Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 728. (Read 126492 times)

Chelsea have agreed to an agreement with several Saudi clubs with 3 Chelsea players to be sold, even the three players have agreed on this and the news is that they will be closed as soon as possible with a few more steps.

I read other rumors Aubameyang refuses to go there and would rather stay with Chelsea but still the manager wants to sell him because he is not in the new squad list with the current coach, but there is a possibility that Aubameyang will be sold too if there is interest from other clubs.

Hakim Ziyech has signed with Al Nassr until 2026. Source

I read an online publication and it seems that almost all the Chelsea players who are leaving the club this summer are going to Saudi Arabia. I was reading personal terms agreements between the players and the clubs in Saudi. Such players are;
1. Koulibally
2. Hakim Ziyech
2. Aubameyang
I don't know if other players will join them, player like Silva due to his age.

It's not yet comparable at this moment. It sounds non sense to compare saudi pro league to the major league in eu. saudi pro league is just trying to grow slowly but surely it will be able to compete with another league even major league in eu.
It's still in the process to growth and it sounds really dumb if people compare it with the competition like la liga even english premier league. The main reason for saudi pro league clubs were taking professional players from eu was for transferring its skills and experience. In addition to support saudi to be the next country that will host world cup in 2030. Saudi was in the progress now. Let's wait it a few years later from now and there will be so many changes to happen with it.
It's caused by saudi needs time to build its competition to be even better with the help from the players that being transfered from eu leagues.

I didn't know that the Saudi clubs are competing with each other as it was said that some of the best clubs are centrally controlled more or less. But in the end the SPL is a project as a whole and not only for single clubs.

The rumors surrounding Al-Nassr transfer intentions currently refer to Ziyech, Brozovic, Niguez from Atletico Madrid, Zaha from Crystal Palance and a few others. But none of them is a very popular player. They are good players though and could add some quality to the team.

I already wonder what Ronaldo will do when his contract ends with Al-Nassr.

I am even more excited to hear that N'Golo Kanté is also joining Al-ittihad. But to be honest, I initially suspected that Kante would enter Al-Nassr. Because Al-Nassr also made a fairly high offer for Kante. But it turns out that Al-ittihad won in the struggle for N'Golo Kanté. And with this Al-Ittihad, which already has Benzema, will certainly become a stronger team.

I wonder who Al-Nassr will bring in to accompany Cristiano Ronaldo. because from my observations last season Cristiano Ronaldo was a little difficult to find colleagues who could accelerate with him. And rumors have reached me that Al-Nassr has found a suitable candidate to pair up front with Cristiano Ronaldo. The player is Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea). but at this time there is no certainty. it's just that if Ziyech also joins the Arab league. then there is no doubt that the SPL will further enhance its reputation in the world of world football.

several players seem to have been successfully retained by Chelsea, although there will now be more vacant positions in the squad. and that means Chelsea must immediately make a deal with several players and clubs who want to negotiate with them.
however this has been a difficult season for Chelsea, they will form a new team and also they must be required to finish before the new season starts.

It's surprising to see Chelsea trending on Twitter with the hashtag #Al_Chelsea. It appears amusing because Chelsea has lost the majority of their players to Saudi teams, and more are willing to leave. Chelsea players leaving Stamford Bridge for Saudi Premier League clubs, I completely understand the club's dilemma. It's encouraging to see some players who no longer want to play for the Blues exit. Todd Boehly will make more bids for potential replacements for the outgoing players, and this time he should sign players who want to explore their career rather than settle down with the ones who want to play for hugh offers they're paid for.

I heard that too. It's brozovic who already tried to be signed by al nassr. Al nassr will be also offering very big amounts of money for him as long as he will able to leave from intermilan.
Al nassr is now competing with barcelona and im sure barcelona will be losing against al nassr caused by barcelona is now able to paying him with huge salary.
I hope brozovic goes to the al nassr as soon as possible. He wil become a good team mate for cristiano ronaldo.

True and im waiting it as well. Al ahli will be also coming with new squads as it was trying so hard to secure more and more european players.

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Since kante was officially ittihad's player and benzema welcomed him as a teammate in ittihad. It's known that if kante and benzema were coming from the same country.
That's good for benzema and kante.

More precisely for some players who accept this offer because they see a large amount of money and also a guaranteed retirement age. Therefore, instead of continuing to try to make a career in Europe, it is better to go to the Saudi league and start making large amounts of money. But if you want that, of course all players in Europe must prove their prowess first, such as winning a major trophy in European competition or breaking other records.

I think those are some of the points that became a reference for the Saudi league team to sign European star players. I don't think that 2-3 times will be enough to reach that goal and I think at least another 5 years or so SPL will be bigger and compete with other top leagues.

I am not claiming that at this point, the quality in Saudi Professional League is comparable to that of the English Premier League or the La Liga. But that doesn't mean that SPL quality is really bad. We hear only about the big names such as Ronaldo and Benzema. But at the same time 50-60% of the players are from Latin America and Europe. Saudis have been trying to improve the quality of the league for some time now. It is a continuous process and will take time. I have watched a few of the SPL games, and I was actually impressed with the quality of play. But I agree that at this point, they are not at the level of UEFA leagues.

Those great classic games on PS , of course I know what you mean , personally I think that Mesi was going to bury his career, he would say that why would he go kill himself in France or in fútbol in Europe because clearly there you can winning is critical as they were already being given it in France , so it's a shame , I don't know but it would have been better if he had gone to Saudi fútbol, at least he had more visibilit , imagine the Guatemalan League is above the MLS , that If it was burying a legend like him , I hope he doesn't lose all his form , or now what he wants is peace of mind , I respect that too.

If I read news about those offers correctly, those clubs from Saudi gave like 10-times salary offers than what those players currently receive from their clubs. Those contract offers are super good because they come when those players are old and at very last seasons in their careers.

Personally it's really hard to reject such offers because you only need to leave Europe, play in Saudi 2 or 3 years and earn more money than what you got from your 15 or 20 previous years in your career. I don't consider it is kind of sacrifice from old players. With only 2 or 3 years in their career, they will not achieve big things in Europe and they even lose their positions in their clubs. So moving to Saudi and enjoy money, get a better finance as preparation for future after their retirement, is good.

Its noise is increasing but is the league quality on the rise too? I am not sure, it is too soon to say quality of a whole league is on the rise because one or few star players from Europe join them. They need more than that to increase the league quality generally.

When someone is offering 2-3 times the current salary, you can't retain the players with only claims that the European leagues are having much higher quality when compared to the other leagues. In case of SPL, the quality and popularity is on the rise. At this point it may not be able to match the standards of European leagues, but within the next 2-3 years I can foresee SPL giving the European leagues a run for their money. And given the fact that many of the European economies are in recession, I would say that this trend will accelerate in the coming months.

Since chelsea faces a problem in getting an offer from european clubs and chelsea used arabian clubs as alternative ways to sell the players. The arabian clubs are also paying the price what chelsea wanted.
Chelsea will use the money raised from selling its players to balancing its financial and avoid FFP. I remember that chelsea being threatened by EPL regarding FFP.
That's why chelsea is interesting to kick so many players to leave from the club. So far two deals already made with arabian clubs which are very good for chelsea.

These new star players will bring a lot of experience to the Saudi League which will also help young players to develop because they will learn a lot from these star players. But I also concur that buying expensive players will not give the Saudi League a long time development if they don't have plans to integrate young Saudi players into the league. The management of the Saudi league should also ensure that it is not only these star players that will be well paid. The Saudi League is generally known now as a high-paying league so it is also expected that all the players should be well paid just as it is done in most advanced leagues. The local players will not give their best if the pay gap between them and these foreign players is too wide. I am not saying that they should be paid the same wage but there should be an improvement from what they were receiving in time past because the  Saudi league is now in the global spotlight.

There's a reason it seems the Saudis are now mostly interested in Chelsea leftovers and that's because the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Clearlake Capital (who are a share holders at Chelsea) has a business which involves Clearlake Capital managing some investing from the PIF that has now taken ownership of about 4 clubs in the Saudis Pro league. We should be expecting a lot of business between Chelsea and the PIF until the transfer window is over. Chelsea has alot of players that needs to be offloaded that are big money earners that only Saudis can handle their wages.

Todd Boehly is a business man and finding loophole are his specialties and he has been doing that since he took over Chelsea. He did it in the January transfer window that saw him spend millions without breaking any rules and he's doing it again by selling lots of players without breaking any rules. He's going to be the owner of a club in Europe that benefits the most from this Saudis money been spent. I see buzz about what Chelsea are doing is illegal and not been fair to other clubs but that's how business is, only those that understand the games gets the biggest piece of the pie

it's true that with ronaldo playing in the arab league a lot has changed, the press started to talk a lot about the arab league, people started to follow the arab league games and now it's not just ronaldo's team that wants to have good players, the other teams are also making an effort to hire the best players, but I saw on tv in my country that neymar wants to return to barcelona but that for that to happen he would have to lower his salary a lot, but in my opinion neymar na he will go back to barcelona, ideally for neymar and go to play in saudi arabia because in europe he is always injured and involved in controversies, and he is the type of player that coaches get headaches

I also saw a rumor that ronaldo's team wants to bring in William Carvalho and Marcelo Brozovic, I don't know how far that could be true, but it's better that the Arabs start rushing to sign players because now that messi has gone to the states united of america so it is possible that more players agree to go to the united states than go to saudi arabia, in any case it seems to me that the arabs need to create a good league next season so that they can attract new talents, that is the only way that the Saudi Arabia League will reach very high levels of competitiveness in the future. until now I'm wondering if these Arabs are making a profit with so much spending on player signings

IMO, they're not late by nature. however this effort is something of the first step of a privatization project from the kingdom of Saudi Arabia which has the aim of developing Saudi Arabian football. this project, has been planned and will involve more parties and bring in the world's top players.
This project was recently planned, by Prince Mohammed bin Salman. proven, at first they brought the world's top star CR7 to Al Nassr. after the season was over, Al Ittihad did not want to lose to bring in Benzema, N'Golo Kante. As if not wanting to be outdone, Al Nassr is again trying to bring in another player, namely Hakim Ziyech and rumors that the contract is almost complete.

Al Hilal also did not want to lose, they appeared and enlivened the hunt for European players. but starting from the midfielder, namely, Ruben Neves and soon Koulibaly will follow to join Al Hilal. apparently, they have not decided to bring in a top European striker. the other two clubs, have not started their hunt even though they have tried to provide proposals to several clubs and players.

Well, next season the Saudi Pro League will be even more crowded with newcomers from European leagues. thus, it is certain that there will be 5 clubs that will appear competitive in the hunt for this competition trophy.

The impact Cristiano Ronaldo move to Saudi Arabia has had on the league and the fervour among Saudi clubs to attract more European stars is interesting to watch. The latest reports regarding Al Hilal audacious attempt to sign Lionel Messi must have generated a lot of enthusiasm among football fans in the area. Al Hilal made every attempt to catch up with their pursuers but they were unsuccessful. However when Al Ittihad was able to sign Karim Benzema adding to the already star studded squad in the league the Saudi Arabian football scene underwent a dramatic change. Neymar received a sizable offer to join the Saudi League therefore other players must have been drawn by the glamour of playing alongside Ronaldo Messi and Benzema. However it appears that Neymar devotion to his present team and dedication to them won out as he chose to turn down the alluring offer. These achievements demonstrate Saudi clubs increased ambition and financial strength as they work to establish themselves on the world football stage.

Yes, indeed, there will always be good sides and bad sides, but if it is related to local players who might not develop, then of course that will be a bad side that they have to consider again. But yes, if they have a good program and/or plan to keep giving local players to develop then of course, with these star players they can learn a lot and gain experience and knowledge from the star players who are there. So in any case, I think they must have considered this too, because by recruiting star players it doesn't mean they will ignore local players.