Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 711. (Read 126570 times)

The Saudi football authorities do not want to stop at any thing until they're finally sure  that the people all over the world are watching and promoting the league.
It was initially thought that they only sign veteran players  but with their recent transfer dealings in signing teenage players , it's absolutely clear that they want to make their League a globally known league

Anyone knows how its the tax in saudi arabia, in term related to football?

I think its gonna be very low, or inexistent but i dont really know. This its gonna be a important thing in the future, and yes i know most of the team are owned by the saudi royal family, but still a thing to note.

If the choice is PSG, I think the Saudi League is still worth considering because in Ligue 1 only dominated by PSG and the competition is not too tight
I mean almost the same as the conpetition in this league even this league grew faster, Silva is a young player but entering the old player in the next 2 years, clearly his position can be replaced by new players and younger so he should be able to consider choices.

If that is indeed the case, then it will make me change my mind to some extent. I don't mind if there is another top league, it's the opposite, especially for the players that there is more choice where they can go to play. Besides, if this league is really good football, it will only be a big plus. Regarding Silva, Enrique wants PSG to sign him, if this is really the case and not a rumour, I think the player will prefer Paris.

The deal is still not dead as Al-Nassr is still working on but here player's personal wish is also creating problems because Marcelo Brozovic wants to join Barcelona instead of this Saudi Club, so things are looking complicated, but hopefully things will be clear in the next few days €23 million is surely big amount for Inter Milan as now they are also working on their few other deals which needs amounts to settle in next few weeks.

With many other factors are also involved Marcelo Brozovic is good player, but he is not having mark as Cristiano Ronald, Messi and Karim Benzema so may just because of this Al-Nassr not hardly forced in this deal but as mentioned early most chances all will be clear in next few weeks because of Barcelona Involvement in this transfer deal because they are also strengthening their squad for the next season and wants to fix all problems.

Unbelievable with Al Nassr failed for reaching agreement transfer fees to sign Marcelo Brozovic because Inter Milan not agree with 13 million euro due they want 23 million euro. Looks crazy with Al Nassr how possibility for transfer fees on 13 million euro because Marcelo Brozovic has best quality as midfielder. Inter Milan as 23 million euro and I don't think most expensive transfer fees depend on experienced and performance from Marcelo Brozovic.

Are there any indications from Cristiano Ronaldo that Marcelo Brozovic failed to join An Nassr next season? looks interested because Al Nassr can pay more expensive salary for their player but difficult with 23 million transfer fees for signing Marcelo Brozovic.

It's not like that, because signing younger players automatically these young players are not yet famous players. But, when they recruit players who are old or at least +29 then of course, these players are already well-known in Europe. Therefore, if they signed younger players, it would be the same as signing players who weren't well-known, and thus not making much of a profit for their event. So yes, the tradition of recruiting well-known players who are of course old will continue, and they will not take the risk of signing high-paid young players, especially when they are not well known.

Actually the negotiations between Al Nassr and Chelsea have reached an agreement, Al Nassr canceled the transfer of Hakim Ziyech for medical reasons. Ziyech problem was just revealed after he underwent medical tests before signing a contract with Al Nassr, it was discovered that Ziyech had problems with his knee which made Al Nassr discourage him from recruiting the Morocco player.
Al Nassr target is on Brozovic after failing to reach an agreement with Ziyech, according to reports by Fabrizio Romano on his Twitter account, Brozovic has reached an orally agreement with Al Nassr, the agreement between Brozovic and Al Nassr is valid until June 2026.

It is unfortunate to hear this news even though Al Nassr and supporters are waiting for him  but there is no other choice the agreement must be canceled
Al Nassr did not silent they began to look for other alternatives the latest news is Bernardo Silva associated with Al Nassr after failing to bring in Ziyech
But Al Nassr is not the only team that is after him it turns out that PSG is also interested in recruiting him.

But I can't imagine that that will ever happen unless the Saudi Arabian clubs or the owners are really pulling the trigger and keep up that investment for a decade and even raise it further. It is not enough to have good players for three or four years and only the older ones. Then they would have to keep spending those levels for a long time and sign players of all age groups to also cover all interest groups that could follow the league on TV and the Internet. Not everyone likes to watch players who are about to retire anyway. But signing younger players will be even more costly in the long run.

With Hakim Ziyech's current condition, it is very clear that no team would dare to sign him and if I'm not mistaken, failing the medical test came from his knee problem which prevented him from joining Al-Nassr. Now Hakim Ziyech must be willing to swallow the bitterness of what happened and even if he stays at Chelsea, it is certain that he will also not get regular playing minutes because of this problem.

Pochettino, who is Chelsea's new coach, will certainly be more selective in choosing players who will be included in his squad list and for Ziyech it seems that Chelsea will take action such as unilateral contract termination if no team wants to sign him next season.

Players like romelu Lukaku are the kind of players that like to hang on to their glory days and believe that they would bounce back to form even though they are performing very poorly, but it does not always happen that way. Romelu Lukaku was a good player before but these days his performance in games has really dropped. He sweats more than he performs, and I have not just been able to stop blaming him for the champions league final clear header that he missed. He would have decided to go for the money and retire. As a striker, he has lost his value.

Jose Mourinho is on a mission with Roma, he will not leave yet.

This is a very bad situation for Hakim Ziyech, he might end up being without a club if the medical is not redo in short period of time. staying in Chelsea id not possible, pochettino doesn't want him to stay, that'swhy they place him for market. i just hope the medical work out again for him to successfully move to Saudi Arabia pro league.

If he ready failed in the medical test I didn't think if Al Nasr is going still buy this player from Chelsea, wondering how Hakim Ziyech is going to deal with it because he knows can't be accepted in Chelsea because they wanted to sell him and in the other hand because of failing the test, I don't think if he gets any other offers soon.

This might look like a sad news but I don’t feel it is. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and what they want to decide with their careers. If Romelu Lukaku wants to remain in Inter Milan for another season as a permanent player, it doesn’t take much for that to be approved by Chelsea if Inter Milan meets their demands.

Al Ahli is a very lucrative club at the Saudi league and they’ve enough resources to be able to buy any player or coach they deserve at the consent of them. If Romelu Lukaku and Jose Mourinho have rejected their offer, there are other big players that I’m sure will want to join them without thinking twice if this same offer comes for them. Let them scout for those players and and give them sweet offer as soon as possible.

SPL will have so many stars unlike MLS or chinese league. This league was also offering very huge fees for its player. It can be said that if SPL is league that was focusing on rebuilding the popularity with its money.
Money is the main weapon from SPL clubs to recruit so many players. I remember when EPL player like oscar was going to the chinesea league due to the big salary but this time SPL has become a new alternative for player wanna get huge salary.

Jota will become a new player that will be bought by ittihad. I think that if saudi clubs are still rushing to get as many players as possible till the end of transfer seasons.
I saw that so many clubs were sending delegations to the various country to make deals with the players that's gonna be bought by the club.

Yeah this is another undeniable fact, but if the Saudi League did the same all season maybe the situation would be different to what happened in the LMS and the Chinese League. Saudi Professional League brings in more star players unlike other leagues that only bring in a few, imagine if the saudi teams did it for the next 3-4 seasons I'm sure the impact will be bigger and wider. As we know this is the 2nd season and the progress is very fast even 4 teams are actively looking for star players.

I doubt if luring experienced players with money to the Saudi League will bring the needed development to the Saudi League. My assumption is based on two countries that have adopted the same strategy in time last. The US Major League Soccer and the Chinese Super League attracted so many players to give their league the needed attraction but this pattern failed. Most of these experienced players moved to these leagues, made money, and retired. While younger players spent a few years and returned to Europe. Except the Saudi league management has another strategy to retain and attract more players, the league might also suffer the same end as others that invested heavily. The cultural and religious society of Saudi Arabia will also be a barrier. It is not a free society and many young players will not find it convenient. I have also observed that Muslim players are more attracted to the league because the society suits their way of life.


The club needs to consult Ronaldo before getting a new coach. Ronaldo has always had issues with coaches and this happened in Manchester United and Al-Nassr. He was instrumental in the sack of Rudi Garcia. The Portuguese was always criticizing the coach and expressed his disdain for his coaching style. So he should be allowed to make inputs in the process of coach selection so that he would not complain about the coach. Signing Ronaldo is a lot of responsibility and I hope he has a good relationship with the new signings.

It's all too easy to label the Saudi league as the final hurrah for aging pros seeking one last payday. But let's reconsider! With the potential switch of Bernardo Silva, a key player in his golden years, to the Saudi Arabian League, we might need to reassess. Could the league be changing its tack to lure in younger, elite-level players? While the future is notoriously tricky to foretell, it's vital to stay alert to possible strategy overhauls that could reformat the league.

I am quite behind with this news and I thought that yesterday Hakim Ziyech would officially become an Al-Nassr player along with Ronaldo and Brozovic. It looks like Hakim Ziyech's fate to leave Chelsea has failed again and this is the second time that Hakim Ziyech has failed. We know that last winter Hakim Ziyech was close to an agreement with PSG, but failed because there was a problem with the documents so he had to stay at Chelsea and now when he has the opportunity to leave Chelsea while making a lot of money with Al-Nassr it is happening again because he failed the medical test. I think Hakim Ziyech has to be stronger in dealing with this problem and he has to accept the fact that he will be a bench warmer for Chelsea next season.