to Paul Pogba. After Pogba being targeted for a move to Saudi Arabia, he visited there recently and got the opportunity to visit Al-Ittihad's facilities for personal reasons. However, when asked about the transfer speculations, he chose not to make any comments. As of now, no decision has been made. If the news turn out true, then Pogba would accept the offer. I do believe he should seriously consider taking it.

I do not think that Steven Gerrard has that kind of influence. There will need to be some other influential coaches that will accept to coach in the Saudi professional league before we can see a greater move of players to the league than what we see now. Gerrard as a coach will just pave the way for other coaches to accept jobs there, just like Ronaldo paved the way for players to accept a move there.

It is a serious challenge that they have. These new players with more experience will raise the standard of the performance expected from them.