Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 743. (Read 126404 times)

I'm sure Messi must have considered his family too before choosing to sign for Inter Miami as United States of America is a free nation that's very friendly. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia might not have appealled to him because of the strict Islamic laws and he seems like someone who likes to always be around his family and wouldn't want to raise his kids there. I remembered a game where Al Nassr lost and C.Ronaldo was angry, mumbling some words while walking towards the tunnel and he held his balls. The fans found it offensive and called for the Saudi Arabian FA to penalize him for that. I guess these and many more Messi must have considered before finally opting for Inter Miami.

One thing about the sudden financial blow-up by the Saudi League and it's organizers is that it is giving the country's football the kind of limelight they've always wanted and is also making the Saudi League more famous everyday.
After Cristiano Ronaldo joined  the league last December,  the popularity of the league has improved a whole lot and wit the current addiction of Karim Benzema and other top players who's deal are yet to be finalised, the league will soon be as popular as the top leagues in Europe.

Saudi Arabia have shown that they never care about money by bringing in high-priced stars. I never thought Saudi Arabia would make their league so strong by bringing in so many big stars. But Saudi Arabia's spending has been successful. Because they can travel with high-priced star players, making their country's football clubs much more attractive to people. At one time Saudi football clubs were not very well known but nowadays Saudi clubs have attracted a lot of people due to the high priced stars brought in.

That's the idea, getting players that would bring you to the spotlight and they ate doing it. They certainly had some positive views with Ronaldo. The more these elite players surface in there league, the more it becomes as prestigious as we have in the likes of Premier league, Serie  A, League 1, Laliga and the rest of them. It's more about having teams that could be able to compete at the champions league level and with S. Ramos, N. Kante and the rest of them looking to join on sweet deals , they could archive what the Chinese league couldn't.

Where it would become more of an issue for them is the many restrictions they've got as an Islamic nation. I guess they would have to lay down some guards where they could for the better of everyone.

Ronaldo arrival has changed the Saudi Arabian league to become famous and even he was able to make a significant difference to the interest of spectators around the world in the matches they play. With a fairly healthy finances, it is unmitigated that several other well-known players have started to be brought in by other teams, as was done by the Al Ittihad team who managed to get Benzema and Kante which will make their squad stronger next season. The arrival of these two players will make the Saudi Arabian league famous again and attract a large number of spectators to watch match after match next season.

The transfer market will always present many surprises, in fact I think there will be many star players in the future will play in the saudi arabia league because they are able to offer a sizable salary for their targeted players.

Yes, there is no doubt that when it comes to money, they do have a lot of it. And they are even brave and willing to spend quite a lot of money by attracting very famous old players. Ronaldo and Benzema may be just the beginning as there are several other high-profile players who are rumored to be going to Saudi. Whatever it was their plan to bring in more famous players, they definitely wanted to advance the Saudi league to at least have a name in the world and they succeeded. They have succeeded in attracting the attention of many people in the world, although with various pros and cons.

Indeed. The next season will be interesting since both Benzema and Ronaldo are in different clubs. So, they will be rivals, which one to be the best striker in the next season. However, if there is no significant change both in Al Nassr and Al Ittihad, I think Benzema will have a bigger chance to be the top scorer. Al Ittihad looks stronger, especially since they have Benzema for the next season. SPL atmosphere may be as well as the top league in Europe for the next season. 

Yes, the latest news I heard that Messi finally decided to join Inter Miami. It will be very surprising if he canceled the decision and choose one of Saudi clubs.

Saudi Arabia is a very wealthy nation that was not usually mentioned any time soccer is talked about. All the money that they are spending currently to bring in big players is an investment amount spent with an intention to bring more attention to their league. The benefits that these clubs expect to get from bringing in this big players is usually not financial all the time but some other added benefits that they can bring. Being able to accommodate world stars in your club will automatically give your club a good face to people internationally.

Saudi Arabia is considering a bold strategy to revolutionize their league by acquiring high-priced players. Yet, I remain skeptical about their ability to recoup the funds or achieve their desired goals within such a short timeframe. While I am open to different perspectives, I would like to hear what others think about this matter.

So far, Al Ittihad has bagged 9 Saudi Arabia Pro League titles, including the most recent title for the 2022-23 season. besides that, Al Ittihad also has 9 King Cup titles, 8 Crown Prince Cups, 1 Super Cup, and 3 Saudi Federation Cups. unfortunately, since 2011-12, Al Ittihad has only been able to win the Saudi Professional League trophy again this season. Meanwhile, in the previous season, Al Ittihad was only 2 points away from Al Hilal, who had dominated this competition for 3 consecutive seasons.

By regaining the title of champion of the Saudi Professional League, it looks like Al Ittihad is determined to defend its title by signing Karim Benzema. even though he is already 35 years old, his sharpness and instinct for scoring goals can still be relied upon. besides that, it seems that Al Ittihad is not satisfied with just signing Karim Benzema. latest rumor, N'Golo Kante joins Al Ittihad. The main part of the contract has been signed, just waiting for the final documents to announce the deal. for Busquets, Nacho, Jordi Alba etc, I haven't got any information regarding them.

Well, what about Al Nassr, will they hunt some other players. also, it seems that Al Hilal will not just stay silent. Currently, Messi has made his choice. so, who are the other candidates they will be aiming for. Next season, the Saudi Pro League will be quite interesting with the presence of several star players playing in this competition.

A good business pattern is carried out by the Saudi League club. The presence of players who have big names in the world of football can bring "profits" not only to the club that signed the player, but beyond that.

Congratulations to Al Ittihad for bringing in the Ballon d'Or winner.

I am sure that the Saudi League will have players with other big names after Karim Benzema.
Kabar, Kante and a number of other names continue to be associated with this league.

Information from Reuters that I read from the local media is that Benzama earns a salary of around 100 million euros per season.

Al-Ittihad brought in two players directly maybe Benzema has been confirmed and this is hot news because he chose a career in the SPL instead of Real Madrid, now N'Golo Kanté is following in the footsteps of Benzema who will become a team later and this former Chelsea player has taken over the deal with a two-year contract plus the option of an extension I believe Al-Ittihad will be even stronger if these two European star players are in one team.


I just heard other news why Messi decided to go to Inter Miami because their family wants to be there instead of Arab of course a lot of people want Messi to go to SPL to see their duet back but it looks like it will never happen again until they retire.
We will see a duet between Ronaldo and Benzema there.

Finally my Favourite player Karim Benzema at SPL club Al ittihad..





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Well, if there is an option in the contract to buy a share in the club, it makes sense.
The American market is huge and could be worth more than the Sheikhs, but given Ronaldo's contract, maybe Messi could earn around 1 billion in Saudi Arabia. Given his age he could play 3-4 years, which is at least 200 million a year, plus probably bonuses, advertising contracts and 1 billion is quite a modest amount for him.

But he is closer to home and family in America and probably expects to take part in the World Cup in 2026, which will be held there.

Well again the Saudi League made a surprise in the transfer market the arrival of Benzema will increase the popularity of this league
But I wondered whether it was true that Benzema and Ronaldo got the same salary? local media reports that Benzema and Ronaldo get a salary of $200 million per season not including bonus, this means that these two players are at the same level.

Saudi clubs are offering huge sums of money to big stars due to which players have accepted last minute offers. Some of the famous players have come to the Saudi clubs and made a big splash so I would say that the huge offer of the Saudi club to be at the top of the discussion is really surprising. And with English clubs at the end of the season, all the stars are now on the move. However, Karim Benzema joined the club with a very good performance and enough to really make Saudi clubs known to the public. I would like to mention that there are many other stars, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, who are famous for popularizing Saudi clubs.

Someone jokingly said that "Messi might be a good footballer but he's not a good businessman". I don't really agree with this statement. We know how wealthy the Arabs are and that might have been ready to break the bank to bring Messi to Saudi Arabia but I don't think the offer was as juicy as what Inter Miami presented. Apart from the monetary package been given to Messi, the contract also has a clause for him to buy the club in the future if he chooses.

Al ittihad is a formidable club at the moment in their league, of course they are committed that they must remain consistent in holding back their performance, we think they will continue to look for opportunities to bring in some players who are good enough to maintain their performance on the pitch, Karim Benzema is one of the players which had a huge impact on his former club. maybe regarding some other players it only requires approval from them, and in terms of funds we don't think they are too worried in the slightest.

The SPL became even more interesting after Cristiano joined Al-Nassr, and now, Karim Benzema has also followed in Cristiano footsteps and joined this season SPL winners Al-Ittihad. Of course, the arrival of big stars will change the way the world views the SPL and will also change the atmosphere in the league itself.

BTW, there are no more rumors about Messi joining Barcelona or any of the clubs in the SPL, officially he will play with Inter Miami, this is a shame for the public because if he joins a Saudi club, we'll see their rivalry (Cristiano & Messi) back before they actually retired.

this will be huge business development in Saudi football. they have crazy rich people to do business with. and they can spend a lot of money on their business.
I think if more and more top European players come to the Saudi Professional League it will be a great change. because the media will still highlight how star players play. like Ronaldo who can't be separated from the media even though he moved to Arabic. maybe the situation would be different if Ronaldo moved to the Americas League.