Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 740. (Read 126404 times)

Messi won't take long and retire, i'm pretty sure of that, he would either retire in Miami or maybe go back to either Barcelona or even Newell's Old Boys and reitre there, but there are still other players that they can bring to lift the league even more and make it more interesting to foreigners like Di Maria, Modric...etc

It won't happen. Messi already agreed to join with intermiami rather than al hilal. that makes al hilal will be trying to find another target that can be brought to the SPL. I see no chance for hilal to get messi now or at least until the end of transfer season.
Some players like busquets and suarez were also following messi to join in intermiami as well. This club owner by beckham was the weakest club in MLS. bekcham hope with the come of messi will able to change everything right now.

Let's talk about another player that may be possible to come to the al hilal very soon. In my opinion that if al hilal will be able to find another super start to join in its club.

Al ahli and nassrs are still trying so hard to buy more players from EU. Ittihad has been successfully securing kante and benzema but it's not enough.

I think they will keep chasing Messi because at the end thats the legend they would be needing

Actually money can buy everything because in this case, Messi is going to get a better deal at MLS than the Saudi Arabia league. The Saudis came with offers that'll only benefit Messi instantly but the offers of MLS would benefit Messi for a life time. He's going to get a share in apple share and adidas and might also be getting similar deal to David Beckham deals that'll give him the right to buy a club for much lesser market value than the club will be valued as of when he wants to purchase the club. Messi deals hasn't been fully revealed but there's every chance it was the better deal than what the Saudis were offering. I'm glad too that Messi didn't go to Saudi Arabia because that would have shifted the whole attention to the league and it would had spoiled football.

I'm not happy Ronaldo is playing there either, he should look for a way to come back to Europe and entertain us because football has been boring lately (nothing special is happening in Europe). No spectacular display anymore. Kante moving to Saudi Arabia is understandable and the same thing with Benzema because this guys has nothing left to offer to football in Europe, Kante is wornout and Benzema needs to give room for younger strikers to shine at Real Madrid to help them compete with clubs like Manchester city in the champions league.

Ngolo Kante has fully recovered from the injury that caused him the better part of last season and kept him sidelined from delivering those world class performances he's known for.
He'll surely be a good signing for his new Arabian club because of the fact that he knows how to quickly adapt to new environments and club just as he did when he left Leicester to join Chelsea after helping the latter win the English Premier against all odds.

As we have things right now most chances Saudi League could be good for the many players those are not able to have their required response from the UEFA clubs with mostly prefer to this league because of quality and competition level but as Saudis are doing most chances they will be also able to have positive results in coming years but still living here is never been easy for players because its completely different place with few stick rules we have few reports about Ronaldo's wife is also having complaints, but they are trying to adjust just because of this Messi is also not here.

But, now with the money and influence things could be good and surely Saudis will also try to increase quality for having better player from around the world here in this league.

I am not very sure of this because not much he can be done at Inter Miami for his career he can't compete in the Champions League the same thing if he goes to the Saudi League so Messi must have other reasons that we cannot guess. Like what we hear in the media in the end Messi will come to the Saudi League between the next 1-2 years and that's the right time to retire.

Kante is a very good Defensive Midfielder, he will bring a lot of balance to Al-Ittihad midfield if he is fully fit. Maybe after this recovery Ngolo kante will not be injured anytime soon again since that the Saudi League is not as physical and demanding as the Premier League was. It will be bad business for the Saudi Arabians if after just bringing him to the club for such an attractive amount of money he goes into injury and is unable to play in many games for the season coming.

That's right, we can't compare between the leagues in Asia and Europe because they are very, very different. However, it is undeniable that the arrival of star players from Europe to Asia (especially the SPL) has made Asia pay more attention to the world.


He had suffered a hamstring injury and missed 6 months of the season in PL, this is a serious problem for Al-Ittihad, even though both parties have an agreement, but Al-Ittihad wants to make sure from the medical test, hopefully nothing happens , so that Kante can play with Benzema at Al-Ittihad.

Indeed, it seems so, because Busquets was a friend of Messi and he got back together playing football at Inter Miami. Of course, if accept Al Hilal's offer, Messi will raise the spirits of the Al Hilal squad for next season, also Messi will receive a lot of praise from the fans, in addition to big money. Yes, Benzema it is likely that he will show extraordinary performance and I'm sure Benzema will also be very comfortable in Ittihad, hopefully.

I see now that Moutinho from Wolves could be the next to join the Saudi League. It’s a real shame Messi didn’t go there but that just proves that money can’t buy everything. It’s a really different life out there but it doesn’t seem to be stopping multiple older stars from swapping Europe for Saudi Arabia. Will be really interesting to see how the league develops over the next few years.

If Ronaldo and his faith have had equal influence on his decision, at least one of those factors is weird. As far as I know Benzema is very religious and if Ronaldo has the same influence on his decision as his faith does, should I conclude that Ronaldo is the holy god?

@slapper as you know you are a great poster, but let me give you the full break down of the three influential factors and their relative impact on Benzema's decision.

1) Faith  0.1%
2) Ronaldo 0.1%
3) Money 99.8%

See you are right! Faith has had as much influence on Benzema's decision as Ronaldo's word.

Religious people sometimes become more radical with age, maybe something similar happened to Benzema. I also hate when sports are mixed with politics or religion or whatever, and I wasn't thrilled with his statement, even if it came from the heart. I hope his public relations managers will be able to correct the course of his thoughts, or at least public statements, so that after them people do not have different conflicting thoughts.

Messi's move to Inter Miami has left everyone in a tizzy. Messi's pre-planning of his decision is now almost clear. He is focused not only on money but also on career.

Saudi clubs have invited the world's best footballers to introduce themselves to the world. Ronaldo's presence there really brought the league to the top of the discussion. If Al-Hilal club was able to get Messi in their team then maybe the league would have gained better popularity. It was thought Messi would head to Al Hilal after his official departure from PSG, but that didn't happen.

You're right in expressing your concern about Karim Benzema's statement. It indeed has sparked a considerable debate. However, the crux of this situation is the intertwining of sport and personal faith, isn't it? Based on the information we have, Ronaldo was a significant factor in Benzema's decision to join the Saudi Pro League. Ronaldo's persuasion seemed to have as much influence on Benzema as his affinity for his faith.

In this light, can we really say that Benzema's commitment to France is questionable? A player may feel an attachment to multiple countries for different reasons. In this complex, interconnected world, isn't it possible for one to wear multiple hats without compromising loyalty? Surely, we must allow room for multi-dimensional identities.

The term is only in media coverage because of course the fans of the players who move to the Saudi Pro League want to keep following how their idols continue their careers, but if someone says that it will become one of the best leagues in the world it's a little exaggerated, bringing in star players will only change part small, and if we realize that the stars to finally go there are players who are over 30 years old, it means that it has reached the end of the football career of these players so they are attracted there because they play in a league with less competition for a fee which is fantastic, it will be very fun, especially if in his career the player has already achieved many achievements.
I am quite doubtful that if the huge money offered to young players who are shining will be accepted because of course continuing to play in the European leagues will be the first choice unless the player has other reasons.

I have read some information about the transfer rumors of several players who will join and play in the Saudi Pro League.
With several European players who will play in the Saudi League, I am sure that as time goes on, this league will develop and be loved by football fans like some of the European Leagues.
The dream of making the Saudi Pro League bigger and developing will definitely come true in the future because the Saudi football association always tries its best to be able to develop football there as well as possible.

I suppose that adding more substantial players will make the league larger and more competitive. The Saudi pro league gained popularity after signing Cristiano Ronaldo, and the top elite clubs are eager to bring in more exceptional players from European leagues this season. The players indicated above are most likely good players; however, not all will agree to join the Saudi team; some may wish to remain in elite leagues. Saudi clubs have the figures that whenever they placed their bids for players, the club intends to sell them with immediate effect.

There will be more players to come. Saudi pro league clubs have not yet stopped to add more and more good players into the league. As far as i know if there will be some european players to come.

It's very good to see how saudi league was seriously trying to build its league to be even better even though it was using the service from european players but it's really good for sure.

Some names that potentially to be the next players that will be playing on saudi pro league

Wilfried zaha

Aubameyang

Sanchez

Iago aspas

I hope that their transfers can be completed easily. that will make saudi pro league becomes even bigger thanbefore.

Before Ronaldo arrived, people didn't know much about the Saudi football club. Since Ronaldo joined the Saudi club, Saudi football clubs started to become popular among people. Currently, another star, Karim Benzema, has created a global response by joining the Saudi Football Club. In this way, if all the star players start coming to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi football club will gain a lot of popularity. Currently Saudi Pro-League has become more attractive to people than the Pro-League of unique countries. And yes, it will get more interesting next season when the competition with Ronaldo and Karim Benzema starts.