Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 709. (Read 118581 times)

Bro, I'm totally vibing with you here. Ronaldo lighting up the pitch - it's like a trending meme on Reddit, right? But turning SPL into a trending hashtag ain't just about cloning Ronaldo everywhere.

Hold up! I ain't throwing shade on getting a high-profile player. That could blow up like a viral TikTok challenge. But one Ronaldo making SPL a world-class league? Nah fam. Football's more than just a couple of games where the GOATs face-off. What about the non-trending matches, the ones without the buzz? It's not like we're talking about Coachella, right?

The Premier League didn't just skyrocket 'cause they had a couple of stars. They cooked up a league where the big guns face-off regularly. So, wouldn't you agree, the SPL needs more than just a trending Ronaldo to join the league of legends?

If you think about it, Messi doesn't have much choice because in retirement, no European club wants to sign him because of financial constraints
So the saudi league should be the right solution moreover he has competitors there like Ronaldo and Benzema who are rumored to be moving to the saudi league
this month the transfer window will open we will see the news there, hoping for more surprises next season.

I am a bit confused. Some of the media outlets are saying that Messi has already accepted the offer:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12062969/Lionel-Messis-Saudi-Arabia-522MILLION-contract-DEAL.html
https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/lionel-messi-has-accepted-offer-from-al-hilal-report

The confusion is being created because Jorge Messi (father of Lionel) has repeatedly denied that his son is moving to Saudi Arabia. Also, there are rumors that Messi's wife Antonela Roccuzzo is also not in favor of the move to Middle East. L'Equipe recently reported that Antonela and the couple's three young children want to remain in Europe and they don't want to change their residence to Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile Al-Hilal is also trying at this point to sign contracts with Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba (who have played with Messi when he was in Barcelona).

PSG star Lionel Messi has heard several information about his transfer this season, but so far no confirmed news has been received from Messi. PSG manager Christopher Galtier has confirmed that two-year signing Lionel Messi is likely to make a move within the next two months. In this case, Al Hilal, a top club in Saudi Arabia, raised the highest market price for his transfer. Al Hilal raised the market price of $1.2 billion for Messi, which is the highest market price ever recorded. Messi has so far not given any positive or negative answer to Al Hilal's offer.

But do you get my point that this doesn't change much in terms of the competitiveness of the league? In Europe we have the highest level soccer not because only Ronaldo on Messi were running around on the field, but because there was Real Madrid vs. FC Barcelona. I don't believe that you can build a Real Madrid in the Saudi Professional League. They won't be able to build several teams up from the ground in order to make the league so highly competitive that everybody wants to see it and European soccer fans start buying hundreds of millions of jerseys from Saudi Arabian clubs. Yes it was a first step, but at least a thousand other steps have to follow. You also don't want all these players in their late 30s when they are declining in performance. But the young super talents won't go there, but that is what they need. The young fans want to buy a jersey from their 22 year old idol when they first watch soccer because they can identify themselves better with younger players. Messi and Ronaldo are exceptions there. Mbappe and Haaland are better examples. I have doubts that we will see a highly competitive SPL, which is equal to European top leagues, in the next three decades.

If Lionel Messi decides to finish his career in Saudi Arabia, that will be a huge success for Saudi Arabia as they would have succeeded in bringing two of the world's greatest players to play in their local League. Lionel Messi regardless of his age and the fact that he does not have as much energy as I used to is still a very good player to have in anything as he can provide world-class assist to younger players that are willing to make the run to score. If he returns to Saudi Arabia the rival battle between him and Cristiano Ronaldo will make the league one to always want to watch.

The Saudi Arabian League really wants to improve their quality by bringing in star players in the transfer window, especially since Messi has been associated with the Saudi Arabian club.  So if Messi later joins the Al Hilal club, it will definitely be very exciting to see these two world star players meet again in an easier league. But I see some rumors that Messi still wants to stay in Europe for next season even Barcelona is the leading team to get Messi.

For now, there has been no official decision on where Messi will go next. Lionel messi will play in the last game with psg against Clermont where this match is messi farewell match with psg fans.

If it was a real offer and they turned it down then that's super dumb - what are they counting on? I doubt that any top club in Europe is interested in Messi's services after what he showed at PSG + given that Messi is still a big brand and there are corresponding salary expectations. But maybe this is just a move in the negotiation process and in fact Messi is interested in such a transition.

I think so as well, he will be there until about 40 if I am not wrong and I think it will definitely not matter all that much. I know that most people will act as if that's a big deal but that doesn't really matter, I think he is going to be getting worse and worse so by the time his contract nearing ending, he will not be that much of a great player anyway, even for Saudi standards.

People think that we are bashing Ronaldo for no reason, but it's not even just about him, it's about the fact that in a much bigger and better team, he would still not be a great player but he would have other great teammates which could cover any weakness he might have, like if he was still at United then players could help him be better. Here? Here he is the best by far and nobody helps him be better and that's terrible.

Last rumor about Lionel Messi linked with Al Hilal has been denied by Jorge Messi as Lionel Messi agent, until right now not any new team reach personal agreement with Lionel Messi after leaving PSG. But don't close possibility with Lionel Messi want to play in Saudi Pro league next season.

Last updated, Karim Benzema one step left for signing with Saudi Pro League team after excited offering and receiving 100 million euro one year and I don't think any player denied with this fantastic offering. Will Al Hilal give another excited for Lionel Messi salary above Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema? Absolutely I want to see again Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo compete although with Saudi Pro League teams.

We could definitely say that signing Cristiano Ronaldo was the first step from Saudi clubs for their grand plans of making them a major force in Football. Reports are coming out that Lionel Messi will be signing to a Saudi club for the next season and then there are rumors that Karim Benzema might be moving to Saudi clubs.

Yes there is a report that Messi will be signing with Al Hilal and it is yet another huge deal they cannot reject. Looks like more players will be moving to Saudi clubs as they are willing to spend huge amount of money.

Have you heard the latest rumors regarding Messi moving to Al Hilal the Saudi league? This rumor has not been confirmed by Messi however local news sites continue to publish about this, reportedly Messi was offered a contract 3x higher than what Ronaldo got and I can't imagine if this news actually happens next season, obviously this is  El Clasico saudi League version.

An official announcement already came from PSG. Messi will no longer with PSG, although this was already thought among football fans, but that matter was put to rest by PSG coach Cristophe Galtier in a speech. According to him, the star footballer will play the last match in the club's jersey against Claremont on June 4. The legendary footballer scored a total of 21 goals for PSG this season. However, he has also great contribution by assisting others. But now according to the previous idea, his destination will now go to Saud. What was heard about him with the Saudi club now it is slowly becoming clear.

A very worthy struggle for Ittihad every season they performance improved, as you said in 2021 they were in 3rd place and then after that they were in 2nd place and finally they succeeded in bringing home the trophy, different with Al Hilal this season somehow their performance is not too good.

Yes, Al-Nassr should be proud, and don't to be sad because this season their performance is not too bad either, but unfortunately Talisca could not get the golden boot.

If I'm not mistaken, Ronaldo is contracted for a duration of 2.5 seasons, meaning that there are still two remaining seasons that he can use to be able to continue playing for Al Nassr and focus on the next season.
Al Nassr continued to play at full strength even though Ronaldo did not play and also this match was no longer decisive because the league winner was already known in the previous match after Al Nassr was only able to draw so Ittihad FC ensured the title.
If the rumors about the presence of Lionel Messi at Al Hilal and also Karim Benzema at Ittihad FC are true, it will make the championship competition more competitive next season, but the presence of these players for unreasonable fees will only make this league more known in the world media coverage will not make it one of the best leagues as said by Ronaldo because the term to be one of the best is impossible just because 2-3 big players play there.

Al-Ittihad's performance this season is truly extraordinary. And they deserve to win the title this season. In the 2020-2021 season, Al-Ittihad was only able to reach 3rd place in the standings. and in the 2021-2022 season Al-Ittihad has improved and managed to rank 2 in the standings. and finally this season 2022-2023 Al-ittihad reached the peak of their glory, namely winning the title by being ranked 1st in the standings.

Al-Nassr should also be proud because this season they managed to finish in 2nd place. Meanwhile last season Al-Nassr was only able to rank 3rd. Next season I hope Al-Nassr can be at the top of the standings with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Al-Nassr ends their final game of the season by 3-0 win against Al Fateh. Though they get the victory, this victory is somewhat bittersweet, as they played the game knowing that it wouldn't make any difference to their final standings. Ronaldo was unavailable for this match. No matter what there will always be critics waiting to criticize, but nobody even cared about it until CR7 arrived and became the center of attention. His first Saudi Pro League season at Al-Nassr ends Trophy-less, but Al-Nassr should hold their heads high. The team will need to stay focused and work even harder in the upcoming season.

Each and every match on the final match day have got results. With the win against Al-Taee the table leader Al-Ittihad confirm its position and becomes the champion of the season. With a 5 point difference between the first and the second team Al-Nassr takes the second position after its 3-0 win against Al Fateh. On the final match day Ronaldo wasn't able to perform due to injury and the expectation upon Ronaldo isn't much fulfilled. Maybe a title win is much to be focused in the upcoming season of Saudi Arabia Pro League.

It's a shame, lately I haven't really participated in this competition. however, speaking of the last match of the Saudi Pro League competition. the 4 teams that are ranked in the top 4, went through their matches with wins. Al Ittihad won the match with a score of 2-0, Al Nassr won with a final score of 3-0, Al Hilal won with a score of 3-2, and Al Shabab overthrew his opponent Damac with a score of 1-4.

Referring to the match statistics, in the first half Damac dominated ball possession. maybe, because Al Shabab scored first in the 13th minute. after that, the home side stepped up their attacking intensity and in the end Damac was able to equalize in the 22nd minute. the second half, it seems that Al Shabab benefited from the elimination of Mohanad Al Najai because he was hampered by a red card. which in the end, Al Shabab dominated the game with 57% possession. in fact, they have many opportunities. recorded, Al Shabab had 12 total shots and 3 of them could be converted into goals. which in the end, Al Shabab won this fight although it did not affect their ranking.

By the way, it looks like in the next season there will be several European league players who have moved on to play in the Saudi Pro League competition. and if that happens, it seems that the Saudi Pro League competition is gaining more and more attention in the eyes of the world.

Ittihad will win the title this year, and they are rich as well, so getting Benzema wouldn't be a mistake, obviously he is way too old and this is a new strategy they are working on, getting famous players for a lot of money, basically overpaying them by a lot, so that they could get more attention.

When you get more attention you are viewed more, and when you are viewed more than it's easier to get players. That way instead of getting 35 year olds to play there for 100 million, they could convince 25 year olds to play there for 100 million in the future. When that starts in a few years, I bet that this league will be easy top 10 league because of all the talent they could afford to pay. However, they need to keep overpaying, otherwise nobody would go there.