Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 737. (Read 126431 times)

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.

I think one of the major reasons why Cristiano Ronaldo still shows hunger for goals and no signs of slowing down is because he has not achieved and won one trophy that he desires to help his country Portugal win, which is the the world Cup. Moving to Saudi Arabia, many football lovers thought that he was going to slow down and maybe just play a few years before retiring, but so far we have not seen him doing so, it is very possible that in the next world Cup and competition for Portugal we will still see the figure of Cristiano Ronaldo representing Portugal. In the Saudi league next season, Ronaldo and Benzema will contest for top scorers in the league.

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.

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.

Makes all the best decisions for his career? Dude played for 20 years at Barcelona from the youth teams when he was a little kid until he was already 33-34 or something, he didn't made any decisions then and he won everything with that club, he literally won 6 cups in a year, only one other team has ever done that before, and he did that with the team he grew up since he was a little kid. Then he won World Cup with Argentina, the team that he plays for because that's literally his nationality, and won copa america with them as well, that's literally his nationality.

The only decision he has ever made so far was to go to PSG and that was money based and he didn't won anything major there, just the league and we all know they would have won the league without him too, so he hasn't made any big decisions at all. This is the only one, so to say he always made better decisions compared to Ronaldo and that's why his career is better makes no sense at all.

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.

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 .

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.

If also Messi had come here and in a different team than Ronaldo and Benzema would have made this league really good,it would have improved it a lot.I would have loved for him to come here since many players like Ronaldo and Benzema did so in their last years of playing football.Nevertheless this league will still be great with 2 additions like Ronaldo and Benzema although I think the Al Nassr management should let Ronaldo play in Champions League with Newcastle as they have a clause in his contract.

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.

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.

Indeed, this is very important for the role of European players who will join the SPL team and not only that if they can motivate each other with local Arab players, I think it will grow more confidence to be the best one day. With the help of the media, we can also find out how football is developing in the Saudi league, such as sports facilities, training grounds, or other things that can make players from other Europe interested in joining the Saudi league team. But one thing is quite certain as what Cristiano Ronaldo said that the SPL will be able to become the top 5 leagues in the world in the next 5 or 10 years if there are many players who come from Europe.

That sounds non sense since messi already signed a contract with miami. Al hilal will not be willing to pay his release clause. Messi has been choosing his best way to continue his career in the football. That thing that i need to see if hilal gonna find a replacement for messi. Al Hilal failed to catch Messi, which was very bad for them.. It seems like that messi was feeling awkward to compete with ronaldo in saudi pro league.
That's why messi was choosing intermiami to be his next club. Intermiami was the worst club in MLS. I hope that messi will come back to the EU again or play in the saudi pro league.
It will be far better for him. I think that we shall wait a few years to see that happen.

At this point in his career Benzema decision to join Al Ittihad is undoubtedly a crucial one. He has left a lasting impression on Real Madrid history and solidified his reputation as a legend as a player who enjoyed great success with the team. He will have the chance to take on a fresh challenge and play football abroad by joining a club like Al Ittihad. The decision is definitely appealing financially because it will give him future financial security. The ambitious initiative undertaken by Al Ittihad and their efforts to put together a strong team further add to the intrigue around this new phase in Benzema career. The possibility of watching Benzema and Ronaldo rivalry who recently switched clubs adds an exciting dimension to the football environment.

I doubt Benzema will be able to give the same performance as he did in Real Madrid.  Cuz there in Madrid, I believed there were other significant players Vinicius Jnr, Krooz, Luca Modric, Rodrigo, and Ascensio, whose best were good enough to push Karim to the high he was in Madrid. This class of players is not in the Saudi Arabia league and with this factor, Benzema's performance will decrease.  But he may still be in the limelight because of the easy playing moment he will have there. Cuz I consider the Arab League as a less difficult league than the Spanish La Liga

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.

So far the Saudi Professional League is very far behind unlike the European League which has been loved by many football fans around the world.
At first Ronaldo moved to play for the Saudi team, there was a lot of talk about football there, even some fans started following the Saudi League to be able to watch their favorite players play for the team they followed.
If more and more top players from Europe move to play for Saudi teams then in the future the Saudi League can be more famous and liked by more people.
This is an opportunity to be able to show that the Saudi League can also develop.

The future plan of the Saudi Arabian league is that they will become as popular as the European leagues. For which they are already signing the best stars in the world to their clubs with more money. They have started to influence Saudi League football more after the end of the World Cup in Qatar. The way they are focusing on football at the moment looks like they will be in a good position in the future. Saudi Arabian clubs are spending a lot of money to make them popular and to improve in the world. Two legends players have already joined Saudi clubs. The Saudi league is offering huge sums of money to bring the world's biggest stars to their clubs in order to reach the highest level.

Not only does Saudi Arabia want to improve their football, but they also want to improve their tourism sector. This is why they are taking world-star players to Saudi Arabia. And one of the world's biggest football fanbases is taking interest in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's performance in Qatar World Cup was not good. No one expects anything good from the Saudi Arabian team. This team was not very strong either. But they were able to beat the champions Argentina which is their big achievement. Several star players have joined the Saudi league. But we don't know if this will improve the performance of their national team.

If these rich Saudi clubs can bring high profile old players in this league then bringing coaches is also not problem for them but most chances we will not have José Mourinho here in this league because he will be not going to do any experiment with having links to do good job in UEFA which is much better and competitive for him and his reputation but Steven Gerrard which is relatively new in this field can try here because this can create good chance for him after having not good experience in Premier League in his first stint.

Xavi was also coaching in Bahrain before doing amazing job in Barcelona so if he wants to do better for his future he needs to join here, hopefully this all will help him for increasing his experience and doing experiment in his strategies.