Topic: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 - page 82. (Read 111561 times)

Yes, I understand that UEFA is a European regional tournament. The Saudi League probably won't get a place there because the Saudi League is not included in the European region, but most people want the Saudi League to participate in that tournament even though that is quite impossible. This might just be a rumor even though many people miss Ronaldo playing in that tournament but Ronaldo's time in the European league is over now Ronaldo is in a different league and everyone has to accept that Ronaldo will not return to play there.

UEFA already has its own rules, but this could be an encouragement for the Saudi League to continue to develop their league and create big tournaments also with fierce competition, they already have the AFC Champions League tournament which they created to be equivalent to the UEFA Champions League, although in fact it is still far from equal.

I'm noticing a trend in the Saudi pro league, and that is in them trying so hard to replicate the European league or possibly do more than the European league so they can get almost same attention the European leagues do get. Last season most of the Saudi sides were looking to buy players fr across Europe a d even in this new summer transfer window, they are sticking around with their bids to get a chance to sign as much as they can to strengthen their leagues too.

Soon the Saudi pro league will get the desired and they crave because of the quality of players a d coach they are beginning to get do to the transfer and signing they have been doing in recent times, it's been an interesting league do and quiet interesting at their current levels but it's still not enough to be compared to the leagues in Europe.

Before Cristiano Ronaldo arrived the Saudi Pro League, very little was said about the league in other countries of the but after it was confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo has been signed by Al Nassr, the league gained significant global recognition. After the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in the Middle East country, we've seen several former European based superstar footballers join the league including Brazilian Neymar Jr, former Balon D'or winner Karim Benzema, former English Premier League best player of the season, Ngolo Kante and others. For now, the league have achieved their aim of making it one of the most talked about league in the world.
Now, the other problem of the league management s to make the indigenous young talents become very developed so they can be strong enough to face teams from other parts if the world. It's gradual process that I think they'll definitely succeed in no distant time.

We have predicted this phenomenon before, the Saudi Pro League will continue to be discussed until 2030 or when they have gone through their planned Vision and Mission and it's no longer a secret. Saudi still has up to 6 years to make a surprise through sports and they have prepared the budget or we usually call it unlimited funds, Now the Saudi Pro League has passed 2 seasons since Ronaldo was first brought in and next is season 3 but so far we haven't heard any shocking news, could it be that they are waiting until the Euro Cup 2024  ends? Previously, we heard rumors that great players would join the Saudi Pro League this season one of those linked is Moh Salah, this player is 32 years old and his contract will end next season this means that if Liverpool don't let him go in this transfer window then next season he will leave for free.

This is something that I like, Al Ittihad needs a new order, a new way or fresh ideas, I think this coach is the right one, of course, he has to work very well with his players to see results, I like this because in part I see that things in the Arab league are very good and they want to go up no matter what, it is known that the biggest contenders are Al Hilal and Al Nassr, now they want to enter as favorites, so they bet on the coach, which seems great to me, good for Al Ittihad.

Bennacer in negotiations with Al-Ittihad over Pioli reunion – report




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From several references I have read, it seems that not all clubs competing in the Saudi League have an ideal academy. although there are several clubs that prioritize their academy, even big clubs like Al Nassr.  from several newspapers I read, Al Nassr filled their academy team with young talent. IMO, to develop the young talent of local Saudi players, is not something that is instant. at the very least, they need time and process before competing in the big leagues. yeah, at least the development of young talent is focused on improving the development of football in Saudi. I'm sure the Saudi kingdom's goal is not only to bring in former top European players, but they have a much bigger project than that. Apart from introducing Saudi football from bringing in big names like Ronaldo and so on, they have stated to host the World Cup in their vision and mission. Well, I think they also involve young talent to be further developed. Maybe the results will not be visible in the near future, at least it will take a process and time so that what they initiated can run according to plan. I agree with you on one thing, that currently the Saudi Pro League is much more competitive than other Asian Leagues. yeah, it's natural that many famous players compete in this league. Moreover, currently several coaches who have managed big European clubs are taking part as coaches at one of the Saudi clubs.

All the football targets that Saudi wants to achieve through the Saudi Pro League require a process, including developing young talents, and I think we are seeing this at the moment. The recruitment of top European players has made the Saudi Pro League famous, but we realize that the Saudi Pro League is not yet very competitive. In the future, with more serious steps taken by several other contestants in the transfer window, the Saudi Pro League will be even more competitive and interesting to participate in. Al Ittihad has taken the intended step, by recruiting one of Europe top managers, namely Stefano Pioli. It is possible that in the future more top European managers will leave for Saudi, the tall salary offer is one of the main attractions.

I don't see any good development of Saudi Pro League behind success become more popular league right now after success signing many top European players. But Saudi Pro League success reach the higher level competition in Asian after many top players arriving and make their competition more excited before have many top players such as Cristiano Ronaldo. The development success or not depend on the Saudi Arabia youth players get aboard for playing with top European team or not.

Most important thing how to make significant development with Saudi Pro League must brave sign top manager for their academy, its necessary if want to see many top youth players get more minutes with senior team and brave aboard to european club get braveness for regular position. If get popular as Saudi Pro League after success signing many top players I don't think they have good development because still less of young Saudi Arabia players play for top teams.

We need to understand few things about these leagues and their system which are working for decades under UEFA and FIFA with there is no room for any club even from any country other than European region to participate in this league because this is important for the spirit of the game and league as well so this all talk is having no worth about Al Nassr or any Saudi Pro League club is capable of participating into UEFA Champions League right now or in near future.

Few peoples are trying to create feud which is surely just for the media attention nothing more Saudi League is developing very strongly, and we will have them developed much better and stronger in near future which is surely good thing for them and this region which need some good development in soccer for having good competition in big events of soccer.

Saudi Pro League is having great growth in few months which is surely amazing with their organizes are doing right job for the development of the game and league into this country which is good as they are spending money surely this is amazing stuff and having Cristiano Ronaldo and Naymer in first season were good job from them even they are having few problems but still things are going good for them, and they are trying to achieve their targets in future as well which is good strategy from them in last few years we are having good improvement in Saudi national team which is also good.

Now as they are preparing for having more big names from the world best clubs this will give them good development but still they need to work on their academy level which is more important and surely having better results for their future of this game in this country and having big names from other regions is also good but still they need to work on hardly in coming years for the long run success.

He has always earned the trust of the Spanish national team and now he has appeared in all the matches that Spain played at the Euros and managed to score 1 goal and managed to help Spain to be in the semifinals. That is a good contribution that Alvaro Morata can make with Spain.
In fact, at Atletico Madrid itself he is still making a good contribution, last season alone he was able to create 15 and 3 assists from the 32 matches he played with Atletico Madrid. With statistics like that, Atletico Madrid should give more consideration to retaining Morata so he can stay with them in the next season.
He has been with Atletico Madrid for 4 seasons and his contract will end in 2026. At least they can still keep him until his contract actually expires and to wait for that, Atletico Madrid can look for younger players to be projected to replace Alvaro Morata's position.

When our favorite stars gradually came to this league, we followed this league more than before. When Cristiano Ronaldo first came to Saudi Arabia, we first came to know about the Saudi League and since then we tried to know the updates of the Saudi League regularly and tried to watch the games. After Ronaldo, when more popular European stars like Neymar, Karim Benzema, Sadio Mané came to this league, we started watching the games of this league regularly. If a team from this league qualifies to play in the Champions League, then maybe everything in this league will be complete. 

I expect more star players will come to this league in the coming seasons and they will develop this league more.

Yes you are right, moreover the Champions League is not a small league obviously it is the biggest league in Europe and every club wants to play there if one of the Saudi clubs plays there it will cause anger from other leagues who feel it is unfair just because Al Nassr has Ronaldo so I think that that won't happen until any time before the Saudi League has met the requirements to play there.
I think it's quite a waste of time to think about this. The Saudi League must continue to progress even though they haven't had the opportunity to play in the UCL. One day they will definitely achieve it no matter how long they struggle. Basically, it's not easy to build a league to reach a level like the League Europe.

It is good that Al Ittihad signed more popular coach. But I don't think Stefano Pioli is a special coach, he only could win 1 trophy so far. Even if he already managed many clubs, he often failed to win a trophy. The best achievement of Stefano Pioli was winning Serie A trophy in the season 2021-2022. Anyway, I also hope Stefano Pioli will have a better relationship with Benzema. So Benzema can perform better for the next season.

Not really sure that Stefano Pioli's experience to improve the performance of Al Ittihad immediately. But since he already managed Inter Milan and AC Milan that are big teams in Europe, he is expected to manage Al Ittihad well. Anyway, no teams will guarantee to keep the same coach for many seasons. Stefano Pioli can be fired soon if he is unlikely to improve the performance of Al Ittihad.

Agree. It is interesting but it seems unlikely to happen. UCL is for European clubs only, there is no way that Asian teams will join UCL. We already have AFC champions league in Asia. If all the top clubs in the world to join a competition, there should be another competition that can provide them. FIFA Club World Cup is the competition for all the best teams around the world. So, why Saudi teams need to join UCL? Saudi teams can join FIFA Club World Cup but the best teams only can join it. Al Hilal and Al Nassr can join the competition of FIFA Club World Cup 2025.



FIFA Club World Cup 2025™

The UEFA Champions League ranks first and becomes very important for everyone. The tournament is listed to be among one of the major leagues in Europe and it becomes priority for all clubs to win it for purpose to stationed in the category of top clubs in the world.

Asian League is different and we realized how competitive it becomes. They have elite clubs fighting to anticipate in the European top tournaments, I don't think they've a chance to win because they're busy triggering their vast numbers of budget for the season.

I've said something concerning this subject matter recently and that's why I'm surprised to see it again on the thread but since it's repeated, I think it'll not be a bad idea to still put the records straight. The UEFA Champions League competition is Europe's most prestigious club football competition and it's totally exclusive to European clubs and should the body in charge of the competition which is the UEFA decides to review the competitions in other to accommodate clubs from other continents, then they'll not be doing it for just one club.
Considering the current rules and guidelines of the competition, there's no provision that allows a club that's based outside Europe to participate in the competition so we're never gonna see a Saudi club participate in the UEFA Champions League competition anytime soon.

I think this case is already closed and there is no chance anymore for any Saudi teams to be in the Champions League. In fact, After Ronaldo and some superstar players joined this league they wanted to be in the UEFA Championship League but it was just a rumor. To be honest there is no chance for any Saudi or the other Asian teams to play in this tournament because if one team plays in UEFA Champions League the other teams will ask the same thing.
No matter how much they spend for their teams, there is no chance for Al Nassr or the other teams to do that.

The concept of Al Nassr or any other Saudi team participating in the UEFA Champions League is lovely, but it will always be a fantasy. Since UEFA is limited to Europe, only European clubs can compete. The AFC Champions League, for Asia's greatest teams, is played by Al Nassr, Al Hilal, and Al Ittihad

However, imagine UEFA may expand since football unites people and is universally understood. Al Hilal, with a long history and Saudi League victories, or Al Nassr would spice up the rivalry. Fans from around the world can bond over the game. UEFA's tough regional criteria and the AFC Champions League's prestige should temper our optimism, even though this position seems promising

The Saudi Arabia Professional League is not giving up on its quest to establish itself as on of the biggest leagues in the world. Stefano Pioli is an experienced coach who has been in charge of many clubs in Italy including Bologna, Lazio, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, and AC Milan. Three years will be enough for him to transform Al Ittihad to become a force in the Saudi League. Even with the big investment in players the club still had a disappointing last season, finishing in the fifth position. He would be very busy now strategizing on how to rejuvenate the team. With his connections in the Italian, he would be able to attract some quality players to the club from Italy and the entire Europe.

With his exposure and experience players like Karim Benzema will be easily controlled. Pioli has managed top players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Olivier Giroud, Rafael Leao, etc. The club has so much regard for the former World Best Footballer, so the Italian coach would have to do everything possible to improve and have a good relationship and also foster unity among the players. The SPL will be very interesting this season and it will be worth watching.

Stefano Pioli is a good coach, but looking at his history, you can clearly see that he is a coach who only has experience in Italy, he was coach of many Italian teams and managed to coach two great Italian teams, I'm talking about Milan and Milan. Inter. but looking at his style of play, it doesn't seem to me that it will be a style of play that will please the Saudi fans of Al-Ittihad who, when they go to the field to watch the games, they want to see the team score a lot of goals, they want to see the team plays very well and that is not Pioli's style of play. just look at how disastrously Milan played. I honestly can't understand these Saudi club directors. the choices they have made when it comes to coaches and something strange. Anyway, we will see next season how Pioli will perform, I don't see Al-Ittihad being champions next season


UEFA will not change their rules, because it is a European competition and must be for teams from European countries. Asia also have champions league and that is why Saudi teams should focus on the Asian champions league. about what you said about Al lttihad being the strongest team in the Saudi pro league, I don't think it's true, the team with the most titles in the Saudi pro league is Al Hilal



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